State size comparison

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West Virginia is about 2.3 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 43.32% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (11.0 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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