State size comparison
compared to
Minnesota is about 3.3 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 231% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (3.5 million more people live in Minnesota).
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