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Michigan vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- New Mexico's land area is 2.1 times (114%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Mexico's total area is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Michigan's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.2 times (24%) longer than New Mexico's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- New Mexico's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Michigan's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Wheeler Peak is 11,136 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Michigan's lowest point is 2,271 feet lower.
Michigan vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 4.8 times (376%) larger than New Mexico's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- Michigan's population density is 10.2 times higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Detroit's population is 1.2 times (15%) larger than Albuquerque's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 4.8 times (375%) larger than Albuquerque, NM metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 75 years.
Michigan vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 4.8 times (378%) larger than New Mexico's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- Michigan and New Mexico have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Michigan's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than New Mexico's.
Michigan vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- Michigan's county count is 2.5 times (152%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Catron County's land area is 3.8 times (283%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 2.9 times (193%) larger than Los Alamos County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Wayne County's population is 2.6 times (164%) larger than Bernalillo County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 3.4 times (240%) larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Los Alamos County's income is 1.1 times (5%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- Lake County's income is 1.1 times (9%) richer than Cibola County's.
Michigan vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- New Mexico's top rate is 1.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.55 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- New Mexico's combined rate is 1.68 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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