- Ann Arbor, MI
- Adrian, MI
- Albion, MI
- Alma, MI
- Alpena, MI
- Auburn Hills, MI
- Bad Axe, MI
- Battle Creek, MI
- Bay City, MI
- Belleville, MI
- Benton Harbor, MI
- Big Rapids, MI
- Birmingham, MI
- Brighton, MI
- Burton, MI
- Cadillac, MI
- Caledonia, MI
- Calumet, MI
- Caro, MI
- Center Line, MI
- Charlotte, MI
- Chatsworth, MI
- Cheboygan, MI
- Clawson, MI
- Clinton Township, MI
- Clio, MI
- Coldwater, MI
- Coloma, MI
- Commerce Township, MI
- Comstock Park, MI
- Cottrellville, MI
- Dearborn, MI
- Dearborn Heights, MI
- Detroit, MI
- East Jordan, MI
- East Tawas, MI
- Eastpointe, MI
- Ecorse, MI
- Escanaba, MI
- Farmington, MI
- Fenton, MI
- Ferndale, MI
- Flint, MI
- Flushing, MI
- Fort Gratiot, MI
- Fraser, MI
- Fremont, MI
- Garden City, MI
- Gaylord, MI
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Grayling, MI
- Greenville, MI
- Grosse Pointe, MI
- Hamtramck, MI
- Harper Woods, MI
- Harrison Township, MI
- Hastings, MI
- Hazel Park, MI
- Highland Park, MI
- Hillsdale, MI
- Houghton, MI
- Howell, MI
- Indian River, MI
- Inkster, MI
- Ionia, MI
- Iron Mountain, MI
- Ishpeming, MI
- Jackson, MI
- Jonesville, MI
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Kingsford, MI
- Lansing, MI
- Lapeer, MI
- Lennon, MI
- Lincoln Park, MI
- Livonia, MI
- Ludington, MI
- Madison Heights, MI
- Marquette, MI
- Menominee, MI
- Midland, MI
- Monroe, MI
- Mount Clemens, MI
- Mount Morris, MI
- Mount Pleasant, MI
- Muskegon, MI
- New Baltimore, MI
- Niles, MI
- Northville, MI
- Oak Park, MI
- Oshtemo, MI
- Otsego, MI
- Owosso, MI
- Petoskey, MI
- Plymouth, MI
- Pontiac, MI
- Port Huron, MI
- Portage, MI
- Prescott, MI
- Redford, MI
- Rockford, MI
- Romeo, MI
- Roseville, MI
- Royal Oak, MI
- Saginaw, MI
- Saint Clair Shores, MI
- Saint Johns, MI
- Saint Joseph, MI
- Sault Sainte Marie, MI
- Shelby, MI
- South Haven, MI
- Southfield, MI
- Southgate, MI
- Sterling Heights, MI
- Sturgis, MI
- Tawas City, MI
- Taylor, MI
- Three Rivers, MI
- Traverse City, MI
- Trenton, MI
- Union City, MI
- Utica, MI
- Vassar, MI
- Warren, MI
- Waterford, MI
- Watersmeet, MI
- West Bloomfield, MI
- West Branch, MI
- Westland, MI
- White Lake, MI
- Whitehall, MI
- Whitmore Lake, MI
- Williamsburg, MI
- Wixom, MI
- Wyandotte, MI
- Wyoming, MI
- Ypsilanti, MI
Michigan (/ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ (listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state’s name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning “large water” or “large lake”.[3][6] With a population of about 10 million, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River.[b] Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation’s most populous and largest metropolitan economies.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula is often noted as being shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called “the U.P.”) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair.[7] As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating.[8] Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.[9] A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline.[10]