State size comparison
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Michigan is about 2.2 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 116% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (2.8 million fewer people live in Michigan).
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