MICHIGAN MICHIGAN U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1837 ORDER OF ADMISSION 26TH DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1964 CAPITAL LANSING POPULATION 9774000 1997 LAND AREA 56809 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 168.1 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME GREAT LAKES STATE WOLVERINE STATE MOTTO SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENINSULA LOOK ABOUT YOU GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 38 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 110 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 16 MAIN INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING TOURISM AGRICULTURE MINING MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL IRON ORE NATIVE PURE COPPER PETROLEUM NATURAL GAS SALT CALCIUM CHLORIDE MAGNESIUM LIMESTONE SHALE SAND GRAVEL GYPSUM
