State size comparison
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Michigan is about 1,415 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 141,421% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (9.4 million more people live in Michigan).
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