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%; Spaingie2.93%; Arabic1.04%; Ither 4.92%
Trad. abbreviation	Mich.
Latitude	41° 41' N tae 48° 18' N
Longitude	82° 7' W tae 90° 25' W

Michiganis aMidwastrenstate o theUnitit States o Americae.It wis named efterLoch Michigan,whase name is a French adaption o theOjibwetermmishigama,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 fiveMuckle Lochs,plusLoch Saint Clair.^[5]