State size comparison
compared to
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).
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