State size comparison
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Virginia is about 1.7 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 59.5% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (1.3 million more people live in Virginia).
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