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Michigan vs Montana Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Montana has 145,550 square miles (376,973 km²).
- Montana's land area is 2.6 times (157%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Montana: 147,043 square miles (380,840 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Montana's total area is 1.5 times (52%) larger than Michigan's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Montana is 319 miles (514 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.5 times (53%) longer than Montana's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Montana spans 607 miles (976 km).
- Montana's east-west width is 1.3 times (34%) wider than Michigan's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Montana's is Granite Peak at 12,767 feet (3,891 m).
- Granite Peak is 10,753 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Montana's is Kootenai River at 1,805 feet.
- Michigan's lowest point is 1,234 feet lower.
Michigan vs Montana Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Montana has 1,137,233 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 8.9 times (792%) larger than Montana's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Montana: 7.8.
- Michigan's population density is 23.0 times higher than Montana's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Montana's is Billings with 121,483.
- Detroit's population is 5.3 times (432%) larger than Billings'.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Montana's Billings, MT metro area (192,531).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 22.9 times larger than Billings, MT metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Montana: Admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, as the 41st state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 52 years.
Michigan vs Montana Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Montana's $78.4 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 9.0 times (796%) larger than Montana's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Montana: $68,975.
- Michigan and Montana have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Montana: $69,240 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Montana's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Montana Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Montana has 56.
- Michigan's county count is 1.5 times (48%) higher than Montana's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Montana's is Beaverhead County at 5,543 square miles.
- Beaverhead County's land area is 3.1 times (206%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Montana: Silver Bow County (718 sq mi).
- Silver Bow County's land area is 2.2 times (125%) larger than Benzie County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Montana: Yellowstone County (171,583 people).
- Wayne County's population is 10.3 times larger than Yellowstone County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Montana: Petroleum County (525 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 4.1 times (312%) larger than Petroleum County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Montana: Gallatin County ($94,573).
- Oakland County and Gallatin County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Montana: Blaine County ($37,554).
- Lake County's income is 1.1 times (5%) richer than Blaine County's.
Michigan vs Montana Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Montana has a top income tax rate of 5.65%.
- Montana's top rate is 1.4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Montana: 0.69% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.49 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Montana: 0%.
- Michigan's combined rate is 6 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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