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Michigan vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 7.7 times (670%) larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 11.1 times larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 2.9 times (189%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 3.5 times (251%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- Mount Arvon is 216 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Michigan vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 1.1 times (7%) larger than New Jersey's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 7.2 times (621%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Detroit's population is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs New Jersey's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 4.5 times (353%) larger than Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 50 years.
Michigan vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Michigan's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (29%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.3 times (33%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Michigan's county count is 4.0 times (295%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Marquette County's land area is 2.3 times (126%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 6.9 times (592%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Wayne County's population is 1.8 times (81%) larger than Bergen County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 30.5 times larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Somerset County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 6.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- New Jersey's combined rate is 0.6 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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