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  1. Year of Admission: 1837
  2. Order of Admission: 26th
  3. Date of Current State Constitution: 1964
  4. Capital: Lansing
  5. Population: 9,774,000 (1997)
  6. Land Area: 56,809 sq. mi.
  7. Population Density: 168.1 people per sq. mi.
  8. Nickname: Great Lakes State, Wolverine State
  9. Motto: Si Quaeris Peninsulam, Amoenam Circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.)
  10. Government Configuration: Bicameral legislature
  11.       Houses: 2
  12.       Number of State Senators: 38
  13.       Number of State Representatives: 110
  14. Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 16
  15. Main Industries: Manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, mining
  16. Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, iron ore, native (pure) copper, petroleum, natural gas, salt, calcium chloride, magnesium, limestone, shale, sand, gravel, gypsum