- Nickname: Wolverine State; Great Lakes State
- Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam
circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look
about you)
- Flower: Apple blossom
- Bird: Robin
- Area: 96,716 square miles (2000; U.S. rank: 11th)
- Elevation: 572 feet to 1,980 feet above sea level
- Climate: Temperate with well-defined seasons,
tempered by surrounding water; colder in upper peninsula
- Admitted to Union: January 26, 1837
- Capital: Lansing
- Head Official: Governor Jennifer Granholm (D)
(until 2007)
- Population
- 1980: 9,262,000
- 1990: 9,368,000
- 2000: 9,938,480
- 2004 estimate: 10,112,620
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 6.9%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 8th
- Percent of residents born in state: 75.4% (2000)
- Density: 175 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 389,366
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 7,966,053
- Black or African American: 1,412,742
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 58,479
- Asian: 176,510
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 2,692
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 323,877
- Other: 129,552
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 672,005
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 2,212,060
- Percent of population 65 years and over: 12.3%
- Median age: 35.5 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 131,024
- Total number of deaths (2003): 86,644 (infant
deaths, 1,130)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 5,584
- Economy
- Major industries: Manufacturing; trade;
agriculture; finance, insurance, and real estate; services
- Unemployment rate: 6.9% (March 2005)
- Per capita income: $31,196 (2003; U.S. rank:
20th)
- Median household income: $45,176 (3-year average,
2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level: 10.8%
(3-year average, 2001-2003)
- Income tax rate: 4.0%
- Sales tax rate: 6.0%
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