State size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 24 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 2,275% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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