State size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is about 1.9 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 95% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.1 million more people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Mississippi
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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