State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
West Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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