State Information Michigan State Population Capital Min.

Wadge State Color Largest City Area 9,883,360 Lansing $7.40 Blue Detroit 96,716 car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing Major Industries Main River Highest Point State Bird/Plant/Tree # of Prisons Boarding States # of Major Universities # of Counties Safest City Violence Data Celeberties Governor US Representatives Detroit River Mt. Arvon - 1,978 feet Robin/ Apple blossom / White Pine 48 3, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana 10 43 Cedar 890 Tim Allen, Selma Blair, Tom Brady, Henry Ford Rick Snyder 15 5 Professional Sports Franchises Name of Residents State Nickname State Motto State Song Death Penality Michiganders Wolverine State "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" Michigan, My Michigan No

State Information California 38,041,430 Sacramento $8.00 Blue, Yellow Los Angeles 163,696 agriculture (many, many products), oil, mining, electronics, movie making/entertainment, and tourism Sacramento River, Colorado River, San Joaquin River Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet California valley quail/ California Poppy/ Redwood 33 3, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona 32 58 Saratoga 552 Steve Jobs, Julia Childs, Paula Abdul, Kimberly Kardashian, Jerry Brown 53 4 Californians The Golden State Eureka (I have found it) "I Love You, California" Yes

Kentucky $4,380,415.00 Frankfort $7.25 blue Louisville 40,409 agriculture (tobacco, corn, peanuts, wheat), mining (anthracite coal), horse-raising, whiskey manufacturing, automobile and truck manufacturing, chemical manufacturing Ohio River, Mississippi River, Cumberland River, Kentucky River Black Mountain - 4,145 feet Cardinal/ Goldenrod/ Tulip Tree 16 7, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia 8 120 Elizabethtown 226 Tom Cruise, Muhammad Ali, Josh Hutcherson Steve Beshear 6 3

Kentuckians Bluegrass State "United we stand, divided we fall" My Old Kentucky Home, by Stephen Foster yes

Min. Wadge
$8.50 $8.00 $7.50 $7.00 $6.50 Michigan California Kentucky Illinois $7.40 $7.25 $8.00 Michigan $8.25 California Kentucky Illinois

Area (sq. miles)

180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 96,716 40,000 20,000 0 Michigan California 40,409 Kentucky 57,915 163,696 Area

Illinois

Illinois 12,875,255 Springfield $8.25 White red Chicago 57,915 agriculture (corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley, rye, sorghum), cattle, manufacturing, mining Mississippi River, Illinois River Charles Mound - 1,235 feet Cardinal/ Illinois native (purple) Violet/ White oak 47 5, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin 9 102 Griggsville 516 Walt disney, Michelle Obama, Ronald Reagan Pat Quinn 18 3 Illinoisan Prairie State State Sovereignty, National Union "Illinois No

# of Counties
120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Michigan California Kentucky 43 58 120 102 Michigan California Kentucky Illinois

Illinois

State Population
9,883,360 12,875,255 4,380,415 Michigan California Kentucky Illinois 38,041,430