State size comparison

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Iowa is about 2.3 times bigger than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 132% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.2 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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