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Michigan

Explore this region’s place in the atlas and its connection to United States.

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AT A GLANCE

Michigan in facts

  • TypeU.S. state
  • CapitalLansing
  • Population10.1 m2020 · 10,077,331
  • Area250,493 km²
Map: Natural Earth (public domain) · Open in the world map
All geographic & statistical details (17)
Density
40 people per km²
World region
Americas · Northern America
Share of United States’s area
2.5% of United States
Share of United States’s people
2.9% of United States
Regional anthem
My Michigan
National anthem (United States)
"The Star-Spangled Banner" · Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith
Currency
United States dollar
Motto
“Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (Pure Michigan)
Calling code
+1
Official languages
English (designated official language by Executive Order 14224, 2025), Spanish, Chamorro, Hawaiian
+ 2 moreShow lessSamoan, Carolinian
Drives on the
right
ISO 3166-2 code
US-MI
Official website
michigan.gov (opens in a new tab)
Time zone
UTC-6
Location
44.3°N, 85.6°W
Distance from Washington, D.C.
930 km (straight line)
Neighbouring regions
5

Facts: Wikidata Q1166, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Location, time zone and distances are worked out by The Landlore from Wikidata coordinates and the IANA time zone database.

FLAG & SYMBOLS

The flag and symbols of Michigan

Flag
Flag of Michigan

Image: Wikimedia Commons contributor / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Coat of arms
Coat of arms or emblem of Michigan

Image: Seal_of_Michigan.svg: Designed by Lewis Cass derivative work: Fry1989 (talk) 23:34, 5 Octo / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Motto
“Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice”

Pure Michigan

National anthem

My Michigan

Flag, coat of arms, motto and anthem: Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (credited above), retrieved 1 November 2026.

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Directory: UN M49 countries or areas, with 193 UN members, 2 observers and 53 other areas. Subdivisions: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0; filtered to this catalogue. Flags/symbols: flag-icons (MIT). Snapshot: 28 October 2026. Geographic groups are statistical. Associated-country links describe the cited relationship and do not settle sovereignty claims.

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