State size comparison

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Michigan is about 1.2 times smaller than Arizona.

Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 85.11% the size of Arizona. Meanwhile, the population of Arizona is ~6.4 million people (3.5 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arizona vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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