State size comparison

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Arkansas is about 1.3 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 32% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Virginia is 28.3% more expensive than Arkansas
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