Pontiac

The Auto City

  • Motto: Moccasins and Steel

  • Flora: White Oak (Quercus alba)

  • Fauna: Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

  • Automobile: Muscle Car

⭐ Pontiac, PC

  • Population: 1,274,395

  • Elevation: 978

  • Former State: Michigan

  • Counties: Oakland

43

If Pontiac was admitted as a state today, it would be the 43th largest by population, between Maine and Montana.