State size comparison

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Missouri is about 1.7 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, making Missouri 74% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Missouri).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Missouri uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Virginia is 23.2% more expensive than Missouri
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