State size comparison

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Michigan is about 2.4 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 144% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.9 million people (1.2 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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