San Luis Potosí is 1.02× the size of West Virginia

San Luis Potosí (state of Mexico) covers about 64,200 km² (24,800 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.

64,200km²San Luis Potosí
62,700km²West Virginia

100 km

San Luis Potosí
West Virginia

What fits

West Virginia is 98% of the size of San Luis Potosí.
San Luis Potosí is larger by 1,470 km² (566 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of West Virginia.
Measured in Belgiums: San Luis Potosí is about 2.09, West Virginia about 2.05.

How they differ

San Luis Potosí also has the larger population: 2.7 million against 1.8 million, 1.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 42 in San Luis Potosí against 29 in West Virginia: San Luis Potosí is 1.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,590 km apart.
On a standard web map West Virginia looks larger than San Luis Potosí: San Luis Potosí at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and West Virginia at 39°N about 1.6×, so the map shows West Virginia as 1.37× the size of San Luis Potosí, when San Luis Potosí is 1.02× the size of West Virginia.
Together San Luis Potosí and West Virginia cover 127,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,470 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At West Virginia's density, San Luis Potosí would have 1.8 million people (it has 2.7 million). At San Luis Potosí's density, West Virginia would have 2.7 million (it has 1.8 million).
West Virginia's centre is 16.0° of latitude, about 1,780 km, farther north than San Luis Potosí's.
San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th 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 16° of latitude (roughly 1,780 km) north of San Luis Potosí.
Shared out evenly, each person in San Luis Potosí would have about 23,620 m² and each person in West Virginia about 34,980 m².
Laid side by side, San Luis Potosí and West Virginia would cover 127,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 4.5 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	San Luis Potosí	West Virginia
Is a	StateMexico	StateUnited States
Area, measured	64,200 km²24,800 mi²	62,700 km²24,200 mi²
Official area	61,000 km²Wikidata	62,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 32in Mexico	41st of 51in the United States
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2015	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	19th of 32in Mexico	39th of 51in the United States
Density	42 per km²	29 per km²
Capital	San Luis Potosí	Charleston
Latitude range	21°N to 25°N	37°N to 41°N

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

Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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