State size comparison

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West Virginia is about 23 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 2,205% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (800,427 more people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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