State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 4.6 times smaller than Nevada.
Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 21.92% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (847,557 fewer people live in West Virginia).
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