State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is around the same size as Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 13% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (4.7 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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