State size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.2 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 25% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (2.8 million more people live in South Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
South Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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