State size comparison
compared to
Michigan is about 4 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 302% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (8.0 million more people live in Michigan).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Michigan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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