State size comparison
compared to
Nevada is about 2.8 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km,
while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making
Nevada 177% larger than Virginia.
Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people
(5.3 million fewer people live in Nevada).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Nevada
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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