Motto:Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)
State symbols: flower: apple blossom, bird: robin, mammal: white-tailed deer, fishes: trout , brook trout, gem: isle royal greenstone (chlorastrolite), stone: petoskey stone, tree: white pine , soil: kalkaska soil series, reptile: painted turtle, flag: “Blue charged with the arms of the state”, wildflower: Dwarf Lake iris
Nickname: Wolverine State
10 largest cities (2010): Detroit, 713,777; Grand Rapids, 188,040; Warren, 134,056; Sterling Heights, 129,699; Lansing, 114,297; Ann Arbor, 113,934; Flint, 102,434; Dearborn, 98,153; Livonia, 96,942; Clinton Township, 96,796