State size comparison

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Idaho is about 1.2 times smaller than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 85.56% the size of Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~10.1 million people (8.1 million fewer people live in Idaho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Idaho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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