State size comparison
compared to
Virginia is about 1.4 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making
Virginia 71.23% the size of Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(4.8 million fewer people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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