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- Admission to Statehood: January 26, 1837
- Area: 96810 sq.mi, 11th Land 56809 sq. mi., 22nd Water 40001 sq.mi., 2nd
Great Lakes 38,192 sq.mi., 1st
- Area Codes: 50states List
- Auto Tour: World's Motor Capital
- Biographies: Famous Michiganians
- Bird: Robin 50states List
- Border States: Regional List Illinois Indiana Minnesota (water border) Ohio Wisconsin
- Cam World: Live Web Cams
- Climate: Michigan
- Colleges, Universities: 50states List
- Community and Technical Colleges: 50states List
- Community Pages: 50states List
- Constitution: 26th State
- County Profile: Text List 83 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: News Headlines
- Department of: Education Certification
- Driving: DSD&V
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Dairy products, apples, blueberries, cattle, vegetables, hogs, corn, nursery stock, soybeans.
- Industry: Motor vehicles and parts, machinery, fabricated metal products, food processing, chemical products, mining, tourism.
- Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
- Fast Facts: 50states List
- Flag:
The design on Michigan's deep blue field has three mottoes:
On a red ribbon - "One Nation Made Up of Many States"
On a blue shield - "I will Defend"
On a white ribbon - "If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look Around"
On the blue shield the sun rises over a lake and peninsula, a man with raised hand and holding a gun represents peace and the ability to defend his rights. The elk and moose are symbols of Michigan, while the eagle represents the United States. Flag adopted 1911. Fly this Flag
- Flower: Apple Blossom Malus coronaria
- Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Wexford, 5 miles northnorthwest of Cadillac
- Governor: John Mathias Engler (R)
- Highest Point: Mt. Arvon; 1980 feet, 38th
- Highway Markers: Michigan Resource Manual
- History: Historical History Channel Civil War
- Largest Cities: Detroit Grand Rapids Warren Flint Sterling Heights Lansing Ann Arbor Livonia Dearborn Westland
- Library: Michigan
- License Plates: Michigan
- Lowest Point: Shore of Lake Erie; 572 feet, 40th
- Map: DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List
- Media: Radio TV
- Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice
- If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- National Forest: Michigan
- Newspapers: Michigan
- Nickname: Wolverine State / Great Lakes State
- Origin of state's name: Based on Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning "great water" and refers to the Great Lakes.
- Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
- Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
- Population: Quick facts 9,938,444; 8th, 12/00
- Public Records: Michigan
- Real Estate: Ired.com - Michigan
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: Michigan
- Soil: Michigan - Kalkaska
- Song: Michigan, My Michigan 50states List
- words by: Douglas M. Malloch
- Sports: Michigan Teams
- State Parks: Michigan
- Symbols: Geobop's Michigan Symbols
- Topography: Image Low rolling hills give way to northern tableland of hilly belts in the Lower Penninsula; Upper Penninsula is level in the east, with swampy areas, the western region is higher and more rugged.
- Tourism: Tour Michigan
- Tree: White pine Pinus strobus Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
- Unclaimed Funds: Michigan
- Veteran Affairs: Michigan VA Military Links
- Vital Records: Michigan
- Weather: Lansing, Capital City Airport
- Yellow / White Pages:
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