State size comparison

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Alaska is about 14 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 1,345% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (7.3 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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