State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 2.9 times smaller than Missouri.
Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 34.95% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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