State size comparison
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California is about 1.6 times bigger than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 61% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (27.4 million more people live in California).
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