State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 5 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 404% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (206,185 more people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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