State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 2.3 times smaller than Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is approximately 140,663 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 44.33% the size of Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the population of Wisconsin is ~5.7 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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