Lake Michigan is about 4.3 times smaller than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Lake Michigan is approximately 57,750 km² (22,297 sq mi), making Lake Michigan 23.05% the size of Michigan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Lake Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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