Lansing is the state capital and is home to all three branches of state government. Products and services include automobiles, food products, information technology, aerospace, military equipment, furniture, and mining of copper and iron ore.[quantify] Michigan is the third leading grower of Christmas trees with 60,520 acres (245 km2) of land dedicated to Christmas tree farming. The Michigan State Capitol was dedicated in 1879 and has hosted the executive and legislative branches of the state ever since.
About 18.6% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.8% of those under the age 18 and 11.7% of that age 65 or over. [79][80][81], As of 2011[update], 34.3% of Michigan's children under the age of one belonged to racial or ethnic minority groups, meaning they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white.[82]. [31] The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory is at Michigan State University.
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Wayne County is the most populous county in Michigan and 23rd-most populous county in the United States. Base jobs are the jobs that create income and wealth for a community and serve as the foundation, the “base,” of that local economy. [167], This article is about the U.S. state of Michigan. The first lighthouses in Michigan were built between 1818 and 1822. Economy of Northern Michigan is limited by its lower population, few industries and reduced agriculture compared to lower Michigan. Michigan Agricultural College (1855), now Michigan State University in East Lansing, was founded as the pioneer land-grant college, a model for those authorized under the Morrill Act (1862). Formerly the Wayne County Road Commission, the Department of Public Services is the government agency in Wayne County responsible for building and maintaining the county's roads and highways. NMU hosts a large number of student organizations which are governmental, academic, programming, social, religious, and athletic, as well as residence hall-related, in nature.
Athletes must be approved by the NMU-OTS, their national governing body and NMU to be admitted into the program. 573,616 - en.wikipedia.org, FactSnippet No.
Throughout that decade, some of the country's largest and most ornate skyscrapers were built in the city. [94] The Reformed Church in America had 76,000 members and 154 congregations in the state.