State size comparison
compared to
Minnesota is about 2 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 101% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Minnesota
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