State size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is about 1.9 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 86% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (10.8 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Pennsylvania
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