State Abbreviation | MI |
Statehood | January 26, 1837 |
State Capital | Lansing |
State Size | Total (Land + Water): 96,716 sq miles; Land Only: 56,804 sq miles |
Number of Counties | 83 |
State Population (2010) | 9,883,640 |
Electoral Votes | 16 |
State Quarter Issue Date | 26-Jan-04 |
State Motto | Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) |
State Flower | Apple blossom |
State Bird | American Robin |
Nickname | Wolverine State |
Area Codes | 231, 248, 269, 278, 313, 517, 586, 616, 679, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989 |
Top 5 Cities (2010 population) | Detroit (713,777) |
| Grand Rapids (188,040) |
| Warren (134,056) |
| Sterling Heights (129,699) |
| Lansing (114,297) |
Major Sports Teams | MLB: Detroit Tigers |
| NFL: Detroit Lions |
| NBA: Detroit Pistons |
| NHL: Detroit Red Wings |
Federal Prisons | None |
Federal Correctional Institutions | Federal Correctional Institution, Milan |
State Prisons | Alger Maximum Correctional Facility (LMF) (Munising) |
| Baraga Maximum Correctional Facility (AMF) (Baraga, MI) |
| Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility (IBC) (Ionia, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility (LRF) (Muskegon Heights, MI) |
| Carson City Correctional Facility (DRF) (Carson City, MI) |
| Chippewa Correctional Facility (URF) (Kincheloe, MI) |
| Cooper Street Correctional Facility (JCS) (Jackson, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility (JCF) (Jackson, MI) |
| Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center (RGC) (Jackson, MI) |
| Gus Harrison Correctional Facility (ARF) (Adrian, MI) |
| Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility (MTU) (Ionia, MI) |
| Huron Valley Center (HVC) (Psychiatric hospital, Ypsilanti, MI) Closed December 2004 |
| Huron Valley Correctional Complex – Male (HVM) (Ypsilanti, MI) |
| Huron Valley Correctional Complex – Female (WHV) (Ypsilanti, MI) (Female Facility) |
| Ionia Correctional Facility (ICF), Ionia, MI) |
| Kinross Correctional Facility (KCF) (Kincheloe, MI) |
| Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) (Coldwater, MI) |
| Macomb Correctional Facility (MRF) (New Haven, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| Marquette Branch Prison (MBP) (Marquette, MI) |
| Maxey/Woodland CF (Temporary housing center for new trustees/inmates, until a permanent location, or bed, is available) |
| Michigan Reformatory (RMI) (Ionia County, MI) |
| Mound Correctional Facility (NRF) (Detroit, MI) Reopened May 2012 |
| Muskegon Correctional Facility (MCF) (Muskegon, MI) Reopened October 2012 |
| Newberry Correctional Facility (NCF) (Newberry, MI) |
| Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF) (Eastlake, MI) |
| Ojibway Correctional Facility (OCF) (Marenisco, MI) |
| Parnall Correctional Facility (SMT) (Jackson, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| Parr Highway Correctional Facility (ATF) (Adrian, MI) Consolidated with Gus Harrison August 9, 2009 |
| Pugsley Correctional Facility (MPF) (Kingsley, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| Ryan Correctional Facility (RRF) (Detroit, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| Saginaw Correctional Facility (SRF) (Freeland, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |
| St. Louis Correctional Facility (SLF) (St. Louis, MI) |
| Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF) (Lapeer, MI) |
| West Shoreline Correctional Facility (MTF) (Muskegon Heights, MI) (Residential Re-Entry In-Reach Facility) |