Michigan, the Wolverine State


Land area: 56,809 sq. mi. (22)
Population (2000): 9,938,444 (8)
Population density: 174.94 per sq. mi. (15)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 15
Entered Union: 26-Jan-1837 (26)

The Lower Peninsula is almost synonymous with automobile manufacture. Detroit is the Motor City, but plants radiate seemingly in all directions. But for me, the state’s real beauty is the Upper Peninsula, reachable by crossing the Mackinac Strait or coming from Wisconsin. The peninsula, surrounded by Lakes Superior and Michigan and Green Bay, contains acre after acre of forest – and also a Little League field in Bessemer which the natives have declared “the most scenic in America”. I can't argue. Oh, and I went to Hell in 1996. It's northwest of Ann Arbor.

No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 83 of 83

County Pop. (2000)     Latest Visit   County Seat Visited?
Alcona 11,719 12-Aug-2006 Harrisville yes
Alger 9,862 11-Aug-2006 Munising
Allegan 105,665 28-Jul-2003 Allegan
Alpena 31,314 11-Aug-2006 Alpena yes
Antrim 23,110 12-Aug-2006 Bellaire
Arenac 17,269 12-Aug-2006 Standish yes
Baraga 8,746 10-Aug-2006 L’Anse yes
Barry 56,755 13-Aug-1996 Hastings
Bay 110,157 6-Aug-2007 Bay City yes
Benzie 15,998 28-Jul-2003 Beulah yes
Berrien 162,453 29-Jul-2003 St. Joseph yes
Branch 45,787 7-Aug-2007 Coldwater
Calhoun 137,985 7-Aug-2007 Marshall yes
Cass 51,104 15-Aug-1990 Cassopolis yes
Charlevoix 26,090 28-Jul-2003 Charlevoix
Cheboygan 26,448 11-Aug-2006 Cheboygan yes
Chippewa 38,543 12-Aug-2006 Sault Ste. Marie
Clare 31,252 12-Aug-2006 Harrison
Clinton 64,753 7-Aug-2007 St. Johns
Crawford 14,273 12-Aug-2006 Grayling yes
Delta 38,520 11-Aug-2006 Escanaba yes
Dickinson 27,472 11-Aug-2006 Iron Mountain yes
Eaton 103,655 7-Aug-2007 Charlotte yes
Emmet 31,437 11-Aug-2006 Petoskey
Genesee 436,141 6-Aug-2007 Flint yes
Gladwin 26,023 12-Aug-2006 Gladwin
Gogebic 17,370 10-Aug-2006 Bessemer yes
Grand Traverse 77,654 11-Aug-2006 Traverse City yes
Gratiot 42,285 12-Aug-2006 Ithaca
Hillsdale 46,527 6-Jul-1997 Hillsdale
Houghton 36,016 10-Aug-2006 Houghton yes
Huron 36,079 5-Jul-1997 Bad Axe yes
Ingham 279,320 12-Aug-2006 Mason
Ionia 61,518 13-Aug-1996 Ionia
Iosco 27,339 12-Aug-2006 Tawas City yes
Iron 13,138 10-Aug-2006 Crystal Falls yes
Isabella 63,351 12-Aug-2006 Mount Pleasant yes
Jackson 158,422 15-Aug-1990 Jackson yes
Kalamazoo 238,603 29-Jul-2003 Kalamazoo yes
Kalkaska 16,571 12-Aug-2006 Kalkaska yes
Kent 574,335 28-Jul-2003 Grand Rapids yes
Keweenaw 2,301 10-Aug-2006 Eagle River yes
Lake 11,333 28-Jul-2003 Baldwin
Lapeer 87,904 5-Jul-1997 Lapeer
Leelanau 21,119 11-Aug-2006 Leland
Lenawee 98,890 11-Aug-1992 Adrian
Livingston 156,951 27-Jul-2009 Howell
Luce 7,024 11-Aug-2006 Newberry
Mackinac 11,943 11-Aug-2006 St. Ignace yes
Macomb 788,149 5-Jul-1997 Mount Clemens yes
Manistee 24,527 28-Jul-2003 Manistee yes
Marquette 64,634 10-Aug-2006 Marquette
Mason 28,274 28-Jul-2003 Ludington
Mecosta 40,553 28-Jul-2003 Big Rapids yes
Menominee 25,326 11-Aug-2006 Menominee
Midland 82,874 6-Aug-2007 Midland yes
Missaukee 14,478 28-Jul-2003 Lake City yes
Monroe 145,945 27-Jul-2009 Monroe yes
Montcalm 61,266 28-Jul-2003 Stanton
Montmorency 10,315 11-Aug-2006 Atlanta yes
Muskegon 170,200 28-Jul-2003 Muskegon yes
Newaygo 47,874 28-Jul-2003 White Cloud
Oakland 1,194,156 25-Jul-1999 Pontiac yes
Oceana 26,873 28-Jul-2003 Hart yes
Ogemaw 21,645 12-Aug-2006 West Branch yes
Ontonagon 7,818 10-Aug-2006 Ontonagon
Osceola 23,197 28-Jul-2003 Reed City yes
Oscoda 9,418 12-Aug-2006 Mio yes
Otsego 23,301 11-Aug-2006 Gaylord yes
Ottawa 238,314 28-Jul-2003 Grand Haven yes
Presque Isle 14,411 11-Aug-2006 Rogers City yes
Roscommon 25,469 12-Aug-2006 Roscommon
Saginaw 210,039 7-Aug-2007 Saginaw yes
St. Clair 164,235 5-Jul-1997 Port Huron yes
St. Joseph 62,422 16-Aug-1998 Centreville
Sanilac 44,547 5-Jul-1997 Sandusky yes
Schoolcraft 8,903 11-Aug-2006 Manistique
Shiawassee 71,687 7-Aug-2007 Corunna
Tuscola 58,266 5-Jul-1997 Caro
Van Buren 76,263 29-Jul-2003 Paw Paw yes
Washtenaw 322,895 27-Jul-2009 Ann Arbor yes
Wayne 2,061,162 27-Jul-2009 Detroit yes
Wexford 30,484 28-Jul-2003 Cadillac yes

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