State size comparison
compared to
Virginia is about 1.2 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 81.28% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in Virginia).
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