Michigan is about 4.3 times bigger than Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan is approximately 57,750 km² (22,297 sq mi), while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 334% larger than Lake Michigan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lake Michigan vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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