Michigan - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Lansing January 26, 1837 the 26th state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Wolverine State Michiganders Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) Abbreviation MI LAND Total area 250,493 sq km 96,716 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 11th 147,140 sq km 56,811 sq mi Highest point Mount Arvon 603 m/1,979 ft Forested land as a share of total area 53 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 10 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 10,071,822 (2007 estimate) 8th 6.9 percent (1990-2000) 69 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 178 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 74.7 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Detroit 886,671 (2005 estimate) Grand Rapids 193,780 (2005 estimate) Warren 135,311 (2005 estimate) Sterling Heights 128,034 (2005 estimate) Flint 118,551 (2005 estimate) Ethnic groups Whites 80.2 percent (2000) Blacks 14.2 percent (2000) Asians 1.8 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.6 percent (2000) less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 3.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 3.3 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 75 years (1989-1991) 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 414 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 386 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) 10.5 percent (2006) 18.1 (2003) $10,593 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 10.4 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 87.2 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Jennifer Granholm (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 38 members House of Representatives, 110 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 15 Electoral votes 17 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $381 billion (2006) $32,052 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.5 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.5 percent (2004) Manufacturing 20.5 percent (2004) Mining 0.2 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 4.7 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 17.4 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 10.4 percent (2004) 3 percent (2004) Retail trade 6.9 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.8 percent (2004) Other services 26.2 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 5,081,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 6.9 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 20.5 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 2.3 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 1.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 27 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 70.4 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 155 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 52 percent (2003 estimate) 5.8 books per person (2002) 195,464 km (2005) 121,456 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 2,000 km (2005) 1,243 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 5,778 km (2004) 3,590 mi (2004) Airports 20 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
