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Delaware vs Michigan Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Michigan has 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 29.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 38.9 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Michigan is 489 miles (786 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 5.0 times (399%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 4.7 times (372%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Michigan's is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m).
- Mount Arvon is 1,564 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Michigan's is Lake Erie at 571 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Delaware vs Michigan Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Michigan has 10,140,459 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 9.6 times (864%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Michigan: 179.1.
- Delaware's population density is 3.0 times (201%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Michigan's is Detroit with 645,705.
- Detroit's population is 8.8 times (782%) larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Michigan's Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 50 years.
Delaware vs Michigan Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Michigan's $702.5 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 6.3 times (533%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Michigan: $69,274.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (52%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Michigan: $63,690 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Michigan's.
Delaware vs Michigan Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Michigan has 83.
- Michigan's county count is 27.7 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Michigan's is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles.
- Marquette County's land area is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Benzie County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people).
- Wayne County's population is 3.0 times (201%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people).
- Kent County's population is 89.2 times larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579).
- Oakland County's income is 1.3 times (27%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Michigan: Lake County ($39,505).
- Kent County's income is 1.4 times (40%) richer than Lake County's.
Delaware vs Michigan Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%.
- Delaware's top rate is 2.35 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Michigan: 1.18% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Michigan: 6%.
- Michigan's combined rate is 6 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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