State size comparison

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Michigan is about 1.9 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 86% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (7.0 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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