NCP Blog: Spotlight on Panel Members in Michigan

Up next in our Spotlight on States series: Michigan!

 

Michigan joined the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state. It is located in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest and is bordered by Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio. Michigan is also bordered by four of the five Great Lakes and has the longest freshwater coastline in the United States, as well as the second-most water area of any state, behind only Alaska.

 

Michigan consists of two peninsulas: the Lower Peninsula, which is shaped like a mitten, and the Upper Peninsula, which is separate from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.

 

The capital city is Lansing, and the largest city is Detroit. The population of Michigan is 10,077,331 according to the 2020 census, making it the tenth most populous state.

Official Michigan State Symbols

 

Every state has their own unique symbols, from birds to flowers to songs and more! Here are some of Michigan’s official state symbols:

 

– Bird: American Robin – Fish: Brook Trout – Flower: Apple Blossom – Fossil: Mastodon – Game Mammal: White-Tailed Deer – Reptile: Painted Turtle – Tree: White Pine – Stone: Petoskey Stone

 

Find more information about Michigan’s state symbols here.

Fun Facts about Michigan

Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office.  The J.W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.

 

The nation’s first regularly scheduled air passage service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 1926.

 

The world’s largest weathervane is located in Montague. It stands forty-eight-feet tall and weighs thirty-five hundred pounds. Its wind arrow is twenty-six-feet long.

 

The Lake Superior shoreline, if straightened out, could connect Duluth and the Bahama Islands.

 

Singing sand can be found on the beaches of Grand Haven. The sand particles make a whistling sound as you walk upon them.

 

More tonnage passes though the historic Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie than the Suez and Panama Canals combined.

 

Famous people from Michigan include actors Kristen Bell and Selma Blair, comedian David Spade, Eminem, Madonna, and Diana Ross.

 

NCP Panel Members in Michigan

 

Want to learn more about your fellow panel members in another state? Here’s how our Michigan panel members answered some of our survey questions!

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