State size comparison

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Alabama is about 1.3 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 28% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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