State size comparison

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West Virginia is about 1.2 times smaller than South Carolina.

South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 79.97% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (2.8 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Carolina vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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