State size comparison
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Kansas is about 3.4 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, making Kansas 240% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.0 million more people live in Kansas).
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