State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 3.1 times smaller than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 31.73% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (1.0 million more people live in West Virginia).
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