State size comparison
compared to
Virginia is about 3.1 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 32.63% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (5.9 million more people live in Virginia).
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