State size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 352 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.28% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.8 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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