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Did you know?
That Michigan is bordered by 4 of the 5 Great Lakes and has the longest shoreline of any political subdivision in the world. In fact, the name Michigan comes from the Ojibwe word mishigama, which means 'large water'. Michigan also has almost 65,000 inland lakes and ponds, and any location in the state is within 6 miles of a natural water source.

Michigan is the largest state to the east of the Mississippi River, and it is 8th most populace state in the U.S., with almost 10,000,000 people. The majority of Michigan's residents are of European descent, with a notably large Dutch and Scandenavian population on the Upper Peninsula.

Michigan's gross state product is approximately $372 billion per capita. The average income is 20th in the U.s. at $31,000 a year, and the unemployment rate is 12.8%. Major industries in the state are: automobiles, cereal products, pizza, information technology, aerospace, military equipment, copper, iron, and furniture.

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