Louisiana is 2.03× the size of Michoacán
Louisiana (state of the United States) covers about 120,000 km² (46,200 mi²) and Michoacán (state of Mexico) about 58,900 km² (22,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 120,000km²Louisiana
- 58,900km²Michoacán
100 km
- Louisiana
- Michoacán
What fits
- Michoacán fits inside Louisiana about 2.03 times by area.
- Louisiana is larger by 60,700 km² (23,400 mi²), which is 103% of the area of Michoacán.
- Measured in Belgiums: Louisiana is about 3.90, Michoacán about 1.92.
How they differ
- Louisiana also has the larger population: 4.7 million against 4.6 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Michoacán against 39 in Louisiana: Michoacán is 2.00× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,650 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Louisiana at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Michoacán at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Louisiana as 2.47× the size of Michoacán instead of 2.03×.
- Together Louisiana and Michoacán cover 178,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 60,700 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
- At Michoacán's density, Louisiana would have 9.3 million people (it has 4.7 million). At Louisiana's density, Michoacán would have 2.3 million (it has 4.6 million).
- Louisiana's centre is 11.9° of latitude, about 1,320 km, farther north than Michoacán's.
- Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Michoacán is the 16th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Louisiana lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,320 km) north of Michoacán.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Louisiana would have about 25,670 m² and each person in Michoacán about 12,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Louisiana and Michoacán would cover 178,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Side by side
| Louisiana | Michoacán | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 120,000 km²46,200 mi² | 58,900 km²22,700 mi² |
| Official area | 135,000 km²Wikidata | 58,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 32nd of 51in the United States | 16th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2020 | 4.6 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 25th of 51in the United States | 9th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 39 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Baton Rouge | Morelia |
| Latitude range | 29°N to 33°N | 18°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 58,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 58,900 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12