State size comparison

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West Virginia is about 2.1 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 47.45% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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