Nuevo León is 1.04× the size of West Virginia

Nuevo León (state of Mexico) covers about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²) and West Virginia (state of the United States) about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

65,000km²Nuevo León
62,700km²West Virginia

100 km

Nuevo León
West Virginia

What fits

West Virginia is 97% of the size of Nuevo León.
Nuevo León is larger by 2,250 km² (868 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of West Virginia.
Measured in Belgiums: Nuevo León is about 2.12, West Virginia about 2.05.

How they differ

Nuevo León also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 1.8 million, 2.89× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Nuevo León against 29 in West Virginia: Nuevo León is 2.79× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,320 km apart.
On a standard web map West Virginia looks larger than Nuevo León: Nuevo León at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and West Virginia at 39°N about 1.6×, so the map shows West Virginia as 1.29× the size of Nuevo León, when Nuevo León is 1.04× the size of West Virginia.
Together Nuevo León and West Virginia cover 128,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,250 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At West Virginia's density, Nuevo León would have 1.9 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Nuevo León's density, West Virginia would have 5.0 million (it has 1.8 million).
West Virginia's centre is 13.1° of latitude, about 1,450 km, farther north than Nuevo León's.
Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,450 km) north of Nuevo León.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nuevo León would have about 12,520 m² and each person in West Virginia about 34,980 m².
Laid side by side, Nuevo León and West Virginia would cover 128,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 7.0 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

	Nuevo León	West Virginia
Is a	StateMexico	StateUnited States
Area, measured	65,000 km²25,100 mi²	62,700 km²24,200 mi²
Official area	64,200 km²Wikidata	62,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 32in Mexico	41st of 51in the United States
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 32in Mexico	39th of 51in the United States
Density	80 per km²	29 per km²
Capital	Monterrey	Charleston
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	37°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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