| Motto Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) | Former Michigan Territory | Capital Lansing, Michigan | Demonym Michigander
Michiganian | LargestCity Detroit | LargestMetro Metro Detroit | Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) | Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry (D) | Legislature Michigan Legislature | Upperhouse Michigan Senate | Lowerhouse Michigan House of Representatives | Senators | Representative8 Democrats
7 Republicans | PostalAbbreviation MI | TradAbbreviation Mich. | OfficialLang None (English, de-facto | AreaRank 11^th | TotalAreaUS 97,990 | TotalArea 253,793 | PCWater 41.5 | 2000Pop (old) 9,938,444 | PopRank 8^th | 2000Pop 10,045,697 (2008 est.)lt;/ref> | DensityRank 16^th | 2000DensityUS 179 | 2000Density 67.55 | MedianHouseholdIncome $44,627 | IncomeRank 21^st | AdmittanceOrder 26^th | AdmittanceDate January 26, 1837 | TimeZone Eastern: UTC 5/Daylight saving time | TZ1Where most of state | TimeZone2 Central: UTC-6/Daylight saving time | TZ2Where 4 Upper Peninsula of Michigan counties | Latitude 41° 41 N to 48° 18 N | Longitude 82° 7 W to 90° 25 W | WidthUS 386 | Width 621 | LengthUS 456 | Length 734 | HighestPoint Mount Arvon lt;ref name"usgs">lt;/ref> | | HighestElevUS 1,979 | HighestElev 603 | MeanElevUS 902 | MeanElev 275 | LowestPoint Lake Erie lt;ref name"usgs" /> | LowestElevUS 571 | LowestElev 174 | ISOCode US-MI | Website www.michigan.gov }} Michigan ( is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes region (North America) of the United States of America The name Michigan is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language word mishigama meaning "large water" or "large lake".lt;/ref>lt;/ref> Michigan is the eighth most populous state in the United States. It has the longest freshwater shoreline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes plus Lake Saint Clair (North America) lt;/ref> In 2005, Michigan ranked third among US states for the number of registered recreational boat , behind California and Florida lt;/ref> Michigan has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.lt;/ref> A person in the state is never more than six miles (10 km) from a natural water source or more than from a Great Lakes shoreline.lt;/ref> It is the largest state by total areaI.e. including water that is part of state territory. Georgia (U.S. state) is the largest state by land area east of the Mississippi. east of the Mississippi River Michigan is the only state to consist entirely of two peninsulas The Lower Peninsula of Michigan to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often dubbed "the mitten" by residents, owing to its shape. When asked where in Michigan one comes from, a resident of the Lower Peninsula may oftenpoint to the corresponding part of his or her hand. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan (often referred to as "The U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac a five-mile (8 km)-wide channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan The Upper Peninsula is economically important for tourism and natural resources.

History

Michigan was home to various Native Americans in the United States cultures before European colonization of the Americas When the first European explorers arrived, the most populous and influential tribes were Algonquian peoples specifically, the [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa]] the [[Ojibwe|Anishnabe]](called Chippewain French, after their language Ojibwe, and the [[Potawatomi]] The Anishnabe, whose numbers are estimated to have been between 25,000 and 35,000, were the most populous. Although the Anishnabe were well-established in Michigans Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, they also inhabited northern Ontario northern Wisconsin southern Manitoba and northern and north-central Minnesota The Ottawa lived primarily south of the Straits of Mackinac in northern and western Michigan, while the Potawatomi were primarily in the southwest. The three nations co-existed peacefully as part of a loose confederation called the Council of Three Fires Other First Nations people in Michigan, in the south and east, were the [[Mascouten]] the [[Menominee]] the [[Miami (tribe)|Miami]] and the Wyandot who are better known by their French name, Huron

17th century

French [[Coureur des bois|voyageurs]] explored and settled in Michigan in the 17th century. The first Europeans to reach what later became Michigan were those of Étienne Brûlé s expedition in 1622. The first permanent European settlement was founded in 1668 on the site where Father (Père in French) Jacques Marquette established Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan as a Catholic mission to minister to the Odawa people Indians, and to serve as a regional headquarters for further Catholic missionary activities in the upper Great Lakes area.lt;/ref> It was here that the first European building was erected in Michigan, within the US Midwest, and also within what is now the Canadian province of Ontario. Soon afterward, in 1671 the outlying mission of Saint Ignace, Michigan was founded approximately 50 miles south. Then in 1675, French Catholic missionaries founded Marquette, Michigan approximately 200 miles to the west of Sault Ste. Marie, on the south shore of Lake Superior. Together with Sault Ste. Marie, these three original Jesuit missions are the first three European-founded cities in Michigan. Jesuit missionaries were well received by the Indian populations in the area, with relatively few difficulties or hostilities. "The Soo" (Sault Ste. Marie) has the distinction of being the oldest city in both Michigan and Ontario. It was split into two cities in 1818, a year after the U.S.-Canada boundary in the Great Lakes was finally established by the U.S.-U.K. Joint Border Commission following the War of 1812 In 1679, Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle of France directed the construction of the [[Le Griffon|Griffin]] the first European sailing vessel built on the upper Great Lakes. That same year, La Salle built Fort Miami (Michigan) at present-day St. Joseph, Michigan

18th century

File:Michigan 1718.jpg map, approximate state area highlighted.]] In 1701, French explorer and army officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Le Fort Ponchartrain du Détroit or "Fort Ponchartrain on-the-Strait" on the strait, known as the Detroit River between lakes Lake Saint Clair (North America) and Lake Erie Cadillac had convinced Louis XIV of France chief minister, Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727) that a permanent community there would strengthen French control over the upper Great Lakes and repel Kingdom of Great Britain aspirations. Cadillac served as the French governor of Louisiana from 1710 to 1716. The hundred soldiers and workers who accompanied Cadillac built a fort enclosing one arpent lt;ref nametbaytel>lt;/ref>lt;/ref> (about .85 acre, the equivalent of just under per side) and named it Fort Pontchartrain Cadillacs wife, Marie Thérèse soon moved to Detroit, becoming one of the first European women to settle in the Michigan wilderness. The town quickly became a major fur trade and shipping post. The Église de Saint-Anne(Church of Saint Ann) was founded the same year. While the original building does not survive, the congregation of that name continues to be active today. At the same time, the French strengthened Fort Michilimackinac at the Straits of Mackinac to better control their lucrative fur-trading empire. By the mid-eighteenth century, the French also occupied forts at present-day Niles, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, though most of the rest of the region remained unsettled by Europeans. From 1660 to the end of French rule, Michigan was part of the Royal Province of New France The Province included the modern states of Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, two-thirds of Georgia, and small parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, and Maine In 1759, following the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Québec City fell to British forces. This marked Britains victory in the Seven Years War Under the 1763 Treaty of Paris (1763) Michigan and the rest of New France east of the Mississippi River passed to Great Britain.The Encyclopædia Britannica p. 158. 11th ed. (1910). During the American Revolutionary War Detroit was an important British supply center. Most of the inhabitants were French-Canadians or Native Americans, many of whom had been allied with the French. Because of imprecise cartography and unclear language defining the boundaries in the 1763 Treaty of Paris, the British retained control of Detroit and Michigan after the American Revolution When Quebec split into Lower and Upper Canada in 1790, Michigan was part of Kent County, Ontario Upper Canada. It held its first democratic elections in August 1792 to send delegates to the new provincial parliament at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario .lt;/ref> Under terms negotiated in the 1794 Jay Treaty Britain withdrew from Detroit and Michilimackinac in 1796. Questions remained over the boundary for many years, and the United States did not have uncontested control of the Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island until 1818 and 1847, respectively.

19th century

During the War of 1812 Michigan Territory (effectively consisting of Detroit and the surrounding area) was captured by the British and nominally returned to Upper Canada. United States forces pushed the British out in 1813 and moved into Canada. The Treaty of Ghent implemented the policy of Status Quo Ante Bellumor "Just as Things Were Before the War." That meant Michigan would remain as part of the United States, and the agreement to establish a joint US-UK boundary commission also remained valid. Subsequent to the findings of that commission in 1817, control of the Upper Peninsula and of islands in the St. Clair River delta was transferred from Ontario to Michigan in 1818. Mackinac Island (to which the British had moved their Michilimackinac army base) was transferred to the U.S. in 1847. File:Hauling at Thomas Foster's, by Jenney, J A (detail).jpg The population grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in New York State 1825 brought a large influx of settlers. Commodities such as grain, lumber, and iron ore could be shipped via the Great Lakes through the Erie Canal and Hudson River By the 1830s, Michigan had 80,000 residents. More than enough to apply and qualify for statehood. The waterway connection among the Great Lakes states increased the wealth of all. In October 1835 the people approved the Constitution of 1835, thereby forming a state government, although United States Congress recognition was delayed pending resolution of a boundary dispute with Ohio Both states claimed a 468-square-mile (1,210 km²) strip of land that included the newly incorporated city of Toledo, Ohio on Lake Erie and an area to the west then known as the "Great Black Swamp . The dispute came to be called the Toledo War Michigan and Ohio militia maneuvered in the area but never exchanged fire. Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union on January 26, 1837. The Upper Peninsula proved to be a rich source of lumber, iron, and copper. These were among the states most sought-after natural resources. Geologist Douglass Houghton and land surveyor William Austin Burt were among the first to document many of these resources. Developers rushed to the state. Michigan led the nation in lumber production from 1850s to the 1880s. The first official meeting of the Republican Party (United States) took place July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan where the party adopted its platform. Michigan made Michigan in the American Civil War to the Union (American Civil War) in the American Civil War and sent more than forty regiments of volunteers to the Federal armies. Communities and the state rapidly set up systems for public education, including founding the University of Michigan for a classical academic education, and Ypsilanti Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University for the training of teachers. Michigan State University in East Lansing was founded as a land-grant college. In the early 1900s, Michigan was the first state to offer a four-year curriculum in a normal college.

20th century to present

Michigans economy underwent a transformation at the turn of the 20th century. The History of the automobile with Henry Ford s first plant in Highland Park, Michigan marked the beginning of a new era in transportation. Like the steamship and railroad it was a far-reaching development. More than the forms of public transportation, the automobile transformed private life. It became the major industry of Detroit and Michigan, and permanently altered the socio-economic life of the United States and much of the world. With the growth, the auto industry created jobs in Detroit that attracted immigrants from Europe and migrants from across the country, including both whites and blacks from the rural South By 1910 Detroit was the fourth largest city in the nation. Residential housing was in short supply, and it took years for the market to catch up with the population boom. By the 1930s, so many immigrants had arrived that more than 30 languages were spoken in the public schools, and ethnic communities celebrated in annual heritage festivals. File:ComericaTowerand1stnationaldetroit.jpg in downtown Detroit]] Many African Americans moved to Detroit as one of the destinations in the Great Migration (African American) from the South, as they could find better work there. Over the years they contributed greatly to its diverse urban culture. African Americans from Detroit created national popular music trends, such as the influential Motown Sound of the 1960s led by a variety of individual singers and groups. Grand Rapids, Michigan the second-largest city in Michigan, is also an important center of manufacturing. Since 1838, the city had also been noted for its thriving furniture industry. Started because of ready sources of lumber, the furniture industry declined in the late 20th century through competition with other regional firms and overseas industry. Michigan held its first United States presidential primary election in 1910. With its rapid growth in industry, it was an important center of union industry-wide organizing, such as the rise of the United Auto Workers In 1920 WWJ in Detroit became the first radio station in the United States to regularly broadcast commercial programs. Throughout that decade, some of the countrys largest and most ornate List of tallest buildings in Detroit were built in the city. Particularly noteworthy are the Fisher Building Cadillac Place and the Guardian Building each of which is a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Detroit boomed through the 1950s, at one point doubling its population in a decade. After World War II housing development grew outside cities. Newly built highways allowed commuters to navigate the region more easily. In Detroit as elsewhere, many began to move to newer housing in the suburbs. Michigan is the leading auto-producing state in the U.S., although some of the industry has shifted to less-expensive labor in the Southern United States and overseas.National Association of Manufacturers (February 2008).http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files/State_Data/Michigan.ashx Facts about Michigan Manufacturing]. Retrieved on January 11, 2009. With more than ten million residents, Michigan remains a large and influential state, ranking eighth in population among the fifty states. The Metro Detroit area in the southeast corner of the state is the largest metropolitan area in Michigan (roughly 50% of the population resides there) and one of the ten largest metropolitan areas in the country. The Grand Rapids, Michigan Holland, Michigan Muskegon, Michigan metropolitan area on the west side of the state is the fastest-growing metro area in the state, with over 1.3 million residents as of 2006. Metro Detroits population is growing. Detroits population is stabilizing with a strong redevelopment in the citys central district with a significant rise in population in its outskirts are contributing to some population inflow. A period of economic transition, especially in manufacturing, has caused economic difficulties in the region since the Early 2000s recession

Government

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State government

Michigan is governed as a republic with three separation of powers the executive branch consisting of the Governor of Michigan and the other independently elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch consisting of the Michigan State House of Representatives and Michigan Senate and the judicial branch consisting of the Michigan Court System The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative referendum recall election and ratification Lansing, Michigan is the list of capitals in the United States and is home to all three branches of state government. The Governor of Michigan and the other state constitutional officers serve four-year terms and may be re-elected only once. The current Governor of Michigan is Jennifer Granholm Michigan has two official Michigan Governor's Residence one is in Lansing, and the other is at Mackinac Island The Michigan Legislature consists of a 38-member Michigan Senate and 110-member Michigan State House of Representatives Senators serve four-year terms and Representatives two. The Michigan State Capitol was dedicated in 1879 and has hosted the states executive and legislative branches ever since.

Law

File:712 michigan hofj edit.jpg at the Hall of Justice]] The Michigan Court System consists of two courts with primary jurisdiction (the Circuit Courts and the District Courts), one intermediate level appellate court (the Michigan Court of Appeals , and the Michigan Supreme Court There are several administrative courts and specialized courts. The Michigan Constitution provides for voter initiative and referendum (Article II, § 9,lt;/ref> defined as "the power to propose laws and to enact and reject laws, called the initiative, and the power to approve or reject laws enacted by the legislature, called the referendum. The power of initiative extends only to laws which the legislature may enact under this constitution"). In 1846 Michigan was the first state in the Union, as well as the first English-speaking government in the world,http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid11&did276 Information on States Without the Death Penalty]lt;/ref>lt;/ref> Capital punishment in Michigan Historian David Chardavoyne has suggested that the movement to abolish capital punishment in Michigan grew as a result of enmity toward the states neighbor, Canada. Under British rule, it made public executions a regular practice.

Politics

File:Granholm speaking to troops, Lansing, 1 Dec, 2005.jpg (D)]] | class"wikitable" style"float:right; margin:2em; font-size:90%;" |+ Presidential elections results lt;ref>lt;/ref> |- style"background:lightgrey;" !Year !Republican Party (United States) !Democratic Party (United States) |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 2008 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|40.89% 2,048,639 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|57.33% 2,872,579 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 2004 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|47.81% 2,313,746 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|51.23% 2,479,183 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 2000 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|46.14% 1,953,139 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|51.28% 2,170,418 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 1996 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|38.48% 1,481,212 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|51.69% 1,989,653 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 1992 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|36.38% 1,554,940 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|43.77% 1,871,182 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|United States presidential election, 1988 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|53.57% 1,965,486 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|45.67% 1,675,783 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|United States presidential election, 1984 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|59.23% 2,251,571 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|40.24% 1,529,638 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|United States presidential election, 1980 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|48.99% 1,915,225 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|42.50% 1,661,532 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|United States presidential election, 1976 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|51.83% 1,893,742 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|46.44% 1,696,714 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|United States presidential election, 1972 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|56.20% 1,961,721 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|41.81% 1,459,435 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 1968 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|41.46% 1,370,665 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|48.18% 1,593,082 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 1964 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|33.10% 1,060,152 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|66.70% 2,136,615 |- | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|United States presidential election, 1960 | style"text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|48.84% 1,620,428 | style"text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|50.85% 1,687,269 |} Voters in the state elect candidates from both major parties. Economic issues are important in Michigan elections. The three-term Republican Governor John Engler (1991–2003) preceded the current Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm The state has re-elected its current Republican Attorney General Mike Cox since 2003. Michigan supported the election of Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush However, the state has supported Democrats in the last five presidential election cycles. In 2008, Barack Obama carried the state over John McCain winning Michigans seventeen electoral votes with 57% of the vote. Democrats have won each of the last three, nine of the last ten, and fifteen of the last eighteen United States Senate elections in Michigan with confidence on national economic issues posing a challenge. Republican strength is greatest in the western, northern, and rural parts of the state, especially in the Grand Rapids area. Republicans also do well in suburban Detroit, which tends to be an important factor in deciding statewide elections. Democrats are strongest in the east, especially in the cities of Detroit Ann Arbor, Michigan Flint, Michigan and Saginaw, Michigan Historically, the first formal meeting of the Republican Party (United States) took place in Jackson, Michigan on July 6, 1854lt;/ref> and the party thereafter dominated Michigan until the Great Depression In the United States presidential election, 1912 Michigan was one of the six states to support progressive Republican and third-party candidate Theodore Roosevelt for President after he lost the Republican nomination to William Howard Taft Michigan remained fairly reliably Republican at the presidential level for much of the twentieth century. It was part of Greater New England, the northern tier of states settled chiefly by migrants from New England who carried their culture with them. The state was one of only a handful to back Wendell Willkie over Franklin Roosevelt in United States presidential election, 1940 and supported Thomas E. Dewey in his losing bid against Harry Truman in United States presidential election, 1948 Michigan went to the Democrats in presidential elections during the 1960s, and voted for Republican Richard Nixon in 1972. Michigan was the home of Gerald Ford the 38th President of the United States He was born in Nebraska and moved as an infant to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up there.lt;/ref>lt;/ref> The Gerald R. Ford Museum is located in Grand Rapids.

Administrative divisions

State government is decentralized among three tiers — statewide, county and township. Counties are administrative divisions of the state, and townships are administrative divisions of a county. Both of them exercise state government authority, localized to meet the particular needs of their jurisdictions, as provided by state law. There are 83 List of counties in Michigan Cities, State university system and villages are vested with home rule powers of varying degrees. Home rule cities can generally do anything that is not prohibited by law. The fifteen state universities have broad power and can do anything within the parameters of their status as educational institutions that is not prohibited by the state constitution. Villages, by contrast, have limited home rule and are not completely autonomous from the county and township in which they are located. There are two types of Civil township in Michigan: general lawtownship and charter Charter township status was created by the Legislature in 1947 and grants additional powers and stream-lined administration in order to provide greater protection against annexation by a city. As of April 2001, there were 127 charter townships in Michigan. In general, charter townships have many of the same powers as a city but without the same level of obligations. For example, a charter township can have its own fire department, water and sewer department, police department, and so on—just like a city—but it is not requiredto have those things, whereas cities mustprovide those services. Charter townships can opt to use county-wide services instead, such as deputies from the county sheriffs office instead of a home-based force of ordinance officers.

Geography

File:MarquetteParkMI.png on Mackinac Island ]]{{Clear}} {{See|Geography of Michigan|Protected areas of Michigan|List of Michigan state parks}} Michigan consists of two peninsulas that lie between 82°30 to about 90°30west longitude, and are separated by the Straits of Mackinac. The 45th parallel north runs through the state—marked by highway signs and the Polar-Equator Trailhttp://www.michiganhighways.org/other/polar.html Polar-Equator Trail], Michigan Highways]—along a line including Mission Point Light near Traverse City, Michigan the towns of Gaylord, Michigan and Alpena, Michigan and Menominee, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. With the exception of two small areas that are drained by the Mississippi River by way of the Wisconsin River in the Upper Peninsula and by way of the Kankakee River Illinois River in the Lower Peninsula, Michigan is drained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River watershed and is the only state with the majority of its land thus drained. File:Sleeping Bear Dune Aerial View.jpg ]] The Great Lakes that border Michigan from east to west are Lake Erie Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior It has more lighthouse than any other state. The state is bounded on the south by the states of Ohio and Indiana, sharing land and water boundaries with both. Michigans western boundaries are almost entirely water boundaries, from south to north, with Illinois and Wisconsin in Lake Michigan; then a land boundary with Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula, that is principally demarcated by the Menominee River and Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan) ; then water boundaries again, in Lake Superior, with Wisconsin and Minnesota to the west, capped around by the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and east. File:Tahquamenon falls upper.jpg in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ] The heavily forested Upper Peninsula of Michigan is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world,lt;/ref> rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 foot (unit of length) (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The surface on either side of this range is rugged. The states highest point, in the Huron Mountains northwest of Marquette, is Mount Arvon at The peninsula is as large as Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island combined but has fewer than 330,000 inhabitants. They are sometimes called "Yoopers" (from "U.P.ers"), and their speech (the "Yooper dialect ) has been heavily influenced by the numerous Scandinavia and Canadian immigrants who settled the area during the lumbering and mining boom of the late nineteenth century. File:Pointe Mouillee.jpg The Lower Peninsula of Michigan shaped like a mitten, is long from north to south and from east to west and occupies nearly two-thirds of the states land area. The surface of the peninsula is generally level, broken by conical hills and glacial moraine usually not more than a few hundred feet tall. It is divided by a low water divide running north and south. The larger portion of the state is on the west of this and gradually slopes toward Lake Michigan. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is either Briar Hill at or one of several points nearby in the vicinity of Cadillac, Michigan The lowest point is the surface of Lake Erie at The geographic orientation of Michigans peninsulas makes for a long distance between the ends of the state. Ironwood, Michigan in the far western Upper Peninsula, lies 630 highway miles (1,015 km) from Lambertville, Michigan in the Lower Peninsulas southeastern corner. The geographic isolation of the Upper Peninsula from Michigans political and population centers makes the U.P. culturally and economically distinct. Occasionally U.P. residents have called for secession from Michigan and establishment as a new state to be called "Superior (proposed U.S. state) . A feature of Michigan that gives it the distinct shape of a mitten is the Thumb This peninsula projects out into Lake Huron and the Saginaw Bay The geography of the Thumb is mainly flat with a few rolling hills. Other peninsulas of Michigan include the Keweenaw Peninsula making up the Copper Country region of the state. The Leelanau County, Michigan lies in the Northern Michigan region. See Also [[List of regions of the United States#Michigan|Michigan Regions]] File:Little Sable Light Point Light Station - Michigan.jpg south of Pentwater, Michigan ]]Numerous lake and marsh s mark both peninsulas, and the coast is much indented. Keweenaw Bay, Whitefish Bay and the Big and Little Bay de Noc Bays De Noc are the principal indentations on the Upper Peninsula. The Grand Traverse Bay and Little Traverse Bay Thunder Bay (Michigan) and Saginaw Bay bays indent the Lower Peninsula. Michigan has the ninth longest shoreline of any state— including of island shoreline.http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677-15959--,00.html Shorelines of the Great Lakes], Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Retrieved July 8, 2010. File:Michigan.svg The state has Islands of Michigan the principal ones being the North Manitou Island and North Manitou Island Beaver Island (Lake Michigan) and Fox Islands (Michigan) groups in Lake Michigan; Isle Royale and Grand Island (Michigan) in Lake Superior; Marquette, Bois Blanc Island (Michigan) and Mackinac Island islands in Lake Huron; and Neebish Island Sugar Island (Michigan) and Drummond Island islands in St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario) Michigan has about 150 lighthouse , the most of any U.S. state. The first lighthouses in Michigan were built between 1818 and 1822. They were built to project light at night and to serve as a landmark during the day to safely guide the passenger ships and freighters traveling the Great Lakes. See Lighthouses in the United States#Michigan The List of Michigan rivers are generally small, short and shallow, and few are navigable. The principal ones include the Detroit River St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario) and St. Clair River which connect the Great Lakes; the Au Sable River (Michigan) Cheboygan River and Saginaw River which flow into Lake Huron; the Ontonagon River and Tahquamenon River which flow into Lake Superior; and the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) Kalamazoo River Grand River (Michigan) Muskegon River Manistee River and Escanaba River which flow into Lake Michigan. The state has 11,037 inland lakes and of Great Lakes waters and rivers in addition to of inland water. No point in Michigan is more than six miles (10 km) from an inland lake or more than from one of the Great Lakes.lt;/ref> The state is home to a number of areas maintained by the National Park Service including: Isle Royale National Park located in Lake Superior, about southeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Other national protected areas in the state include: Keweenaw National Historical Park Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Huron National Forest Manistee National Forest Hiawatha National Forest Ottawa National Forest and Father Marquette National Memorial The largest section of the North Country National Scenic Trail passes through Michigan. With 78 state park , 19 state recreation areas, and 6 state forests Michigan has the largest state park and state forest system of any state. These parks and forests include Holland State Park Mackinac Island State Park Au Sable State Forest and Mackinaw State Forest

Adjacent states & provinces

Climate

File:MichiganHardinessZones.svg ichigan has a humid continental climate although there are two distinct regions. The southern and central parts of the Lower Peninsula (south of Saginaw Bay and from the Grand Rapids area southward) have a warmer climate (Koppen climate classification Dfa with hot summers and cold winters. The northern part of Lower Peninsula and the entire Upper Peninsula has a more severe climate (Koppen Dfb, with warm, but shorter summers and longer, cold to very cold winters. Some parts of the state average high temperatures below freezing from December through February, and into early March in the far northern parts. During the winter through the middle of February the state is frequently subjected to heavy lake-effect snow The state averages from of precipitation annually. The entire state averages 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year. These can be severe, especially in the southern part of the state. The state averages 17 tornado s per year, which are more common in the extreme southern portion of the state. Portions of the southern border have been nearly as vulnerable historically as parts of Tornado Alley For this reason, many communities in the very southern portions of the state are equipped with tornado sirens to warn residents of approaching tornadoes. Farther north, in the Upper Peninsula, tornadoes are rare.http://www.srh.noaa.gov/key/HTML/tstmhazards.htm] srh.noaa.gov. 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Geology

The geological formation of the state is greatly varied. Primary boulders are found over the entire surface of the Upper Peninsula (being principally of primitive origin), while Secondary deposits cover the entire Lower Peninsula. The Upper Peninsula exhibits Lower Silurian sandstones, limestones, copper and iron bearing rocks, corresponding to the Huronian system of Canada. The central portion of the Lower Peninsula contains coal measures and rocks of the Permo-Carboniferous period. Devonian and sub-Carboniferous deposits are scattered over the entire state.

Demographics

File:Michigan population map.png File:MichiganAncestry.svg As of July 1, 2008, Michigan had an estimated population of 10,003,422, an increase of 64,930, or 0.7%, since the year 2000. As of 2000, the state had the eighth-largest population in the Union. The center of population of Michigan is located in Shiawassee County, Michigan in the southeastern corner of the civil township of Bennington Township, MI which is located directly north of the village of Morrice, Michigan lt;/ref> As of 2005-2007 three-year estimate, the state had a foreign-born population of 610,173, or 6% of the total population. In recent years, the foreign-born population in the state has grown. Michigan has the largest Dutch American Finnish American and Macedonian American populations in the United States. As of the 2006-2008 American Community Survey the racial composition was as follows: * White American 79.6% (Non-Hispanic Whites 77.5%) * Black or African American 14.0% * Native Americans in the United States 0.5% * Asian American 2.3% * Pacific Islander American <0.1% * Some other race: 1.6% * Multiracial American 2.0% * Hispanic and Latino Americans (of any race): 4.0% Source:lt;/ref> The five largest reported ancestries in Michigan are German American (22.4%), African American (14.0%), Irish American (12.0%), English American (10.6%), and Polish American (9.1%).lt;/ref> The large majority of Michigans population is Caucasian. European American live throughout Michigan and most of Metro Detroit. Large European American groups include those of German American Irish American French American and British American ancestry. People of Scandinavian Americans descent, especially those of Finnish American ancestry, have a notable presence in the Upper Peninsula. Western Michigan is known for the Dutch American heritage of many residents (the highest concentration of any state), especially in metropolitan Grand Rapids. Metro Detroit also has residents of Polish and Irish descent. Dearborn, Michigan has become the center of a sizeable Arab American community, including many Lebanese American who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s.Miyares, Ines M. and Airriess, Christopher A. (2007). Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America p. 320. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-3772-2. About 300,000 people trace their roots to the Middle East which includes.lt;/ref> African Americans, who came to Detroit and other northern cities in the Great Migration (African American) of the early 20th century, form a majority of the population of the city of Detroit and of other industrial cities, including Flint and Benton Harbor, Michigan An individual from Michigan is called a "Michigander or "Michiganian".lt;/ref> Also at times, but rarely, a "Michiganite".lt;/ref> Residents of the Upper Peninsula are sometimes referred to as "Yoopers" (a phonetic pronunciation of "U.P.ers"), and Upper Peninsula residents sometimes refer to those from the lower as "trolls (they live below the Mackinac Bridge .http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID2009903220424 Meyer, Zlati, You Havent Lived Here until ... Youe mastered Michigan Slang, March 22, 2009,] [[Detroit Free Press]] {{US Demographics}} ===Religion=== The Roman Catholic Church was the only organized religion in Michigan until the 19th century, reflecting the territorys French colonial roots. Detroit Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church parish, established in 1701, is the second-oldest Catholic parish in the country.lt;/ref> French-Canadian Catholics were reduced to a small minority by the influx of Protestants from the United States in the early 19th century. By the mid-19th century, there was a wave of immigration of Catholics from Ireland and, later, from eastern and southern Europe. Change was rapid in the 19th century. The Lutheran Church was introduced by Germans and Scandinavian people immigrants; Lutheranism is second largest religious denomination in the state. The first Jewish synagogue in the state was Temple Beth El (Detroit, Michigan) founded by twelve German Jewish families in Detroit in 1850.lt;/ref> Islam was introduced by immigrants from the Near East during the 20th century.lt;/ref> The largest Christian denomination by number of adherents, according to a survey in the year 2000, was the Roman Catholic Church with 2,019,926 parishioners. The largest Protestant denominations were the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod with 244,231 adherents; followed by the United Methodist Church with 222,269; and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with 160,836 adherents. In the same survey, Jewish adherents in the state of Michigan were estimated at 110,000, and Muslims at 80,515.lt;/ref>

Economy

File:2007 Ford Shelby GT500 Detroit.jpg at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The GT500 is manufactured in Fords Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant.]] The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated Michigans 2004 gross state product at $372 B.lt;/ref> Per capita personal income in 2003 was $31,178 and ranked twentieth in the nation. In May 2010, the states seasonally adjusted List of U.S. states by unemployment rate was 13.6%, with an actual rate of 12.8% for the month, during a U.S. Late 2000s recession http://www.bls.gov/lau/ Bls.gov]; Local Area Unemployment Statisticshttp://www.milmi.org/ Michigan Labor Market Information]. Retrieved on June 23, 2009. Some of the major industries/products/services include automobiles, cereal products, pizza, information technology, aerospace, military equipment, copper, iron, and furniture. Michigan is the third leading grower of Christmas trees with of land dedicated to Christmas tree farming.http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/st99_2_035_036.pdf] http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/st99_2_035_036.pdflt;/ref> The beverage Vernors was invented in Michigan in 1866, sharing the title of oldest soft drink with Hires Root Beer Faygo was founded in Detroit on November 4, 1907. Two of the top four pizza chains were founded in Michigan and are headquartered there: Domino's Pizza by Tom Monaghan and Little Caesars Pizza by Mike Ilitch Michigan has experienced economic difficulties brought on by volatile stock market disruptions following the September 11, 2001 attacks This caused a pension and benefit fund crisis for many American companies, including General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Since the early 2000s recession and the September 11, 2001 attacks GM, Ford, and Chrysler have struggled to overcome the benefit funds crisis which followed an ensuing volatile stock market which had caused a severe underfunding condition in the respective U.S. pension and benefit funds (OPEB . Although manufacturing in the state grew 6.6% from 2001 to 2006,National Association of Manufacturers (February 2008).http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files/State_Data/Michigan.ashx Facts about Michigan Manufacturing]. Retrieved on June 17, 2009. the high speculative price of oil became a factor for the U.S. auto industry during the Late-2000s recession impacting industry revenues. During this Late-2000s recession President George W. Bush extended loans from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds in order to help the GM and Chrysler bridge the recession.Neuman, Scott (December 20, 2008). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId98498125 Bush Sets $17.4 B In Loans For Automakers]. Retrieved on December 26, 2008. In January 2009, President Barack Obama formed an automotive task force in order to help the industry recover and achieve renewed prosperity for the region. With retiree health care costs a significant issue,Sloan, Allan (April 10, 2007).http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/09/AR2007040901262.html GMs High-Performance Pension Machine] Washington Post D02.Lindorff, Dave (April 19, 2005).http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff04192005.html Health Care Costs and the Jobs Flight to Canada] Counterpunch Retrieved on April 24, 2007. General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler reached agreements with the United Auto Workers Union to transfer the liabilities for their respective health care and benefit funds to a 501(c)(9) Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA). In spite of these efforts, the severity of the recession required Detroits automakers to take additional steps to restructure, including idling many plants. With the U.S. Treasury extending the necessary debtor in possession financing, Chrysler and GM filed separate pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructurings in May and June 2009 respectively.Garrett, Major (March 31, 2009).http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/31/white-house-plots-gm-bankruptcy-unsure-taxpayers-recoup-billion-investment/ White House Plots GM Bankruptcy, Unsure When Taxpayers Will Recoup $50 Billion Investment].Fox News Retrieved on June 23, 2009. Michigan ranks fourth nationally in high tech employment with 568,000 high tech workers, which includes 70,000 in the automotive industry.MEDC (2009).http://www.michigan.org/medc/hitechfocus/ Michigan: High Technology Focus]. State of Michigan Retrieved on June 23, 2009. Michigan typically ranks third or fourth in overall Research & development (R&D) expenditures in the United States MEDC,(2009).http://michiganadvantage.org/MIAdvantage/Getting-the-UpperHand/Default.aspx Michigan Advantage] State of Michigan Retrieved on June 23, 2009.NSF 01-320 (2001).http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/databrf/nsf01320/sdb01320.htm R&D Spending is Highly Concentrated in a Small Number of States] National Science Foundation Its research and development, which includes automotive, comprises a higher percentage of the states overall gross domestic product than for any other U.S. state.http://www.agiweb.org/gap/cvd/CVD04Michigan.pdf The state is an important source of engineering job opportunities. The domestic auto industry accounts directly and indirectly for one of every ten jobs in the U.S.Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (2006). http://www.autoalliance.org/economic/ From the 2003 Study "Contributions of the Automotive Industry to the U.S. Economy" University of Michigan and the Center for Automotive Research].Retrieved on January 3, 2009. Michigan ranked second nationally in new corporate facilities and expansions in 2004. From 1997 to 2004, Michigan was listed as the only state to top the 10,000 mark for the number of major new developments;MEDC (2005) http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/print/PRNEWS/20050303/2005_03_03_12_0813_1322091 Michigan#2 in the Nation for New Corporate Facilities and Expansions in 2004] Globeinvestor.com however, the effects of the late 2000s recession have slowed the states economy. In 2008, Michigan ranked third in a survey among the states for luring new business which measured capital investment and new job creation per one million population.http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2009/may/Comp-Awards/ King of the Hill: Top ten competitive states for 2008].Siteselection.com Retrieved on July 8, 2009. In August 2009, Michigan and Detroits auto industry received $1.36 B in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy for the manufacture of electric vehicle technologies which is expected to generate 6,800 immediate jobs and employ 40,000 in the state by 2020.Priddle, Alisa and David Shepardson (August 6, 2009).http://www.detnews.com/article/20090806/AUTO01/908060429/1148/auto01/Mich.+gets+$1.3B+battery+jolt Mich. gets $1.3B battery jolt].The Detroit News Retrieved August 6, 2009. From 2007 to 2009, Michigan ranked 3rd in the U.S. for new corporate facilities and expansions.Lane, Amy (March 5, 2010). http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100305/BRIGHTSIDE/303059985 Michigan retains 3rd-place ranking by Site Selection magazine].Crains Detroit Business Retrieved on April 17, 2010.Medernach, Karen and Mike OConner (March 2010).http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2010/mar/cover/0709_NewCorpFacilities.pdf 2007-2009 New Corporate Facilities and Expansions].Site Selection magazine Retrieved on April 17, 2010. As leading research institutions, the University of Michigan Michigan State University and Wayne State University are important partners in the states economy and the states University Research Corridor lt;/ref> Michigans public universitys attract more than $1.5 B in research and development grants each year.Bruns, Adam (January 2009).http://www.siteselection.com/features/2009/jan/Michigan/ How Are You Helping Companies Grow?].Site Selection Magazine Retrieved on December 27, 2009. The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory is located at Michigan State University. Michigans workforce is well-educated and highly skilled, making it attractive to companies. It has the third highest number of engineering graduates nationally.http://www.dteenergy.com/dteEnergyCompany/economicDevelopment/whyMichigan.html Economic development: Why Michigan?].DTE Retrieved on December 27, 2009. Detroit Metropolitan Airport is one of the nations most recently expanded and modernized airports with six major runways, and large aircraft maintenance facilities capable of servicing and repairing a Boeing 747 Michigans schools and colleges rank among the nations best. The state has maintained its early commitment to public education. The states infrastructure gives it a competitive edge; Michigan has 38 deep-water port MEDC (2006). http://www.michigan.org/medc/miinfo/mimaps/combo.asp?ContentIdDD3B9F9F-FB6D-481B-B2F3-72491F7B6054&QueueId1&ContentTypeId10019 Commercial Ports] State of Michigan In 2007, Bank of America announced that it would commit $25 billion to community development in Michigan following its acquisition of LaSalle Bank in Troy, Michigan Crains Detroit Business (October 4, 2007).http://www.metromodemedia.com/innovationnews/bankofamerica3807.aspx Bank of America commits $25 billion for community development in Michigan]. Metro Mode MediaRetrieved on January 3, 2008.

Taxation

Michigans personal income income tax is set to a flat rate of 4.35%. Some cities impose additional income taxes. Michigans state sales tax is 6%. Property tax s are assessed on the local level, but every property owners local assessment contributes six mills (six dollars per thousand dollars of property value) to the statutory State Education Tax. In 2007, Michigan repealed its Single Business Tax (SBT) and replaced it with a Michigan Business Tax (MBT) in order to stimulate job growth by reducing taxes for seventy percent of the businesses in the state.Office of the Governor (June 15, 2007). http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168--170481--,00.html New Michigan Business Tax Key to States Economic Future] State of MichiganRetrieved on August 10, 2007. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, recent growth in Michigan is 0.1%.lt;/ref>

Agriculture

File:Michigan Cherries, 2009 July.jpg A wide variety of commodity crops, fruits, and vegetables are grown in Michigan, making it second only to California among U.S. states in the diversity of its agriculture.http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Publications/Notes/2000Notes/NotesJulAug00Thiel.PDF]. Michigan agricultural exports, by Craig Thiel, Fiscal Analyst. Retrieved on September 3, 2008. The state has 55,000 farms utilizing 10 million acres (40,500 km²) of land which sold $6.6 billion worth of products in 2008.http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Michigan/Publications/MichiganFactSheets/STHILGTS.pdf Michigan 2008-2009 Highlights], National Agricultural Statistics Service, Michigan Field Office, Michigan Department of Agriculture, NR-09-77 David D. Kleweno, Director October 8, 2009 The most valuable agricultural product is milk. Leading crops include corn, soybeans, flowers, wheat, sugar beets and potatoes. Livestock in the state included 1 million cattle, 1 million hogs, 78,000 sheep and over 3 million chickens. Livestock products accounted for 38% of the value of agricultural products while crops accounted for the majority. Michigan is a leading grower of fruit in the U.S., including blueberries, cherries, apples, grapes, and peaches.http://web1.msue.msu.edu/fruit/bluberry.htm Michigan Blueberries]. Agriculture Experiment Station. Michigan State University Retrieved on January 3, 2008.Hanson, Eric, Department of Horticulture. http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modsr/sr589201.html Small Fruit Crops]. Ag Experiment Station Special Reports (07/28/98). Michigan State University Retrieved on January 3, 2008. These fruits are mainly grown in West Michigan Michigan produces Michigan wine beers and a multitude of processed food products. Kellogg's cereal is based out of Battle Creek, Michigan and processes many locally grown foods. Thornapple Valley Ballpark Franks Koegel's and Hebrew National sausage companies are all based in Michigan. Michigan is home to very fertile land in the Flint/Tri-Cities and "the Thumb areas. Products grown there are corn, sugar beets, navy beans, and soy beans. Sugar beet harvesting usually begins the first of October. It takes the sugar factories about five months to process the 3.7 million tons of sugarbeets into 970 million pounds of pure, white sugar.lt;/ref> Michigans largest sugar refiner, Michigan Sugar Company lt;ref>lt;/ref> is the largest east of the Mississippi River and the fourth largest in the nation. Michigan Sugar brand names are Pioneer Sugar and the newly incorporated Big Chief Sugar. Potatoes are grown in Northern Michigan and corn is dominant in Central Michigan Michigan State University is dedicated to the study of agriculture.

Tourism

Michigan has a thriving tourist industry. Visitors spend $17.5 billion per year in the state, supporting 193,000 tourism jobs.Yousef, Jennifer (December 23, 2009).http://www.detnews.com/article/20091223/BIZ/912230323/1001/biz Michigans winter tourism jumps obstacles]. The Detroit News Retrieved on December 27, 2009. Michigans tourism website ranks among the busiest in the nation.Great Lakes IT Report. (May 3, 2007,).http://www.glitr.com/Article.asp?id401608&spid Michigans Tourism Website No. 1 in the U.S]. Retrieved on August 10, 2007. Destinations draw vacationers, hunters, and nature enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada Michigan is fifty percent forest land, much of it quite remote. The forests, lakes and thousands of miles of beaches are top attractions. Event tourism draws large numbers to occasions like the Tulip Time Festival and the National Cherry Festival File:Grand Hotel-Mackinac Island.jpg on Mackinac Island is a classic image of Michigan tourism.]] In 2006, the Michigan State Board of Education mandated that all public schools in the state hold their first day of school after the Labor Day holiday, in accordance with the new Post Labor Day School law. A survey found that 70% of all tourism business comes directly from Michigan residents, and the Michigan Hotel, Motel, & Resort Association claimed that the shorter summer in between school years cut into the annual tourism season in the state.lt;/ref> Tourism in metropolitan Detroit draws visitors to leading attractions, particularly The Henry Ford the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Zoo and to sports in Detroit Other museums include the Detroit Historical Museum the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History museums in the Cranbrook Educational Community and the Arab American National Museum The metro area offers four major casinos, MGM Grand Detroit Greektown Casino Motor City Casino and Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; moreover, Detroit is the largest American city and metropolitan region to offer casino resorts.Mink, Randy, and Karen Mink (July 2001).Detroit Turns 300 - Detroit 300 Festival. Travel America World Publishing Co., Gale Group. Hunting and fishing are significant industries in the state. Charter boats are based in many Great Lakes cities to fish for salmon, trout, walleye and perch. Michigan ranks first in the nation in licensed hunters (over one million) who contribute $2 billion annually to its economy. Over three-quarters of a million hunters participate in white-tailed deer season alone. Many school districts in rural areas of Michigan cancel school on the opening day of firearm deer season, because of attendance concerns. Michigans Department of Natural Resources manages the largest dedicated state forest system in the nation. The forest products industry and recreational users contribute $12 billion and 200,000 associated jobs annually to the states economy. Public hiking and hunting access has also been secured in extensive commercial forests. The state has highest number of golf courses and registered snowmobile in the nation.lt;/ref> The state has numerous historical marker , which can themselves become the center of a tour.http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm Michigan Historical Markers] http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18638_18654-107240--,00.html Traveling Through time: A guide to Michigan Historical Markers] The Great Lakes Circle Tour is a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.lt;/ref> With its position in relation to the Great Lakes and the countless ships that have foundered over the many years in which they have been used as a transport route for people and bulk cargo, Michigan is a world-class scuba diving destination. The Michigan Underwater Preserves are 11 underwater areas where wrecks are protected for the benefit of sport divers.

Transportation

File:Mackinac Bridge Sunset.jpg ] Michigan has nine international crossings with Ontario, Canada * Ambassador Bridge North Americas busiest international border crossing the Detroit River * Blue Water Bridge a twin-span bridge (Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario but the larger city of Sarnia, Ontario is usually referred to on the Canadian side.) * Blue Water Ferry (Marine City, Michigan and Sombra, Ontario) * Michigan Central Railway Tunnel * Detroit–Windsor Truck Ferry (Detroit and Windsor, Ontario * Detroit–Windsor Tunnel * Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario * St. Clair Tunnel (Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario * Walpole Island Ferry (Algonac, Michigan and Walpole Island First Nation, Ontario A second international bridge is currently under development between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario lt;/ref>

Railroads

Michigan is served by four Class I railroad : the Canadian National Railway the Canadian Pacific Railway CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway These are augmented by several dozen short line railroad . The vast majority of rail service in Michigan is devoted to freight rail with Amtrak and various scenic railroads the exceptions.lt;/ref> Amtrak passenger rail services the state, connecting many southern and western Michigan cities to Chicago, Illinois. There are plans for commuter rail for Detroit and its suburbs (see SEMCOG Commuter Rail .http://web.archive.org/web/20070210234916/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID/20070122/NEWS06/701220388/1001/BUSINESS05 Commuter rail plan to Detroit gets a push: Amtrak from Ann Arbor], January 22, 2007, Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press via Internet Archivelt;/ref>http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/03/commuter_rail_line_will_have_s.html Commuter rail line will have stop in Ypsilanti], John Mulcahy, The Ann Arbor News, March 10, 2009

Roadways

File:Michigan entrance sign.JPG Interstate 75 in Michigan is the main thoroughfare between Detroit, Michigan Flint, Michigan and Saginaw, Michigan extending north to Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and providing access to Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario The expressway crosses the Mackinac Bridge between the Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Branching highways include Interstate 275 (Michigan) and Interstate 375 (Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan Interstate 475 (Michigan) in Flint, Michigan and Interstate 675 (Michigan) in Saginaw. Interstate 69 in Michigan enters the state near the Michigan-Ohio Indiana border, and it extends to Port Huron, Michigan and provides access to the Blue Water Bridge crossing into Sarnia, Ontario Interstate 94 in Michigan enters the western end of the state at the Indiana border, and it travels east to Detroit and then northeast to Port Huron and ties in with I-69. Interstate 194 (Michigan) branches off from this freeway in Battle Creek, Michigan Interstate 94 is the main artery between Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan Interstate 96 runs east–west between Detroit and Muskegon, Michigan Interstate 496 loops through Lansing, Michigan Interstate 196 (Michigan) branches off from this freeway at Grand Rapids, Michigan and connects to I-94 near Benton Harbor, Michigan Interstate 696 (Michigan) branches off from this freeway at Novi, Michigan and connects to I-94 near St. Clair Shores, Michigan U.S. Route 2 enters Michigan at the city of Ironwood, Michigan and runs east to the town of Crystal Falls, Michigan where it turns south and briefly re-enters Wisconsin northwest of Florence (community), Wisconsin It re-enters Michigan north of Iron Mountain, Michigan and continues through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the cities of Escanaba, Michigan Manistique, Michigan and St. Ignace, Michigan Along the way, it cuts through the Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests and follows the northern shore of Lake Michigan Its eastern terminus lies at exit 344 of I-75, just north of the Mackinac Bridge This is generally regarded as the main route through the Upper Peninsula, although some prefer to travel on M-28 (Michigan highway) as it tends to save time (U.S. 2 hugs the Lake Michigan shoreline for much of its length.) Major bridges include the Ambassador Bridge Blue Water Bridge Mackinac Bridge and Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge Michigan also has the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel crossing into Canada

Airports

The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is by far Michigans busiest airport, followed by the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids.

Important cities and townships

File:DowntownDetroit.jpg ]] File:Grskyline2.jpg ]] File:1 Lansing Pan.jpg File:Flint skyline2.jpg ]] File:DownTownAA1 copy.jpg ]] The largest municipalities in Michigan are (according to 2009 census estimates): | class"wikitable" style"text-align:right; margin-right:60px" |- ! Rank ! City ! Population ! Image |- | style"text-align:left;"| 1 | style"text-align:left;"| Detroit, Michigan | 910,920 | rowspan"10" | File:MichiganCities.svg |- | style"text-align:left;"| 2 | style"text-align:left;"| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 193,710 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 3 | style"text-align:left;"| Warren, Michigan | 133,872 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 4 | style"text-align:left;"| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 127,176 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 5 | style"text-align:left;"| Lansing, Michigan | 113,810 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 6 | style"text-align:left;"| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 112,852 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 7 | style"text-align:left;"| Flint, Michigan | 111,475 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 8 | style"text-align:left;"| Clinton Charter Township, Michigan | 95,990 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 9 | style"text-align:left;"| Livonia, Michigan | 89,282 |- | style"text-align:left;"| 10 | style"text-align:left;"| Dearborn, Michigan | 84,575 |} Other important cities include: * Battle Creek, Michigan ("Cereal City U.S.A.", world headquarters of Kellogg Company * Benton Harbor, Michigan / St. Joseph, Michigan (headquarters of Whirlpool Corporation * East Lansing, Michigan (home of Michigan State University * Big Rapids, Michigan (home of Ferris State University * Holland, Michigan (home of Tulip Time the largest tulip festival in the U.S.) * Jackson, Michigan (headquarters of CMS Energy * Kalamazoo, Michigan (Largest city in southwest Michigan and home to Western Michigan University * Manistee, Michigan (home to the worlds largest salt plant, owned by Morton Salt * Marquette, Michigan (largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with 19,661 people and home of Northern Michigan University * Midland, Michigan (headquarters of the Dow Chemical Company and the Dow Corning Corporation * Mount Pleasant, Michigan (home of Central Michigan University * Muskegon, Michigan (largest Michigan city on Lake Michigan * Pontiac, Michigan (major automobile manufacturing center, and home of the Pontiac Silverdome * Port Huron, Michigan (major international crossing and home of the Blue Water Bridge * Saginaw, Michigan (the largest of the Tri-Cities, which also consist of Bay City, Michigan and Midland, Michigan and home to Saginaw Valley State University * Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (home of the Soo Locks and Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge * Traverse City, Michigan ("Cherry Capital of the World", making Michigan the countrys largest producer of cherries) * Ypsilanti, Michigan (home of Eastern Michigan University Half of the wealthiest communities in the state are located in Oakland County, Michigan just north of Detroit. Another wealthy community is located just east of the city, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan Only three of these cities are located outside of Metro Detroit. The city of Detroit itself, with a per capita income of $14,717, ranks 517th on the list of Michigan locations by per capita income Benton Harbor, Michigan is the poorest city in Michigan, with a per capita income of $8,965, while Barton Hills, Michigan is the richest with a per capita income of $110,683.

Education

Michigans education system provides services to 1.6 million K-12 students in public schools. More than 124,000 students attend private schools and an uncounted number are homeschooled under certain legal requirements.http://www.michigan.gov/documents/NPSHS_numbers_05_131608_7.pdf Number of Non Public Schools in Michigan], Michigan Department of Education, 2010http://www.michigan.gov/documents/numbsch_26940_7.pdf Number of Public Schools in Michigan], Michigan Department of Education, 2010 The public school system has a $14.5 billion budget in 2008-2009.http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/b1011-09_319754_7.pdf 2008-2009 BULLETIN 1011 Analysis of Michigan Public School Districts Revenues and Expenditures], Michigan Department of Education, 2009 Michigan has a number of public universities spread throughout the state and a numerous private colleges as well. Michigan State University has one of the largest enrollments of any U.S. school. Michigan State and University of Michigan are leading research institutions.

Professional sports

Michigans major-league sports teams include: Detroit Tigers baseball team, Detroit Lions American football team, Detroit Red Wings ice hockey team, and the Detroit Pistons mens basketball team. The Pistons played at Detroits Cobo Arena until 1978 and at the Pontiac Silverdome until 1988 when they moved into the Palace of Auburn Hills The Detroit Lions played at Tiger Stadium (Detroit) in Detroit until 1974, then moved to the Pontiac Silverdome where they played for 27 years between 1975-2002 before moving to Ford Field in Detroit in 2002. The Detroit Tigers played at Tiger Stadium (Detroit) (formerly known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium) from 1912 to 1999. In 2000 they moved to Comerica Park The Red Wings played at Olympia Stadium before moving to Joe Louis Arena in 1979. Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams was born in Saginaw. The Michigan International Speedway is the site of NASCAR races and Detroit was formerly the site of a Detroit Grand Prix race. Michigan is home to one of the major canoeing marathons: the 120-mile Au Sable River Canoe Marathon Professional hockey got its start in Houghton, Michigan when the Portage Lakers were formed.

State symbols and nicknames

Michigan is, by tradition, known as "The Wolverine State," and the University of Michigan takes the wolverine as its mascot. The association is well and long established: for example, many Detroit rs volunteered to fight during the American Civil War and George Armstrong Custer who led the Michigan Brigade, called them the "Wolverines". The origins of this association are obscure; it may derive from a busy trade in wolverine furs in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in the 18th century or may recall a disparagement intended to compare early settlers in Michigan with the vicious mammal. Wolverines are, however, extremely rare in Michigan. A sighting in February 2004 near Ubly, Michigan was the first confirmed sighting in Michigan in 200 years. lt;/ref> The animal was found dead in 2010.lt;/ref>

* State nickname : Wolverine State Great Lakes State Mitten State Water-Winter Wonderland * List of U.S. state mottos [[Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice]](Latin: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) adopted in 1835 on the coat-of-arms, but never as an official motto. This is a paraphrase of the epitaph of British architect Sir Christopher Wren about his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral lt;/ref>lt;/ref> * State song [[My Michigan]](official since 1937, but disputed amongst residents),lt;/ref> [[Michigan, My Michigan]](Unofficial State Song, since the civil war) * List of U.S. state birds American Robin (since 1931) * List of U.S. state mammals Wolverine (traditional) * State game animal: White-tailed deer (since 1997) * List of U.S. state fish Brook trout (since 1965) * List of U.S. state reptiles Painted Turtle (since 1995) * State fossil Mastodon (since 2000) * List of U.S. state flowers Apple (adopted in 1897, official in 1997) * State wildflower: Dwarf Lake Iris (since 1998). Known as Iris lacustris it is a federally listed threatened species. * List of U.S. state trees Eastern White Pine (since 1955) * List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones Petoskey stone (since 1965). It is composed of fossilized coral (Hexagonaria pericarnata from long ago when the middle of the continent was covered with a shallow sea. * List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones Chlorastrolite (since 1973). Also called chlorastrolite(literally "green star stone"), the mineral is found on Isle Royale and the Keweenaw peninsula * 50 State Quarters U.S. coin issued in 2004 with the Michigan motto "Great Lake State." * List of U.S. state soils Kalkaska Sand (since 1990), ranges in color from black to yellowish brown, covers nearly a million acres (400,000 ha) in 29 counties.

Sister states

* Shiga Prefecture Japan lt;ref>lt;/ref> * Sichuan Peoples Republic of China lt;ref>lt;/ref>

See also

*Outline of Michigan *Index of Michigan-related articles *USS Michigan

References

Further reading

* Bald, F. Clever, Michigan in Four Centuries(1961)/ * Browne, William P. and - Kenneth VerBurg. Michigan Politics & Government: Facing Change in a Complex StateUniversity of Nebraska Press. 1995. * Bureau of Business Research, Wayne State U. Michigan Statistical Abstract(1987). * http://clarke.cmich.edu/ Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Bibliographies for Michigan by region, counties, etc.]. * Dunbar, Willis F. and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State(1995) http://www.amazon.com/Michigan-Wolverine-Willis-F-Dunbar/dp/0802870554/refsr_1_1?ieUTF8&sbooks&qid1271121558&sr1-1 excerpt and text search] * Michigan, State of. Michigan Manual(annual), elaborate detail on state government. * Press, Charles et al., Michigan Political Atlas(1984). * Public Sector Consultants. Michigan in Brief. An Issues Handbook(annual) * Rich, Wilbur. Coleman Young and Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker(Wayne State University Press, 1988). * Rubenstein, Bruce A. and Lawrence E. Ziewacz. Michigan: A History of the Great Lakes State.(2nd ed. 2008) * Sisson, Richard, Ed. The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia(2006) * Weeks, George, Stewards of the State: The Governors of Michigan(Historical Society of Michigan, 1987).

External links

* http://www.michigan.gov/ State of Michigan government website] * http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sidMI Energy Data & Statistics for Michigan] * http://www.infomi.com/city/ Info Michigan, detailed information on 630 cities] * http://www.michmarkers.com/ Michigan Historic Markers] * http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/ Michigan History Magazine] * http://clarke.cmich.edu/lighthouses/lhtime1.htm Michigan Lighthouse Chronology - Clark Historical Library] *http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/states/michigan/ Michigan State Guide from the Library of Congress] * http://www.michigan.org/ Michigan Official Travel Site] * * * http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/mi.htm Michigan State Fact Sheet] from the U.S. Department of Agriculture * http://www.mupc.net/ Michigan Underwater Preserves Council] * http://www.mml.org/ The Michigan Municipal League] * http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?StateMI USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Michigan] ::: Bold Faced States/Provinces bound Michigan completely over water. ::: Bold Italicized States bound Michigan partially over water. ::: None of Michigans neighbors border them completely over land. Even [[Indiana]] and [[Ohio]] have small portions of border that is over one of the [[Great Lakes]], [[Lake Michigan]] (Indiana) and [[Lake Erie]] (Ohio). ::: [[Wisconsin]]s border with Michigan is mainly over water except for most of their border with the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]], which is over land and to the southwest. {{Template group |title = Articles Related to Michigan
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