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Lansing Real Estate

Admitted to Union: January 26, 1837
Capital: Lansing
Nickname: Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, Water Wonderland
Motto: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam, Circumspice, translation "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you"
Total Area: 96,810 square miles
Total Land Area: 56,809 square miles
Total Water Area: 40,001 square miles
Length: 490 miles
Width: 240 miles
Highest Point: 1,979 feet (Mount Arvon)
Lowest Point: 572 feet (Lake Erie)
Mean Elevation: 900 feet
Highest Temp: 112 degrees on July 13, 1936 at Mio
Lowest Temp: -51 degrees on February 4, 1934 at Vanderbilt
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 83.1 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 14.0 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 9,938,444