State size comparison
compared to
Louisiana is about 1.8 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 81% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (2.7 million more people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Louisiana
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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