State size comparison
compared to
Tennessee is about 1.7 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, making Tennessee 71% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (4.5 million more people live in Tennessee).
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