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State o Michigan | |||||
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Nickname(s): "The Great Loch(s) State", "The Wolverine State", "The Mitten State", "Watter (Winter) Wonderland" | |||||
Motto(s): Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (Scots: "If ye seek a pleasant peninsula, leuk aboot ye") | |||||
Offeecial leid | None (Inglis, de facto) | ||||
Spoken leids | Inglis 91.11% Spaingie 2.93% Arabic 1.04% Ither 4.92% | ||||
Demonym | Michigander, Michiganian, Yooper (for residents o the Upper Peninsula)[1] | ||||
Caipital | Lansing | ||||
Lairgest ceety | Detroit | ||||
Lairgest metro | Metro Detroit | ||||
Aurie | Ranked 11t | ||||
• Tot | 96,716 sq mi (250,493 km2) | ||||
• Width | 386[2][3] miles (621 km) | ||||
• Lenth | 456[2] miles (734 km) | ||||
• % watter | 41.5 | ||||
• Latitude | 41° 41' N tae 48° 18' N | ||||
• Longitude | 82° 7' W tae 90° 25' W | ||||
Population | Ranked 10t | ||||
• Tot | 9,928,300 (2016 est)[4] | ||||
• Density | 174/sq mi (67.1/km2) Ranked 17t | ||||
• Median hoosehauld income | $54,203 [5] (31st) | ||||
Elevation | |||||
• Heichest pynt | Moont Arvon[6][lower-alpha 1] 1,979 ft (603 m) | ||||
• Mean | 900 ft (270 m) | ||||
• Lawest pynt | Loch Erie[6][7] 571 ft (174 m) | ||||
Afore statehuid | Michigan Territory | ||||
Admission to Union | Januar 26, 1837 (26t) | ||||
Govrenor | Rick Snyder (R) | ||||
Lieutenant Governor | Brian Calley (R) | ||||
Legislatur | Michigan Legislature | ||||
• Upper hoose | Senate | ||||
• Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives | ||||
U.S. Senators | |||||
U.S. Hoose delegation | 9 Republicans 5 Democrats (leet) | ||||
Time zones | |||||
• maist o state | Eastren: UTC −5/−4 | ||||
• 4 U.P. coonties (Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, an Menominee) | Central: UTC −6/−5 | ||||
ISO 3166 | US-MI | ||||
Abbreviations | MI, Mich. | ||||
Wabsteid | www |
Michigan is a Midwastren state o the Unitit States o Americae. It wis named efter Loch Michigan, whase name is a French adaption o the Ojibwe term mishigama, meanin "lairge loch" or "lairge watter".[8][9]
Michigan is the aicht maist populous state in the Unitit States. It haes the longest freshwatter shoreline o ony political subdivision in the warld, being bounded bi fower o the five Muckle Lochs, plus Loch Saint Clair.[10]
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Elevation adjuistit tae North American Vertical Datum o 1988.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Hansen, Liane (September 27, 2009). "What Is a Yooper?". Weekend Edition Sunday. NPR. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Michigan in Brief: Information About the State of Michigan" (PDF). Department of History, Arts and Libraries. Retrieved November 28, 2006.
- ↑ "Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary". Freelang.net.
- ↑ Population Division (December 23, 2015). "Table 2. Cumulative Estimates of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico and Region and State Rankings: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). 2015 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the oreeginal on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Elevation adjustit tae North American Vertical Datum o 1988.
- ↑ "Michigan in Brief: Information About the State of Michigan" (PDF). Michigan.gov. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
- ↑ "Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary". Freelang.net.
- ↑ "NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management: My State: Michigan".
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