State size comparison
compared to
Michigan is about 2 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 99% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (348,157 more people live in Michigan).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Michigan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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