State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 2.2 times smaller than Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 46.24% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
Arkansas
vs.
West Virginia
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