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 | | It is divided by a low water divide running north and south, the larger portion of the state being on the west of this and gradually sloping toward Lake Michigan. |
 | | The state had a foreign-born population of 594,700 (5.9% of the state population). |
 | | The state stone, the Petoskey stone, is composed of fossilized coral (Hexagonaria pericarnata) from long ago when the middle of the continent was covered with a shallow sea. |
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