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Michigan vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 2.3 times (130%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 2.6 times (156%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Michigan's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 4,610 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 393 feet lower.
Michigan vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Tennessee's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Michigan and Tennessee have about the same population density.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.1 times (9%) larger than Detroit's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 2.0 times (105%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 41 years.
Michigan vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 1.3 times (25%) larger than Tennessee's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Tennessee's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Michigan and Tennessee have about the same average income.
Michigan vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Marquette County's land area is 2.4 times (140%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 2.8 times (180%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Wayne County's population is 1.9 times (95%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 2.4 times (136%) larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.5 times (49%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Lake County's income is 1.3 times (25%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Michigan's top rate is 4.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.73 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 3.61 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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