State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is about 1.2 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km,
while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making
Mississippi 18% larger than Virginia.
Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people
(5.0 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Mississippi
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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