Outline of Michigan

Great Seal of the State of Michigan

state of Michigan

in the United States of America

The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Michigan:

United States of America

, comprising two peninsulas.

General reference

state of Michigan

Names
Common name: Michigan
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃɪɡən/

State of Michigan

Abbreviations and name codes
Postal symbol
: MI
US-MI
Internet
.mi.us
- Nicknames
  - The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
  - Pure Michigan (currently used to promote tourism and on highway signs, currently used on license plates)
  - Spectacular Peninsulas (previously used on license plates)
  - Mitten State
  - Winter Water Wonderland (previously and currently used on license plates)
  - Wolverine State^[1]
  - The Birthplace of Automotives
Adjectival: Michigan

Demonyms

Most common:
Michigander

Less common:
Michiganian

Michiganite

Michiganer

Geography of Michigan

Michigan is: a U.S. state, a
federal state
of the United States of America
Population: 10,077,331 (2020), 10th in the U.S.^[2]
Size: 96,716 sq miles (250,493 km²), 11th in the U.S., width: 386 miles (621 km), length: 456 miles (734 km), 41.5% water

Location of Michigan

Location: 41° 41' N to 48° 18' N latitude, 82° 7' W to 90° 25' W longitude

Regions in which Michigan is located:
- Northern hemisphere
- Western hemisphere
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Anglo America
      - Northern America
        United States of America
        
        Contiguous United States
        Central United States
        Corn Belt
        
        East North Central States
        
        Midwestern United States
        
        Great Lakes Region
Located next to:
- Adjacent states
- Adjacent Canadian province
  - Province of Ontario, Canada
Time zones:
- Eastern (
  UTC-5/-4
  ), 79 of 83 counties
- Central (UTC−6/-5), 4 western U.P. counties

Demography of Michigan

Census statistical areas
Demographics

Environment of Michigan

Climate
- Climate change in Michigan
Flora and fauna
- Upper Peninsula
- Lower Peninsula
  - Northern Michigan
- Flora
- Fauna
  - Birds
  - Butterflies and moths
  - Frogs and toads
  - Mammals
  - Reptiles
Geology
Protected areas
- National battlefield park: River Raisin
- National forests
- National historical park: Keweenaw
- National lakeshores: Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes
- National memorial: Father Marquette
- National Natural Landmarks
- National marine sanctuary: Thunder Bay
- National park: Isle Royale
- National Wild and Scenic Rivers
- National and international wildlife refuges
- National wilderness areas
- State forests
- State game and wildlife areas
- State parks, forests, recreation areas, and scenic sites
- Regional and local parks
Superfund sites
Water

Natural geographic features of Michigan

Great Lakes
Islands
Lakes – Michigan state has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.^[3]

Mountains
Rivers
Waterfalls

Places in Michigan

Regions of Michigan

Great Lakes region

Midwest region

Upper Peninsula

Lower Peninsula Regions

United States
- Midwest U.S. Census Bureau region
  , sometimes "Middle West", "Old Northwest", or "North Central" region
  - State of Michigan
    - Upper Peninsula
      - Copper Country
      - Keweenaw Peninsula
    - Lower Peninsula
      - Northern Michigan
      - Mid-Michigan
        Central Michigan
        
        Flint/Tri-Cities
        
        The Thumb
        
        Southern Michigan
      - West Michigan
        Southern Michigan
        
        Michiana
      - Southeast Michigan
        Metro Detroit
ZIP code range: 48001-49971 (1752 zip codes)^[4]

Area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, and 989

Government and politics of Michigan

Government of Michigan

Politics

U.S. Senate and House delegations
- U.S. congressional districts
U.S. federal courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
  - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    - U.S. District courts

Branches of the government of Michigan

Government of Michigan

Executive branch
- Governor
  - Departments
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
bicameral
)
- Michigan Senate (upper house)
- Michigan House of Representatives (lower house)
Judicial branch
- Supreme Court
  - Court of Appeals

Military in Michigan

Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
- Michigan National Guard
  - Michigan Army National Guard
  - Michigan Air National Guard
- Volunteer Defense Force
  (MI VDF)

Local government in Michigan

Administrative Divisions of Michigan

State of Michigan

83 Counties
- Cities, villages, townships, and unincorporated communities
  - Villages
  - Townships
  - Unincorporated communities
  - State capital: Lansing
  - Largest city: Detroit
  - City nicknames
  - Sister cities
  - Lost cities, towns, and counties

Laws in Michigan

Federal law
Michigan law
- Michigan Compiled Laws
- Capital punishment
- Constitution of Michigan
- Crime in Michigan
- Gun laws
- Same-sex marriage

Law enforcement in Michigan

History of Michigan

Historic locations in Michigan

Historical libraries, societies and museums in Michigan

Historical libraries and museums
- Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
- Byron Area Historic Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
- Detroit Historical Museum
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point
- Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn (a.k.a. The Henry Ford)
- Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills
- Michigan Historical Center, Lansing
- Motown Historical Museum
  , Detroit (a.k.a. Hitsville U.S.A.)
- Hamtramck
- Ann Arbor
Historical societies
- National Railroad Historical Society
- Canton Historical Society and Museum
- Detroit Historical Society
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Whitefish Point
- Keweenaw County Historical Society
- Leelanau Historical Society and Museum
- Mason County Historical Society
- Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection, Lansing
  (Historical Society of Michigan)
- Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, Lansing
- Tecumseh Historical Society
- Ypsilanti Historical Society

History of Michigan, by period

Timeline of Michigan history
Indigenous peoples
- Algonquian peoples
French colony of
Canada
, 1668–1763
- Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
  , 1701–1779
- Fort Michilimackinac, 1715–1783
French colony of la Louisiane, 1699–1764
French and Indian War, 1754–1763
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
British (though predominantly
Francophone) Province of Quebec
, 1763–1791

American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783–1787
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
, 1787–1803
Territory of Indiana
, 1800–1816
Territory of Michigan
, 1805–1837
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
  - Siege of Detroit, 1812
  - Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
26th State
admitted to the United States of America on January 26, 1837
- Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
  - Civil War units
  - Detroit race riot of 1863
- Prohibition in Detroit, 1919–1933
  - Rum-running in Windsor
  - The Purple Gang
  - The reign of Singing Sam, 1921–1930
- New Deal, 1933–1936
- Detroit race riot of 1943
- Detroit riot of 1967
- Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal, 2008

History of Michigan, people

People from Michigan
- Cass, Lewis
- Chrysler, Walter
- Custer, George Armstrong (raised in Monroe)
- Edison, Thomas (raised in Port Huron)
- Ford, Gerald (38th President of the United States)
- Ford, Henry
- Hoffa, James R. "Jimmy"
- Malcolm X (raised in Lansing)
- Marquette, Jacques (a.k.a. Père Marquette)
- Parks, Rosa (lived in Detroit)
- Pontiac
  (Obwandiyag)
- Salk, Jonas (University of Michigan faculty member)
- Schoolcraft, Henry
- Seaborg, Glenn T. (1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- Stewart, Potter (Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
- Ting, Samuel C. C. (1976 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Reuther, Walter
- Weller, Thomas Huckle (1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
- Woodcock, Leonard

History publications about Michigan

Michigan History magazine

Culture of Michigan

Flag of the State of Michigan

Great Seal of the State of Michigan

Cuisine
Festivals
Museums
Religion
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Episcopal Diocese
Scouting
State Symbols
- Flag
- Great Seal
Motto:
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)