Mich.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

Mich. stands for Michigan, a US state traditional abbreviation.

Michigan's abbreviation in AP style, the GPO manual and The Bluebook. It appears in datelines (ANN ARBOR, Mich.), in labels such as D-Mich., in citations to the Michigan Reports and Mich. Comp. Laws, and in sports agate for state teams.

Example: ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The university's regents approved a tuition increase on Thursday.

Usage notes

Michigan mail uses MI, assigned in 1963; MC and MG are not valid. Detroit stands alone in AP datelines, while Lansing, Flint and Grand Rapids take Mich. Michigan State University is MSU, not Mich. State, in most edited writing.

Related abbreviations

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• Fla. – Florida
• Ill. – Illinois
• Ind. – Indiana
• Kan. – Kansas
• Kans. – Kansas
• Mass. – Massachusetts
• Minn. – Minnesota
• Miss. – Mississippi
• Mont. – Montana
• N.Dak. – North Dakota
• N.Mex. – New Mexico
• Neb. – Nebraska

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