Outline of Michigan

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

Michigan is located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America, comprising two peninsulas.

• Names
  • Common name: Michigan
    • Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ ^ⓘ
  • Official name: State of Michigan
  • Abbreviations and name codes
• Postal symbol: MI
• ISO 3166-2 code: US-MI
• Internet second-level domain: .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: 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
    •  State of Illinois
    •  State of Indiana
    •  State of Minnesota
    •  State of Ohio
    •  State of Wisconsin
  • 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

• Census statistical areas
• Demographics

• 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
    • Grand Rapids
    • Huron–Clinton Metroparks
    • Midland County
• Superfund sites
• Water

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

• Historic places
  • National Historic Landmarks
  • National Historic Bridges
  • State Capitol Building
• Populated places
• Tourist attractions
  • Tourist attractions in Metro Detroit

• United States
  • Great Lakes region, 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 of Michigan

• Politics
  • Elections
  • Electoral reform
  • Political party strength
    • Democratic Party
    • Republican Party
    • Green Party
    • Libertarian Party
    • Socialist Party

• 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

Government of Michigan

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

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

Administrative Divisions 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
      • Ghost towns
      • Former cities
      • Former villages
      • Defunct townships

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

• State and local law enforcement agencies
  • Conservation Officers
  • County prosecuting attorney
  • County sheriffs
  • Department of Corrections
    • Prisons
  • Local police departments
  • State Police
• Federal law enforcement agencies
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • U.S. Attorney
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • U.S. Marshals Service
  • U.S. Secret Service

History of Michigan
By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Since 1900 Topics: Cities - Politics
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• History of Michigan
• Category:History of Michigan
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• National Historic Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places

• 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.)
  • Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit, Hamtramck
  • William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor
• Historical societies
  • Bluewater Michigan Chapter of the 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

• 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
• State of Michigan becomes 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

• Midwestern United States
  • Michigan
    • Upper Peninsula
      • Superior (proposed U.S. state)
      • Keweenaw Peninsula
    • Lower Peninsula
      • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
        • Port Oneida Rural Historic District
      • The Thumb
      • Ann Arbor
      • Detroit
      • Saginaw
      • Wyandotte
      • Williamston

• Algonquian peoples
• Bath School disaster
• Chrysler Corporation
• Civil War units
• Ford Motor Company
• General Motors Corporation
• Ghost towns in Michigan
• Legal history
• Michigan State University
• New Deal
• Purple Gang
• Railroads
• University of Michigan
• Toledo War (a.k.a. Michigan-Ohio War)
• Wisconsin v. Michigan border dispute court cases

• Early settlers
• Notable people from:
  • Upper Peninsula
  • Northern Michigan
  • Western Michigan
  • Central Michigan
  • The Thumb
  • Metro Detroit
• Governors of Michigan
  • Territorial governors
• In the American Revolution
• In the American Civil War
• Olympic medalists
• Politicians
• U.S. congressional delegations from Michigan
  • U.S. Representatives
  • U.S. Senators

• 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

• Michigan History magazine

• 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)

• Art museums and galleries
• Artists
• Authors
• Films
• Museums
• Music
• Musicians
• Theater

• Culture of Detroit

Sports in Michigan

• College
• High school
• Professional
  • Detroit Lions, football
  • Detroit Pistons, basketball
  • Detroit Red Wings, hockey
  • Detroit Tigers, baseball
• List by sport
• List by city

• Buildings and structures
  • Airports
  • Bridges
    • Ambassador Bridge
    • Blue Water Bridge
    • Mackinac Bridge
    • Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
  • Power stations
  • Hospitals
• Companies
• Newspapers
• Non-profit organizations
• Radio stations
• Television stations
• Transportation
  • State Trunkline Highway System
    • Interstate Highways
    • U.S. Highways
    • State highways
  • Railroads
  • Soo Locks

Education in Michigan

• School districts
  • High schools
• Private schools
• Colleges and universities

• Topic overview:
  • Michigan
  • Index of Michigan-related articles
• All pages with titles beginning with Michigan
• All pages with titles containing Michigan

• www.michigan.gov, Official State of Michigan Web site
• www.michigan.org, Pure Michigan, Michigan's Official Travel and Tourism Site
• Michigan eLibrary (MeL)