State size comparison
compared to
Alabama is about 2.1 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 111% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (2.9 million more people live in Alabama).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Alabama
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