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Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States.It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north.
Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian
The state board of Education is a statewide elected board that head the Michigan Department of Education which oversees all education except that of the state universities. [1] Michigan's state universities are immune from control by the legislature, many aspects of the executive branch, and cities in which they are located; but they are not ...
Overall, in the calendar year 2024, the United States' Nominal GDP at Current Prices totaled at $29.017 trillion, as compared to $25.744 trillion in 2022. The three U.S. states with the highest GDPs were California ($4.080 trillion), Texas ($2.695 trillion), and New York ($2.284 trillion).
Below is a table of United States congressional district boundary maps for the State of Michigan, presented chronologically forward. [5] All redistricting events that took place in Michigan in the decades between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the American football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.It is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third-largest stadium in the world, and the 34th-largest sports venue in the world.
The state has 11,037 inland lakes comprising 1,305 square miles (3,380 km 2) of inland water. No point in Michigan is more than 6 miles (9.7 km) from an inland lake or more than 85 miles (137 km) from one of the Great Lakes. [5] The state's numerous rivers are generally short and shallow, though several are navigable by recreational watercraft.
The location of the state of Michigan in the United States of America. The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Michigan: Michigan is located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America, comprising two peninsulas.