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Michigan

5 State Facts

  • Nickname: The Wolverine State

  • Statehood: 1837; 26th state

  • Population (as of July 2016): 9,928,300

  • State bird: American robin

  • State flower: apple blossom

Did you know?

  • Michigan is home to the largest limestone quarry on Earth

  • Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline of any state in the United States.

  • The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.

  • Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to tax-paid high school education.

  • The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek, MI the Cereal Capital of the World.

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