State size comparison

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West Virginia is about 3.2 times smaller than Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 31.32% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (26,653 more people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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