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Maine vs Michigan Geography
Land area
- Maine has a land area of 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²), while Michigan has 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Maine's.
Total area
- Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²) vs Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 2.7 times (173%) larger than Maine's.
Length
- Maine is 311 miles (501 km) long from north to south; Michigan is 489 miles (786 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.6 times (57%) longer than Maine's.
Width
- Maine spans 203 miles (327 km) east to west; Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 2.2 times (123%) wider than Maine's.
Highest point
- Maine's highest point is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m); Michigan's is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m).
- Mount Katahdin is 3,239 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Maine's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Michigan's is Lake Erie at 571 feet.
- Maine's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Maine vs Michigan Population and History
Population
- Maine has a population of 1,405,012 (2024), while Michigan has 10,140,459 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 7.2 times (622%) larger than Maine's.
Population density
- Maine: 45.6 people per square mile vs Michigan: 179.1.
- Michigan's population density is 3.9 times (293%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest city
- Maine's biggest city is Portland with 69,568 people; Michigan's is Detroit with 645,705.
- Detroit's population is 9.3 times (828%) larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Maine's largest metropolitan area is Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534 people) vs Michigan's Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 7.7 times (670%) larger than Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's.
History
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- In its current form, Maine is the older of the two by 17 years.
Maine vs Michigan Economy
GDP
- Maine's GDP is $99.2 billion (2024) vs Michigan's $702.5 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 7.1 times (608%) larger than Maine's.
GDP per capita
- Maine: $70,586 per person vs Michigan: $69,274.
- Maine and Michigan have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Maine: $68,932 vs Michigan: $63,690 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Maine's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Michigan's.
Maine vs Michigan Counties
Number of counties
- Maine has 16 counties, while Michigan has 83.
- Michigan's county count is 5.2 times (419%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest county by area
- Maine's largest county is Aroostook County at 6,671 square miles; Michigan's is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles.
- Aroostook County's land area is 3.7 times (269%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Maine: Sagadahoc County (254 sq mi) vs Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Sagadahoc County's.
Most populous county
- Maine: Cumberland County (313,809 people) vs Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people).
- Wayne County's population is 5.6 times (464%) larger than Cumberland County's.
Least populous county
- Maine: Piscataquis County (17,432 people) vs Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people).
- Piscataquis County's population is 8.1 times (707%) larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Maine: Cumberland County ($90,142 per capita income) vs Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579).
- Cumberland County and Oakland County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Maine: Franklin County ($52,725 per capita income) vs Michigan: Lake County ($39,505).
- Franklin County's income is 1.3 times (33%) richer than Lake County's.
Maine vs Michigan Taxes
State income tax
- Maine has a top income tax rate of 7.15%, while Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%.
- Maine's top rate is 2.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Maine: 0.91% effective rate vs Michigan: 1.18% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Maine: 5.5% combined state and average local rate vs Michigan: 6%.
- Michigan's combined rate is 0.5 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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