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Michigan

Table of contents
● General info
● Important industries:
- Agriculture
- Manufacturing
- Tourism
● Sights:
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Tahquamenon Falls State Park
General info
● Population: 10000000 citizens
● Size: 250500 km²
● Population density: 67 citizens per km²
● Capital city: Lansing
● Biggest city: Detroit
● Nickname: Great Lake
● Neighbouring states:
Ohio, Indiana and
Wisconsin
Lansing
● Population: 116020
● Population density: 1278 citizens per km²
● Size: 91,3 km²
● Location: middle of Michigan
Detroit
● Population: 677000 citizens
● Population density: 1880 citizens per km²
● Size: 370,02 km²
● Location: South-east side of Michigan
Agriculture
● 10000000 acres of farmland
● 56000 farms
● 32000000 dollars from sales of organic products
● 200000 kg of wool, 1000000 cows, 80000 sheep and 1000000 pigs in one
year
● Michigan exported 2 billion dollars in agriculture products to, Mexico, South
Korea, Japan and China
Manufacturing
● Michigan produces up to 25% of USA’s vehicles
● 500000 people in Michigan are employed in manufacturing jobs
● 90% of Michigan’s exports are manufacturing products
● 57 billion dollars worth of manufacturing products were exported in 2017
Tourism
● In 2017 122.4 million people visited Michigan
● Altogether 24.7 billion dollars were spent by tourists in 2017 generating 2.7
billion dollars in taxes
● Tourism in Michigan generated more than 232000 jobs
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
● Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located on the north east side of
Munising
● It extends for 67 km along the shore
● The name comes from the colourful sandstones cliffs that reach up to 60 m
above the lake level
● 800000 visitors per year
Isle-Royale-National Park
● It is an island on lake Superior
● Size: 2300 km²
● Visitors: 25800 visitors per year
● 1000 moose and 25 wolves live there
● You can look at the beautiful scenery and camp on the island
Tahquamenon Falls State Park
● Stretches over 5000 acres of land
● Most of is woodland that doesn't have any roads, buildings or powerlines
● The most important part of the state park is the Tahquamenon river with its
waterfalls
● The biggest waterfall is the upper
falls with a drop of 15.24 m
● 500000 visitors per year
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