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Michigan | |
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| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Michigan Territory |
| Admittit tae the Union | Januar 26, 1837 (26t) |
| Lairgest ceety | Detroit |
| Lairgest metro | Metro Detroit |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Gretchen Whitmer (D) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Garlin Gilchrist (D) |
| Legislatur | Michigan Legislature |
| • Upper hoose | Senate |
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
| U.S. senators | |
| U.S. Hoose delegation | 7 Democrats 6 Republicans 1 Libertarian (leet) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,928,300 (2,016 est)[1] |
| • Density | 67.1/km2 (174/sq mi) |
| • Median hooseaud income | $54203 [2] |
| • Income rank | 31st |
| Leid | |
| • Offeecial leid | None (Inglis, de facto) |
| • Spoken leid | Inglis 91.11% Spaingie 2.93% Arabic 1.04% Ither 4.92% |
| Trad. abbreviation | Mich. |
| Latitude | 41° 41' N tae 48° 18' N |
| Longitude | 82° 7' W tae 90° 25' W |
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".[3][4]
Michigan is the aicht maist populous state in the Unitit States. It haes the langest freshwatter shoreline o ony poleetical subdiveesion in the warld, bein bounded bi fower o the five Muckle Lochs, plus Loch Saint Clair.[5]
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- ↑ Population Division (23 December 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 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "Michigan in Brief: Information About the State of Michigan" (PDF). Michigan.gov. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
- ↑ "Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary". Freelang.net.
- ↑ "NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management: My State: Michigan".
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