State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 579 times smaller than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.17% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (7.4 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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Virginia
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District of Columbia
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