State size comparison
compared to
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).
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