State size comparison

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Michigan is about 425 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 42,369% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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