City size comparison

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Detroit is about 697 times smaller than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 0.14% the size of Michigan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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