State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 3.4 times smaller than Idaho.
Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 29.1% the size of Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~1.6 million people (285,412 more people live in West Virginia).
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