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Michigan vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Michigan's land area is 6.1 times (514%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan's total area is 10.1 times larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 3.0 times (196%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 4.0 times (301%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 2,370 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Vermont's lowest point is 476 feet lower.
Michigan vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 15.6 times larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Michigan's population density is 2.5 times (154%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Detroit's population is 14.5 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 19.2 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Vermont is the older of the two by 46 years.
Michigan vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 15.2 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Michigan and Vermont have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Vermont's average income is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Michigan's county count is 5.9 times (493%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Marquette County's land area is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Benzie County's land area is 3.9 times (291%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Wayne County's population is 10.4 times larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 2.8 times (179%) larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Oakland County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.3 times (28%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.24 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Vermont's combined rate is 0.43 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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