State size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 5 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 20.12% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.7 million more people live in Connecticut).
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