State size comparison
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Virginia is about 3.9 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 25.39% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (29.3 million fewer people live in Virginia).
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