State size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 3.2 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 30.81% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (6.9 million more people live in New Jersey).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
New Jersey
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