State size comparison

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West Virginia is about 6 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 15.44% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.4 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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