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Michigan vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.2 times (20%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 1.3 times (26%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Eagle Mountain is 278 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Michigan's lowest point is 30 feet lower.
Michigan vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 1.8 times (75%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Michigan's population density is 2.5 times (146%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Detroit's population is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 21 years.
Michigan vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 1.4 times (38%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Minnesota's county count is 1.0 times (5%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 3.5 times (245%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 2.1 times (110%) larger than Ramsey County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Wayne County's population is 1.4 times (39%) larger than Hennepin County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Traverse County's population is 1.5 times (45%) larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Hennepin County's income is 1.1 times (7%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 5.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.16 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 2.14 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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