State size comparison
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California is about 3.9 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 294% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (29.3 million more people live in California).
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