State size comparison
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Virginia is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 88.35% the size of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Virginia).
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