State size comparison
compared to
Kentucky is about 1.6 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 65% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (2.5 million more people live in Kentucky).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Kentucky
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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