State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 24 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 4.21% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (1.1 million more people live in West Virginia).
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