State size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
South Carolina
vs.
West Virginia
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