State size comparison

compared to

Idaho is about 3.4 times bigger than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 244% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (285,412 fewer people live in Idaho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. Idaho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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