State size comparison

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Michigan is about 2.4 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 143% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (5.5 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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