State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 1.2 times bigger than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 25% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (7.8 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
Michigan
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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