Michigan

State o Michigan
State o Michigan
Banner	Seal
	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)
Caipital	Lansing
Lairgest ceety	Detroit
Lairgest metro	Metro Detroit
Aurie	Ranked 11t
• Tot	96,716 sq mi; (250,493 km2)
• Width	386 miles (621 km)
• Lenth	456 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)
• Density	174/sq mi (67.1/km2); Ranked 17t
• Median hoosehauld income	$54,203 (31st)
Elevation
• Heichest pynt	Moont Arvon; 1,979 ft (603 m)
• Mean	900 ft (270 m)
• Lawest pynt	Loch Erie; 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	Debbie Stabenow (D); Gary Peters (D);
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.gov

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]