State size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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