Michigan Abbreviation

What is the abbreviation for Michigan state?

MI is the 2 letter abbreviation for Michigan, the 10th largest state in the United States of America. Michigan is a state located in East North Central part of U.S.A, bordering Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota (water border), Ohio, and Wisconsin. Lansing is the capital city of Michigan. Major cities include Detroit (Population: 677127), Grand Rapids (Population: 195108), Warren (Population: 134067), Sterling Heights (Population: 132063), Ann Arbor (Population: 117081), Lansing (Population: 115067), Charter Township of Clinton (Population: 99764), Flint (Population: 98321), Dearborn (Population: 95182), Livonia (Population: 94646), Canton (Population: 86836), and Troy (Population: 83291).

Michigan State Profile

• Capital: Lansing
• Admitted to USA: 1837
• Area: 250,487 km²
• Population: 9,986,857
• Time zone: GMT-5, GMT-6
• Calling code: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989
• ISO 2-Letter Postal Abbreviation:  MI
• State Government Website: http://www.michigan.gov/

Overview

Michigan borders the Great Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie and consists of the Upper and Lower Michigan peninsulas. It was accepted into the Union as the 26th state in 1837. Michigan is one of the leading states in the manufacture of motor vehicles. This is how Michigan’s largest city, Detroit, was called the “car capital of the world” or “motor city”. Henry Ford had his first branch here.

In addition to the Great Lakes, there are many thousands of small lakes in Michigan that attract many sports tourists. Tourism is now the largest industry in Michigan. Michigan covers an area of ​​250,494 km² – with around 10 million inhabitants. The water area of ​​the state is 103,372 km² and the land area is 147,122 km². The state capital is the approximately 115,000 city of Lansing.

Cities and larger towns

Detroit
Detroit used to be a thriving town where Henry Ford founded his Henry Ford Motor Company in 1903 – General Motors opened 5 years later. From 1900 to 1930 the population increased eightfold to approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. The “Big Three” – General Motors, Chrysler and Ford dominated the global car market from Detroit for decades. The Pontiac brand was named after the chief of the Ottawa tribe who took over what was then Fort Detroit in the Pontiac uprising between 1763-1766. Until about 1960, numerous African-American workers flocked to the city to work in the booming automotive industry. Since they acted as strikebreakers against their white colleagues several times, racial riots occurred in Detroit. The worst riots in the United States took place here in 1967 – with 43 deaths, 342 injuries and 1,400 houses destroyed by arson. The decline of Detroit began with the oil crisis in the 1970s and the rise of Japanese cars in the United States, which increased from 2009 as a result of the economic and financial crisis. Nowadays, after the decline of the automotive industry, only about 700,000 people live here, of which about 40% live below the poverty line and are dependent on social assistance.

Grand Rabids
About 25 miles east of Lake Michigan is Grand Rabids, which, with just under 188,000 residents, is the second largest state in the state. Grand Rabids is also known as Furniture City because it has long been the center of the furniture industry in the United States. Today, many companies in the automotive and healthcare sectors are also based there. Otherwise, the city is called dead because it is becoming less and less popular and its population is steadily decreasing.

Warren
With around 138,300 residents, Warren is the third largest city in the state of Michigan and the largest in Macomb County – not far from Detroit. Warren is heavily influenced by the automotive industry in the USA, which can be seen particularly in the strong and steady population growth. While around 14,400 inhabitants lived in 1930, the number was around 180,000 forty years later and around 140,000 in 2000. General Motors and Chrysler – the main employers in the city – are located there. Warren became particularly famous for the rapper Eminem, who in his film and in many of his songs drew attention to the dilapidated 8 Mile Street and thus its origins.

Sterling Heights
With around 125,000 residents, Sterling Heights is the second largest city in Macomb County after Warren and the fourth largest in Michigan. Sterling Heights is home to numerous immigrant Poles who settled there during the Second World War. The national American Polish Festival takes place there every year, at which the Polish community comes together and celebrates its culture.

Lansing
Lansing, the actual capital of the state of Michigan, is located relatively centrally in Michigan. With approximately 114,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest state in Michigan and the only capital that is not the seat of her county (Ingham County). Special sights are e.g. B. the State Capitol, the African World Museum and the Botanical Gardens. Many other educational, art and cultural institutions are located in Lansing.

Ann Arbor
Approx. 64 km west of Detroit is Ann Arbor, the sixth largest city in the state of Michigan and the seat of Washtenaw County. Ann Arbor has a population of around 114,000, most of whom are involved in research. The research facilities of the University of Michigan and medical institutions such as B. Phizer. Ann Arbor was voted one of the 100 best places to live by Money Magazine in 2008 (27th place).

List of Michigan Acronyms

The most commonly used abbreviations about Michigan are MI which stands for Michigan. In the following table, you can see all acronyms related to Michigan, including abbreviations for airport, city, school, port, government, and etc.

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