Nowhere in the United States are consumers as loyal to American-made cars than in Michigan.

That's the word from the car magazine Autowise, which set out to discover which states have the most interest in American cars based on Google search data.

Perhaps unsurprisingly considering Ford's location in Metro Detroit, Michigan led the country in searches for U.S. brands by a significant margin coming in at 71 percent.

"There's really no contest here, Michigan is comfortably the U.S. state most loyal to American car brands," said Autowise founder Chris Riley. "To say they love their Fords is an understatement."

South Dakota and North Dakota were second and third, respectively at a distant 38 percent and 37 percent. Overall, Ford continued to be America's favorite car brand, with more than 2.4 million new vehicles hitting U.S. roads last year.

Hawaii, California, and Rhode Island had the least searches for U.S. car brands at 25 percent, 31 percent and 32 percent, respectively, according to Autowise.

The study does note that American vs. foreign debate does have some nuance, since 69 percent of Japanese cars sold in 2017 were manufactured in America and only 64 percent percent of Fords sold in 2016 were manufactured in the USA.

Japanese brands like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan sold more than 5 million new cars between them in 2017.

According to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Japanese automakers assembled 3.8 million vehicles in their U.S. factories in 2017, while 1.7 million cars and trucks were imported.

Chevrolet is the only other U.S. name currently in America's top 5, according to Autowise.