# How big is West Virginia?

West Virginia covers 24,230 square miles (62,756 km²), 24,038 of them land. It is the tenth-smallest state, about the size of Latvia.

- 24,230 square miles
- 62,756 km²
- 15.5 million acres
- 11.7 million football fields

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/west-virginia/

## 240 miles by 130

It is about 240 miles long and 130 miles wide.

## West Virginia against Latvia

Latvia covers about 25,000 square miles, so West Virginia is about the same size. Drag West Virginia over Latvia on the map above to compare.

## Two panhandles

It has two panhandles: a northern one squeezed between Pennsylvania and Ohio, and an eastern one between Maryland and Virginia.

## How it compares

- 15.7× the size of [Rhode Island](https://how-big-is.com/rhode-island/), the smallest state
- 2.0× the size of [Maryland](https://how-big-is.com/maryland/)
- 76% of the area of [South Carolina](https://how-big-is.com/south-carolina/)
- 3.6% of the area of [Alaska](https://how-big-is.com/alaska/), the largest state
- 89.7× the size of [the Little Giant Fire](https://how-big-is.com/little-giant-fire/)
- 15.5 million [acres](https://how-big-is.com/an-acre/)
- 11.7 million [American football fields](https://how-big-is.com/a-football-field/)
- 8.79 million [soccer pitches](https://how-big-is.com/a-soccer-field/)
- 18,395× the size of [Central Park](https://how-big-is.com/central-park/)
- 127,651× the size of [Vatican City](https://how-big-is.com/vatican-city/)
- 7.0× the size of [Yellowstone National Park](https://how-big-is.com/yellowstone-national-park/)
- 127× the size of [Lake Tahoe](https://how-big-is.com/lake-tahoe/)
- 2.9% of the area of [Greenland](https://how-big-is.com/greenland/)
- 88.1× the size of [Anglesey](https://how-big-is.com/anglesey/)
- 110× the size of [the Isle of Man](https://how-big-is.com/isle-of-man/)

## Questions people ask

**How many square miles is West Virginia?**
24,230 square miles (62,756 km²), 24,038 of them land.

**Is West Virginia bigger than Virginia?**
No. Virginia is about 1.8 times its size.

**Where does West Virginia rank by size?**
41st of the 50 states, by total area and by land area alike.

**How long is West Virginia?**
About 240 miles (386 km) long and 130 miles (209 km) wide.

**How big is West Virginia compared to Texas?**
About 9% of the size of Texas.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 24,230 square miles in all, 24,038 of them land, per the US Census Bureau. Outline: US Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html), licence: Public domain.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: US Census Bureau.