# 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.

## General reference

* 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
*** 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 km$^2$), 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
*** 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

### Demography of Michigan

* Census statistical areas
* Demographics

### Environment of Michigan

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

### Places in Michigan

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

### Regions of Michigan

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

### Branches of the government of Michigan

Government of Michigan
* Executive branch
** Governor
*** Departments
** Lieutenant Governor
** Secretary of State
** Attorney General
* 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
*** 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

### 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
** 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

* History of Michigan
* Category:History of Michigan
** commons:Category:History of Michigan

### Historic locations in Michigan

* National Historic Landmarks
* National Register of Historic Places

### Historical libraries, societies and museums in Michigan

* Historical libraries and museums
** Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
** Byron Area Historic Museum
** Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
** Detroit Historical Museum
** Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point
** Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn (a.k.a. The Henry Ford)
** Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills
** Michigan Historical Center, Lansing
** Motown Historical Museum, Detroit (a.k.a. Hitsville U.S.A.)
** 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

### 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
** New Deal, 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
* 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

### History of Michigan, lists of people

* 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

### 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

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

### Culture by region

* Culture of Detroit

### Sports in Michigan

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

## Economy and infrastructure of Michigan

* 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

Education in Michigan
* School districts
** High schools
* Private schools
* Colleges and universities