State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 3.3 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 30.24% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (3.5 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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