State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 3.2 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 225% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
West Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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