State size comparison
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Virginia is about 8 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 717% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (4.4 million more people live in Virginia).
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