State size comparison

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Virginia is about 2.1 times smaller than Idaho.

Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 47.85% the size of Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~2.0 million people (6.9 million more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Idaho vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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