State size comparison
compared to
North Dakota is about 1.4 times smaller than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 71.32% the size of Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (9.2 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
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