State size comparison
compared to
Wyoming is about 4 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Wyoming is approximately 251,489 sq km, making Wyoming 303% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.3 million fewer people live in Wyoming).
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