Michigan+State+Facts


 * State Abbreviation** - MI


 * State Capital** - Lansing


 * Largest City** - Detroit


 * Area** - 96,810 square miles Michigan is the 11th biggest state in the USA


 * Population** - 9,938,444 (as of 2000) Michigan is the eighth most populous state in the USA


 * Name for Residents** - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites


 * Major Industries** - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing


 * Major Rivers** - Detroit River, Grand River, Kalamazoo River, St. Clair River, St. Marys River


 * Major Lakes** - Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair


 * Highest Point** - Mt. Arvon - 1,978 feet (604 m) above sea level


 * Bordering States** - Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota (across Lake Superior)


 * Bordering Country** - Canada



-Michigan is the eighth most populous state in the USA
 * __FACTS!__**

-Detroit is the fattest city in the United States

-Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.

-Although Michigan is often called the "Wolverine State" there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan

-Michigan's state stone, The Petoskey is the official state stone. It is found along the shores of Lake Michigan

-The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, it spans 5 miles over the Straits of Mackinac, which is where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. The Mighty Mac took 3 years to complete and was opened to traffic in 1957.

-The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek the Cereal Capital of the World. The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry