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Michigan vs Rhode Island Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Rhode Island has 1,034 square miles (2,678 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 54.8 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles (4,002 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 62.6 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Rhode Island is 61 miles (98 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 8.0 times (702%) longer than Rhode Island's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Rhode Island spans 42 miles (67 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 10.8 times wider than Rhode Island's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Rhode Island's is Jerimoth Hill at 811 feet (247 m).
- Mount Arvon is 1,203 feet higher than Jerimoth Hill.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Rhode Island's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Rhode Island's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Michigan vs Rhode Island Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Rhode Island has 1,112,308 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 9.1 times (812%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Rhode Island: 1,075.8.
- Rhode Island's population density is 6.0 times (501%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Rhode Island's is Providence with 194,706.
- Detroit's population is 3.3 times (232%) larger than Providence's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Rhode Island's Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area (1,700,901).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Rhode Island: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1790, as the 13th state.
- In its current form, Rhode Island is the older of the two by 47 years.
Michigan vs Rhode Island Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Rhode Island's $80.4 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 8.7 times (774%) larger than Rhode Island's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Rhode Island: $72,265.
- Michigan and Rhode Island have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Rhode Island: $70,622 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Rhode Island's average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Rhode Island Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Rhode Island has 5.
- Michigan's county count is 16.6 times higher than Rhode Island's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Rhode Island's is Providence County at 410 square miles.
- Marquette County's land area is 4.4 times (342%) larger than Providence County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (24 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 13.3 times larger than Bristol County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Rhode Island: Providence County (675,912 people).
- Wayne County's population is 2.6 times (162%) larger than Providence County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (50,145 people).
- Bristol County's population is 23.2 times larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County ($99,923).
- Bristol County's income is 1.1 times (7%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Providence County ($61,040).
- Providence County's income is 1.5 times (55%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs Rhode Island Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Rhode Island has a top income tax rate of 5.99%.
- Rhode Island's top rate is 1.74 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Rhode Island: 1.07% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.11 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Rhode Island: 7%.
- Rhode Island's combined rate is 1 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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