State size comparison

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Michigan is about 1.2 times bigger than Idaho.

Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 17% larger than Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~1.6 million people (8.3 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Idaho vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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