State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.2 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km,
while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making
North Carolina 23% larger than Virginia.
Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people
(1.5 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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