State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 5 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 19.84% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (206,185 fewer people live in West Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
New Mexico
vs.
West Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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