State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 2.8 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 36.18% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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