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Michigan vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 1.5 times (46%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Utah's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.1 times (12%) longer than Utah's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 1.7 times (69%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 11,498 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Michigan's lowest point is 1,609 feet lower.
Michigan vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 2.9 times (189%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Michigan's population density is 4.2 times (322%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Detroit's population is 3.0 times (196%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 3.4 times (238%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 59 years.
Michigan vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 2.3 times (135%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Utah's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Utah's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Michigan's county count is 2.9 times (186%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 4.3 times (332%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Benzie County and Davis County have about the same land area.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Wayne County's population is 1.5 times (46%) larger than Salt Lake County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Keweenaw County's population is 2.3 times (126%) larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 3.0 times (200%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Lake County and Beaver County have about the same income.
Michigan vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Utah's top rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.69 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 1.42 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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