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Michigan vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Michigan has a land area of 56,611 square miles (146,622 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Michigan's.
Total area
- Michigan: 96,713 square miles (250,486 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Michigan and Wyoming have about the same total area.
Length
- Michigan is 489 miles (786 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Michigan's north-south length is 1.5 times (51%) longer than Wyoming's.
Width
- Michigan spans 453 miles (728 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Michigan's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Wyoming's.
Highest point
- Michigan's highest point is Mount Arvon at 2,014 feet (614 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 11,774 feet higher than Mount Arvon.
Lowest point
- Michigan's lowest point is Lake Erie at 571 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Michigan's lowest point is 2,537 feet lower.
Michigan vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Michigan has a population of 10,140,459 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Michigan's population is 17.3 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Michigan: 179.1 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Michigan's population density is 29.4 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Michigan's biggest city is Detroit with 645,705 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Detroit's population is 9.8 times (883%) larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Michigan's largest metropolitan area is Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area (4,400,578 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area's population is 43.2 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Michigan: Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Michigan is the older of the two by 53 years.
Michigan vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Michigan's GDP is $702.5 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Michigan's economic output is 13.6 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Michigan: $69,274 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Wyoming's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Michigan's.
Average income
- Michigan: $63,690 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Michigan's.
Michigan vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Michigan has 83 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Michigan's county count is 3.6 times (261%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Michigan's largest county is Marquette County at 1,809 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 5.8 times (476%) larger than Marquette County's.
Smallest county by area
- Michigan: Benzie County (320 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 6.3 times (527%) larger than Benzie County's.
Most populous county
- Michigan: Wayne County (1,771,063 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Wayne County's population is 17.4 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Michigan: Keweenaw County (2,161 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Niobrara County's population is 1.1 times (6%) larger than Keweenaw County's.
Richest county
- Michigan: Oakland County ($93,579 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 5.7 times (469%) richer than Oakland County's.
Poorest county
- Michigan: Lake County ($39,505 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.3 times (28%) richer than Lake County's.
Michigan vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Michigan has a top income tax rate of 4.25%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Michigan's top rate is 4.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Michigan: 1.18% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Michigan's rate is 0.61 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Michigan: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Michigan's combined rate is 0.61 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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