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 separate peninsulas.

General reference

• Names
• Common name: Michigan
• Pronunciation:
• Official name: State of Michigan
• Abbreviations and name codes
• Postal symbol: MI
• : 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
• The Birthplace of Automotives
• Adjectival: Michigan
• Demonyms
• Most common:
• Michigander
• Less common:
• Michiganian
• Michiganite
• Michiganer

Geography of Michigan

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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Huron–Clinton Metroparks
• Midland County
• Superfund sites
• Water

Natural geographic features of Michigan

• Great Lakes
• Islands
• Lakes – Michigan state has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.
• Rivers

Places in Michigan

• Historic places
• National Historic Landmarks
• National Historic Bridges
• State Capitol Building

Regions of Michigan

• United States
• Great Lakes region, Midwest U.S. Census Bureau region, sometimes "Middle West", "Old Northwest", or "North Central" region
• 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)
• Area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, and 989

Government and politics of Michigan

Government of Michigan

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

• Michigan's congressional delegations
• Michigan'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
• Legislative branch (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

• 83 counties
• Cities, villages, townships, and unincorporated communities
• Townships
• State capital: Lansing
• Largest city: Detroit
• City nicknames
• Sister cities
• Lost cities, towns, and counties
• Ghost towns

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

• State and local law enforcement agencies
• Conservation Officers
• County prosecuting attorney
• County sheriffs
• Department of Corrections
• Prisons
• 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

• History of Michigan

Historic locations in Michigan

• National Historic Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places

Historical libraries, societies and museums in Michigan

• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• , 1933–1936
• Detroit race riot of 1943
• Detroit riot of 1967
• Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal, 2008

History of Michigan, by region

• 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

History of Michigan, by subject

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

History of Michigan, lists of people

• Notable people from:
• Upper Peninsula
• Northern Michigan
• Western Michigan
• Central Michigan
• The Thumb
• Metro Detroit
• Governors of Michigan
• Territorial governors
• Olympic medalists
• Michigan's congressional delegations
• U.S. representatives
• U.S. senators

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

• 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)

The Arts in Michigan

• Music
• Theater

Culture by region

• Culture of Detroit

Sports in Michigan

Sports in Michigan

• Professional
• Detroit Lions, football
• Detroit Pistons, basketball
• Detroit Red Wings, hockey
• Detroit Tigers, baseball

Economy and infrastructure of Michigan

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

Education in Michigan

Education in Michigan

• School districts
• High schools
• Colleges and universities

See also

• Topic overview:
• Michigan

• Index of Michigan-related articles

References

External links

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