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Michigan vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 1.4 times (39%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.5 times (49%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Michigan and Missouri have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Mount Arvon is 243 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Missouri's lowest point is 341 feet lower.
Michigan vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 1.6 times (62%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Michigan's population density is 2.0 times (97%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Detroit's population is 1.3 times (25%) larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 1.6 times (56%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 16 years.
Michigan vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Michigan and Missouri have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Michigan and Missouri have about the same average income.
Michigan vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Missouri's county count is 1.4 times (39%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Marquette County's land area is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 5.2 times (418%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- Wayne County's population is 1.8 times (78%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 1.2 times (15%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- St. Louis County's income is 1.1 times (12%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Lake County and Douglas County have about the same income.
Michigan vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Missouri's top rate is 0.45 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.39 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 2.44 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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