State size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 102% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (7.7 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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