State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is about 1.2 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 18% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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