State size comparison
compared to
Michigan is about 1.3 times bigger than South Dakota.
South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 27% larger than South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (9.1 million more people live in Michigan).
This to-scale comparison of
South Dakota
vs.
Michigan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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