State size comparison
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Alabama is about 2.1 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 111% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (2.9 million more people live in Alabama).
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