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Michigan vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 1.9 times (94%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Michigan's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Michigan and Nevada have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Michigan and Nevada have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 11,101 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- Nevada's lowest point is 90 feet lower.
Michigan vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 3.1 times (210%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- Michigan's population density is 6.0 times (503%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Las Vegas' population is 1.1 times (5%) larger than Detroit's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 27 years.
Michigan vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 2.6 times (161%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Michigan's county count is 4.9 times (388%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 10.1 times larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 2.2 times (121%) larger than Carson City's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Clark County's population is 1.4 times (35%) larger than Wayne County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 3.0 times (200%) larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- Douglas County's income is 1.2 times (17%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- Pershing County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Nevada has no state income tax.
- Michigan's top rate is 4.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 2.24 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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