State size comparison

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Pennsylvania is about 1.9 times bigger than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 86% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (10.8 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. Pennsylvania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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