State size comparison

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South Carolina is about 1.2 times bigger than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 25% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (2.8 million more people live in South Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. South Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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