State size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.4 times smaller than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 68.8% the size of Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Washington).
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