United States is about 170 times bigger than Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan is approximately 57,750 km² (22,297 sq mi), while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 16,928% larger than Lake Michigan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lake Michigan vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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