State size comparison

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Maryland is about 2.5 times smaller than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 40.59% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (3.9 million more people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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