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Michigan vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 4.6 times (361%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 2.8 times (178%) larger than Michigan's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.7 times (65%) longer than Michigan's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.7 times (72%) wider than Michigan's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 6,716 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 571 feet lower.
Michigan vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Michigan's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Michigan's population density is 1.5 times (49%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.7 times (270%) larger than Detroit's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 1.9 times (90%) larger than Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 8 years.
Michigan vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 3.9 times (294%) larger than Michigan's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 3.1 times (206%) higher than Michigan's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 3.4 times (242%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 2.5 times (151%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 2.8 times (183%) larger than Wayne County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 45.0 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.4 times (136%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Lake County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Starr County's.
Michigan vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Michigan's top rate is 4.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.13 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 2.2 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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