State size comparison
compared to
New York is about 2 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 96% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (17.5 million more people live in New York).
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