State size comparison

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Michigan is about 6 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 16.91% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (9.2 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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