State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 1.8 times smaller than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 55.27% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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