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Map of the United States with Michigan highlighted. Michigan is a state located in the Midwest region of the United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Michigan is the 10th most populous state with 10,077,331 inhabitants and the 22nd largest by land area spanning 56,538.90 square miles (146,435.1 km 2) of land. [1]
The U.S. State of Michigan currently has 43 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated eight combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 19 micropolitan statistical areas in Michigan. [1]
Home rule cities are the most numerous in Michigan. [10] Upon the enactment of the Home Rule Cities Act in 1909, all new cities were required to incorporate under this streamlined process, which allowed for a framework for incorporation and for a city to enact and amend its own charter without an act of the state legislature. [10]
These three counties make up the Greater Tri-Cities, a common term describing this region of Michigan. The region also goes by the name of the Great Lakes Bay Region . Statistically, the region is known as the Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City Metropolitan Area , a combined statistical area composed of these three counties.
The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Flint area and the Tri-Cities and north of Metro Detroit. The region is also branded as the Blue Water Area.
The first significant lake-effect snowstorm of the season, which buried cities from Michigan to New York under 3-5 feet of snow, will finally begin to wind down on Tuesday after the relentless ...
Central Michigan has several cities of regional and geographic importance: Lansing, is the capital of Michigan and centrally located in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fifth largest city in the state. The Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area is the third largest metro area in Michigan.
The Saginaw–Midland–Bay City Combined Statistical Area is the 4th largest CSA in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 391,569. The CSA combines what is known as the Tri-Cities of Saginaw, Midland, and Bay Cit