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Michigan vs New York Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 1.8 times (77%) larger than New York's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.6 times (57%) longer than New York's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 1.1 times (9%) wider than New York's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 3,321 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New York's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Michigan vs New York Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 2.0 times (96%) larger than Michigan's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 2.4 times (135%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 13.1 times larger than Detroit's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs New York'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 York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
- In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 49 years.
Michigan vs New York Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 3.3 times (231%) larger than Michigan's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.7 times (69%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.3 times (34%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while New York has 62.
- Michigan's county count is 1.3 times (34%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 14.1 times larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Wayne County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 2.4 times (135%) larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 2.3 times (132%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Allegany County's income is 1.1 times (13%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 6.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 2.54 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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