State size comparison

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Minnesota is about 2 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 101% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.9 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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