michigan QUICK FACTS Name Michigan may come from an Ojibwe Native American word mishigama which means great lake State Capital Lansing population 114,620 Date of Statehood January 26 1837 26th state Population 9,922,576 10th-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 96,714 square miles 250,488 sq km 11th-largest state Largest City Detroit population 680,250 Nickname The Great Lakes State The Wolverine State Motto Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice If you seek a pleasant peninsula look about you State Bird American Robin 6 MICHIGAN
the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Flower Apple Blossom State Rock Petoskey Stone State Tree White Pine State Song My Michigan Highest Point Mount Arvon 1,979 feet 603 m Lowest Point Lake Erie 571 feet 174 m Average July High Temperature 80 F 27 C Record High Temperature 112 F 44 C in Mio and Stanwood on July 13 1936 Average January Low Temperature 12 F 11 C Record Low Temperature 51 F 46 C in Vanderbilt on February 9 1934 Average Annual Precipitation 33 inches 84 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 14 U S Postal Service Abbreviation MI QUICK FACTS 7
michigan GEOGRAPHY Michigan is a state in the Midwest region of the United States Its total land and water area is 96,714 square miles 250,488 sq km making it the 11th-largest state However almost 40 percent of that is water area Only 56,539 square miles 146,435 sq km is land Michigan has 3,224 miles 5,189 km of shoreline including many large islands Thousands of years ago huge Ice Age glaciers repeatedly scoured the land When they finally melted the water they left behind created the Great Lakes They also left behind nearly 11,000 inland lakes in Michigan Michigan is split between two large pieces of land called the Lower and Upper Peninsulas They are each unique with their own geography and character Sand dunes on the Lower Peninsula A waterfall on the Upper Peninsula 8 MICHIGAN
lake michigan lake eerie lake huron lake superior Isle Royale the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Mt Arvon Marquette 0 0 WISCONSIN ILLINOIS ONTARIO CANADA N 100 km Sault Ste Marie 100 miles Straits of Mackinac 75 MICHIGAN Grand Rapids 75 96 (cid:43) Lansing 69 Kalamazoo 94 69 Detroit ONTARIO CANADA INDIANA OHIO Michigan’s total land and water area is 96,714 square miles 250,488 sq km It is the 11th-largest state The state capital is Lansing GEOGRAPHY 9
