West Virginia.
At 24,077.7 square miles, that's the only one that's close. The next smaller state, Maryland, has an area of less than 10,000 square miles, and the next larger state, South Carolina, has an area greater than 30,000 square miles.
Mississippi is a state that is approximately 46,000 square miles in size.
Washington state has a total area of approximately 71,362 square miles.
Utah's state area is approximately 84,899 square miles.
The state that is approximately 71,000 square miles is the state of Washington.
New York state spans approximately 54,555 square miles.
Alaska is the largest U.S. State, by area - approximately 663,000. square miles. Texas follows at approximately 268,000. square miles.
Mississippi covers approximately 48,430 square miles.
Rhode Island is the smallest US state and is approximately 1214 square miles in size.
Hawaii, who is about 10,931 sq. miles.
Delaware is the closest state to 3,000 square miles, with a total land area of approximately 1,948 square miles.
Pile County, located in the state of [insert name of state], covers approximately XX square miles.
West Virginia is approximately 24,230 square miles in size.