Michigan

Michigan
Michigan
	State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Michigan Territory
Admittit tae the Union	Januar 26, 1837 (26t)
Lairgest ceety	Detroit
Lairgest metro	Metro Detroit
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Gretchen Whitmer (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Garlin Gilchrist (D)
Legislatur	Michigan Legislature
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Debbie Stabenow (D); Gary Peters (D);
U.S. Hoose delegation	7 Democrats; 6 Republicans; 1 Libertarian (leet)
Population
• Total	9,928,300 (2,016 est)
• Density	67.1/km2 (174/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$54203
• Income rank	31st
Leid
• Offeecial leid	None (Inglis, de facto)
• Spoken leid	Inglis 91.11%; Spaingie 2.93%; Arabic 1.04%; Ither 4.92%
Trad. abbreviation	Mich.
Latitude	41° 41' N tae 48° 18' N
Longitude	82° 7' W tae 90° 25' W

Michigan is a Midwastren state o the Unitit States o Americae. It wis named efter Loch Michigan, whase name is a French adaption o the Ojibwe term mishigama, meanin "lairge loch" or "lairge watter".^[3]^[4]

Michigan is the aicht maist populous state in the Unitit States. It haes the langest freshwatter shoreline o ony poleetical subdiveesion in the warld, bein bounded bi fower o the five Muckle Lochs, plus Loch Saint Clair.^[5]