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{{short description|Northern major peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan}}
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| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]<ref group=lower-alpha>[[Bois Blanc Township, Michigan|Bois Blanc Township]], an island in the [[Straits of Mackinac]] in [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]], is in [[area code 231]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024 }}</ref>
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The '''Upper Peninsula''' '''of Michigan'''—also known as '''Upper Michigan''' or colloquially the '''U.P.''' or '''Yoop'''—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]; it is separated from the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]] by the [[Straits of Mackinac]]. It is bounded primarily by [[Lake Superior]] to the north, separated from the Canadian province of [[Ontario]] at the east end by the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]], and flanked by [[Lake Huron]] and [[Lake Michigan]] along much of its south. Although the peninsula as a geographic feature extends into the state of [[Wisconsin]], the state boundary follows the [[Montreal River (Wisconsin–Michigan)|Montreal]] and [[Menominee River|Menominee]] rivers and a line connecting them.

First inhabited by [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian-speaking]] native American tribes, the area was explored by French colonists, then occupied by British forces, before being ceded to the newly established United States in the late 18th century. After being assigned to various territorial jurisdictions, it was granted to the newly formed state of Michigan as part of the settlement of [[Toledo War|a dispute]] with [[Ohio]] over the city of [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]. The region's exploitable timber resources and the discovery of iron and copper deposits in the 19th century brought immigrants, especially [[Finnish Americans|Finnish]], [[French Canadian]], [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]], [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]], [[Cornish Americans|Cornish]], and [[Italian Americans|Italian]]; the peninsula includes the only counties in the United States where a plurality of residents claim Finnish ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=1999-mm-p0003-p0026|title=A Brief History of Michigan|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/097-Simon_Finney-en.pdf |title=Publication, Access and Preservation of Scandinavian Immigrant Press in North America |last1=Simon |first1=James |last2=Finney |first2=Patricia |date=August 10–14, 2008 |publisher=Center for Research Libraries |location=Quebec |access-date=October 27, 2010 |name-list-style=amp |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326020103/http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/097-Simon_Finney-en.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The area's economy declined in the 20th century when all of the readily available minerals had been removed, and it became largely dependent on logging and tourism.

The Upper Peninsula contains 29% of the land area of Michigan and has 3% of its total population; at the height of the mining and timber era in the early 20th century it had as much as 11% of the state's population. Residents are nicknamed ''[[Yooper dialect|Yoopers]]'' (derived from "UP-ers") and have a strong regional identity, enhanced by the perception that the rest of the state neglects them. Proposals have been made to establish the [[Superior (proposed U.S. state)|Upper Peninsula as a separate state]] but have failed to gain traction. Its largest cities are [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]], [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]], [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]], [[Menominee, Michigan|Menominee]], [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]], and [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]]. Because of the surrounding waters and northern latitude, it receives more snow than most of the eastern U.S. The heavily forested land, soil types, short growing season, and logistical factors (e.g. long distance to market, lack of infrastructure) make the Upper Peninsula poorly suited for agriculture. The region is home to a variety of wildlife, including moose, wolves, coyotes, deer, foxes, bears, mountain lions, bobcats, eagles, hawks, and owls.

==History==
{{Main|Timeline of Michigan history|History of Michigan}}

[[File:Tahquamenon falls upper.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Tahquamenon Falls|Upper Falls]] of the [[Tahquamenon River]], near the northern shore of the peninsula]]
The first known inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula were tribes speaking [[Algonquian languages]], specifically the Algonquian branches of [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] and [[Menominee language|Menominee]]. They arrived roughly around 800 C.E. and subsisted chiefly from fishing. Early tribes included the [[Menominee]], [[Odawa]], [[Ojibwe]], [[Noquet|Nocquet]], and [[Potawatomi]].  

[[Étienne Brûlé]], an explorer and Catholic missionary working on behalf of the colony of [[New France]] under the tutelage of fellow explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]], was the first known European to visit the peninsula.<ref name="blue">{{cite book |last1=Blue |first1=Rose |last2=Naden |first2=Corinne J. |date=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-f5cd5Qd4iUC |title=Exploring the St. Lawrence River Region |pages=30–33 |isbn=978-1-4109-0337-2 |publisher=Raintree}}</ref> Accompanied by [[Wyandot people|Wendat]] tribesmen, he is recorded to have sailed the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]] around the year 1620 in search of a route to the [[Far East]].<ref name="hunt">{{cite book |last1=Hunt |first1=Mary |last2=Hunt |first2=Don |name-list-style=amp |year=2007 |title=Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher=Midwestern Guides |location=Albion, Michigan |url=http://hunts-upguide.com/ |access-date=March 31, 2007 |isbn=978-0-9709094-0-4 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001064438/http://hunts-upguide.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[French colonization of the Americas|French colonists]] subsequently laid claim to the land in the 17th century, with other European explorers and missionaries (including [[Jacques Marquette]]) mapping the area and engaging with Indians throughout the century and into the 1700s. The government of New France set about establishing missions and [[North American fur trade|fur trading]] posts such as [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] and [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]], Sault Ste. Marie (est. 1668) being the oldest European settlement in Michigan and the site of Native American settlements for centuries, including the contemporary [[Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians]]. By 1680, the major Ojibwe communities on the peninsula were in the Sault, [[L'Anse, Michigan|L’Anse]], and on [[Grand Island Township, Michigan|Grand Island]].

Following the end of the [[French and Indian War]] (part of the [[Seven Years' War]]) in 1763, the territory was ceded to [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indian]] tribes who formerly allied with the French were dissatisfied with the British occupation, which brought new territorial policies. Whereas the French cultivated alliances among the Indians, the British postwar approach was to treat the tribes as conquered peoples. In 1763, tribes united in [[Pontiac's War|Pontiac's Rebellion]] to try to drive the British from the area. American Indians captured [[Fort Michilimackinac]], at present-day [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]], then the principal fort of the British in the [[Michilimackinac]] region, as well as others and killed hundreds of British. In 1764, they began negotiations with the British, resulting in temporary peace and changes in objectionable British policies.

Although the Upper Peninsula nominally became United States territory with the 1783 [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], the British did not give up control until 1797 under terms of the [[Jay Treaty]]. As an American territory, the Upper Peninsula was still dominated by the fur trade. [[John Jacob Astor]] founded the [[American Fur Company]] on [[Mackinac Island]] in 1808; however, the industry began to decline in the 1830s as beaver and other game were overhunted.<ref name="nmu">{{cite web |author=Center for Upper Peninsula Studies |date=n.d. |url=http://faculty.nmu.edu/upced/UPinfo/UPHIST.HTM |title=History of the Upper Peninsula |publisher=Northern Michigan University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905235910/http://faculty.nmu.edu/upced/UPinfo/UPHIST.HTM |archive-date=September 5, 2006 }}</ref>

When the [[Michigan Territory]] was first established in 1805, it included only the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]] and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula. In 1819, the territory was expanded to include the remainder of the Upper Peninsula, all of what later became [[Wisconsin]], and part of [[Minnesota]] (previously included in the [[Indiana Territory|Indiana]] and [[Illinois Territory|Illinois]] Territories). When Michigan applied for statehood in the 1830s, the proposal corresponded to the original territorial boundaries. However, there was an armed conflict known as the [[Toledo War]] with the state of Ohio over the location of their mutual border. Meanwhile, the people of Michigan approved a constitution in May 1835 and elected state officials in late autumn 1835. Although the state government was not yet recognized by the [[United States Congress]], the territorial government effectively ceased to exist. President [[Andrew Jackson]]'s government offered the remainder of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan if it would cede the Toledo Strip to Ohio. A constitutional convention of the state legislature refused, but a second convention, hastily convened by Governor [[Stevens T. Mason|Stevens Thomson Mason]], consisting primarily of his supporters, agreed in December 1836 to the deal. In January 1837, the U.S. Congress admitted Michigan as a state of the Union.

[[File:Quincy-smelter-c1906.jpg|thumb|right|[[Quincy Smelter|Smelter]] at Quincy Hill, [[Hancock, Michigan]], circa 1906]]
At the time, Michigan was considered the losing party in the compromise. The land in the Upper Peninsula was described in a federal report as a "sterile region on the shores of Lake Superior destined by soil and climate to remain forever a wilderness."<ref name="hunt" /> This belief changed when rich mineral deposits (primarily copper and iron) were discovered in the 1840s. The Upper Peninsula's mines produced more mineral wealth than the [[California Gold Rush]], especially after shipping was improved by the opening of the [[Soo Locks]] in 1855 and docks in [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]] in 1859. The Upper Peninsula supplied 90% of America's copper by the 1860s. It was the nation's largest supplier of iron ore by the 1890s, and production continued to a peak in the 1920s but sharply declined shortly afterward. The last copper mine closed in 1995, although the majority of mines had closed decades before. Some iron mining continues near Marquette.<ref name="hunt" /> The [[Eagle Mine (Michigan)|Eagle Mine]], a nickel-copper mine, opened in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eaglemine.com/about-us/ |title=About Eagle Mine |publisher=Eagle Mine |access-date=September 3, 2017 |archive-date=September 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903122232/http://eaglemine.com/about-us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Thousands of Americans and immigrants moved to the area during the mining boom, prompting the federal government to create [[Fort Wilkins Historic State Park|Fort Wilkins]] near [[Copper Harbor, Michigan|Copper Harbor]] to maintain order. The first wave were the [[Cornish people|Cornish]] from Great Britain, with centuries of mining experience; followed by Irish, [[Germans]], and [[French Canadian]]s. During the 1890s, [[Finnish people|Finnish]] immigrants began settling there in large numbers, forming the population plurality in the northwestern portion of the peninsula. In the early 20th century, 75% of the population was foreign-born.<ref name="nmu" />

From 1861 to 1865, 90,000 Michigan men fought in the [[American Civil War]], including 1,209 from the Upper Peninsula. [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton County]] contributed 460 soldiers, while [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] sent 265.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=532/ |title=Upper Michigan in the Civil War |work=This Week in the American Civil War |publisher=Self-published |access-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504151627/http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=532/ |url-status=usurped }} {{unreliable source?|date= September 2012 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Pictured Rocks Lakeshore Michigan3.JPG|thumb|right|[[Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore]] ]]
[[File:Gfp-michigan-lake-superior-bay.jpg|thumb|right|Lake Superior]]
Including extensive parts of the Great Lakes, the Upper Peninsula contains about {{convert|36,139|sqmi}} of total area. Of that, about {{convert|16378|sqmi}} is its land area,<ref name="Census Area"/> about 29% of the state.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} It is bounded on the north by [[Lake Superior]], on the east by [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]], on the south by the [[Niagara Escarpment]], [[Lake Michigan]] and [[Lake Huron]], and on the west by [[Wisconsin]] and (counting the water border on Lake Superior) by [[Minnesota]]. It has about {{convert|1,700|mi|km}} of continuous shoreline with the [[Great Lakes]]. There are about 4,300&nbsp;inland lakes, the largest of which is [[Lake Gogebic]], and {{convert|12,000|mi|km}} of streams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uptravel.com/groups-24/ |title=When you enter Michigan's Upper Peninsula...You enter a world of the finest attractions and unique experiences unmatched anywhere in the Midwest. |work=Michigan's Upper Peninsula |access-date=July 21, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729123401/http://www.uptravel.com/groups-24/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its lowest elevation is along the shoreline of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, averaging {{convert|577|ft|m}} above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Physical features of Great Lakes |url=http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/phy_feature.html |publisher=Michigan State University Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506163013/http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/phy_feature.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Its highest elevation is [[Mount Arvon]], at {{convert|1,979|ft|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Arvon |url=https://www.michigan.org/property/mount-arvon |date=December 29, 2016 |website=Pure Michigan |publisher=Michigan Economic Development Corporation |language=en |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519205921/https://www.michigan.org/property/mount-arvon |url-status=live }}</ref>

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is bounded on land by Wisconsin to the southwest and west; and in territorial waters by Minnesota to the west, [[Ontario]] to the west, north and east, and the [[Door Peninsula]] of Wisconsin extends into [[Lake Michigan]] east of the western Upper Peninsula.

[[File:A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac via the D. and C (1890) (14577557988).jpg|thumb|right|1890 map of the glacially shaped [[Les Cheneaux Islands]], between the mainland and Lake Huron]]

Five Michigan Upper Peninsula counties include nearby major islands: [[Mackinac Island]], [[Round Island (Michigan)|Round Island]] and [[Bois Blanc Island (Michigan)|Bois Blanc Island]] in Lake Huron are in [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]]; [[Sugar Island (Michigan)|Sugar Island]] and [[Neebish Island]] in the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]], and [[Drummond Island]] in Lake Huron are in [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]; [[Grand Island (Michigan)|Grand Island]] is in [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]]; [[Summer Island]] is [[Delta County, Michigan|Delta County]]; and [[Isle Royale]] is part of [[Keweenaw County, Michigan|Keweenaw County]].The peninsula is divided between the flat, swampy areas in the east, part of the [[Great Lakes region#Geography|Great Lakes Plain]], and the steeper, more rugged western half, called the [[Superior Upland]], part of the [[Canadian Shield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/mi_geography.htm |title=Michigan Geography |publisher=Netstate |date=September 24, 2009 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-date=March 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321154823/http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/mi_geography.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The rock in the western portion is the result of volcanic eruptions and is estimated to be at least 3.5 billion years old (much older than the eastern portion) and contains the region's ore resources. [[Banded iron formation|Banded-iron formations]] were deposited 2&nbsp;billion years ago; this is the [[Animikie Group|Marquette Range Supergroup]]. A considerable amount of [[bedrock]] is visible. Mount Arvon is within the [[Huron Mountains]], located in Marquette and Baraga counties. The [[Porcupine Mountains]] are located in the extreme northwest of the peninsula. All of the higher areas are the remnants of ancient peaks, worn down over millions of years by erosion and glaciers.<ref name="earthscape">[http://www.earthscape.org/t2/scr01/scr01a.html]{{dead link|date=July 2010}}</ref>

The [[Keweenaw Peninsula]] is the northernmost part of the peninsula (not counting Isle Royale, which is politically part of the UP). It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States, part of a larger region of the peninsula called the [[Copper Country]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Murdoch |first=Angus |title=Boom Copper: The Story of the First U.S. Mining Boom |year=1964 |publisher=The Book Concern }}</ref> [[Copper Island]] is its northernmost section. About one-third of the peninsula is government-owned recreational forest land today, including the [[Ottawa National Forest]] and [[Hiawatha National Forest]]. Although heavily logged in the 19th century, the majority of the land was forested with mature trees by the 1970s.<ref name="hunt" />

There was a boundary dispute over the border with Wisconsin. The northwesternmost portion of the border follows a line from [[Lac Vieux Desert]] to the headwaters of the [[Montreal River (Wisconsin–Michigan)|Montreal River]]. An 1847 survey established the east branch of the Montreal River as the border. However, the 1908 revision of the [[Constitution of Michigan]] specified that the west branch of the Montreal River was the proper border, which would have placed an additional 360 square miles of land on the Michigan side of the border.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kellogg |first=Louise P. |date=1917 |title=The Michigan–Wisconsin Boundary Dispute |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER0126.html |access-date=July 17, 2019 |website=Wisconsin Magazine of History |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030113123/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER0126.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A 1926 Supreme Court decision awarded this tract of land to Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evolution of Michigan's Legal Boundaries |url=https://lib.msu.edu/branches/map/Miboundaries/ |access-date=July 17, 2019 |publisher=Michigan State University Libraries |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717003829/https://lib.msu.edu/branches/map/Miboundaries/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Further|Protected areas of Michigan}}

===Wildlife===
The Upper Peninsula contains a large variety of wildlife. Some of the mammals found in the UP include [[shrew]]s, [[mole (animal)|moles]], mice, [[white-tailed deer]], [[moose]], [[American black bear|black bear]]s, [[cougar]], [[gray fox|gray]] and [[red fox]]es, [[wolf|wolves]], [[North American river otter|river otters]], [[martens]], [[Fisher (animal)|fisher]]s, [[muskrat]]s, [[bobcat]]s, [[coyote]]s, [[snowshoe hare]]s, [[Eastern cottontail|cotton-tail rabbit]]s, [[porcupine]]s, [[chipmunk]]s, squirrels, [[raccoon]]s, [[opossum]] and bats. There is a large variety of birds, including hawks, osprey, owls, gulls, hummingbirds, chickadees, [[American robin|robins]] (the state bird), woodpeckers, warblers, and bald eagles. In terms of reptiles and [[amphibians]], the UP has common [[garter snake]]s, [[Storeria|red bellied snake]]s, [[pine snake]]s, [[northern water snake]]s, [[Storeria|brown snake]]s, [[Common garter snake|eastern garter snakes]], [[Pantherophis gloydi|eastern fox snake]]s, [[Thamnophis saurita saurita|eastern ribbon back snake]]s, [[Opheodrys|green snakes]], [[northern ringneck snake]]s, [[Milk snake|eastern milk snake]]s (Mackinac and Marquette counties) and [[Heterodon platirhinos|eastern hognose snake]]s (Menominee County only), plus [[snapping turtle]]s, [[wood turtle]]s, and [[painted turtle]]s (the state reptile), [[Rana clamitans|green frog]]s, [[American bullfrog|bullfrog]]s, [[northern leopard frog]]s, and [[salamander]]s. Lakes and rivers contain many fish such as [[walleye]], [[Muskellunge|muskie]], [[northern pike]], [[trout]], [[salmon]], [[bullhead catfish]], and bass. Invasive species like the alewife and sea lamprey can be found in the Great Lakes. The UP also contains many shellfish, such as [[clam]]s, aquatic snails, and [[crayfish]]. The [[American Bird Conservancy]] and the [[National Audubon Society]] have designated several locations as internationally [[Important Bird Area]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/state/michigan |title=Michigan Important Bird Areas |date=September 12, 2016 |publisher=[[National Audubon Society]] |access-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520073613/https://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/state/michigan |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Bald Eagle juvenile, Keweenaw.jpg|thumb|upright|Juvenile [[bald eagle]] in the Keweenaw Peninsula]]

After being nearly [[Local extinction|extirpated]] from the [[conterminous United States]], [[Gray wolf|gray wolves]] survived in the remote northeastern corner of Minnesota and Ontario. The [[Repopulation of wolves in Midwestern United States|repopulation of wolves in this region]] has occurred naturally as they have expanded their territory after they were protected under the federal [[Endangered Species Act of 1973|Endangered Species Act]] in 1978.<ref name="WUWM 2020-10-29">{{Cite news |date=October 29, 2020 |title=Gray Wolves To Be Removed From Endangered Species List |url=https://www.wuwm.com/environment/2020-10-29/gray-wolves-to-be-removed-from-endangered-species-list |first=Nathan |last=Rott |access-date=April 21, 2021 |publisher=WUWM |location=Milwaukee |language=en |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421010300/https://www.wuwm.com/environment/2020-10-29/gray-wolves-to-be-removed-from-endangered-species-list |url-status=live }}</ref> Michigan Department of Natural Resources's principal goals set in 2008 included maintaining a viable wolf population, facilitating wolf-related benefits, minimizing wolf-related conflicts and conducting "science-based and socially acceptable management of wolves".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McWhirter |first=Sheri |date=February 23, 2022 |title=Wolves are endangered again, but pressure for a Michigan hunt remains |url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/02/wolves-are-endangered-again-but-pressure-for-a-michigan-hunt-remains.html |access-date=February 25, 2022 |work=MLive |language=en }}</ref> Michigan removed wolves from the state's list of threatened and endangered species in 2009 having reached the recovery goal of 200 for five consecutive years in 2004.{{r|AP 2020-07-27}} In 2012, FWS issued a rule that classified and delisted a sub-species called the Western Great Lakes wolves under the federal Endangered Species Act. Michigan had a legal wolf hunt in 2013.<ref name="AP 2020-07-27">{{Cite news |last=Flesher |first=John |date=July 27, 2020 |title=Michigan wolf population at nearly 700 but leveling off |url=https://apnews.com/article/wildlife-michigan-wolves-traverse-city-6cfc951af49969a23370c782adfce406 |access-date=April 26, 2021 |work=AP News |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807081445/https://apnews.com/article/wolves-mi-state-wire-wildlife-michigan-traverse-city-6cfc951af49969a23370c782adfce406 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wolves were returned to the list of federally threatened species in December 2014 as a result of a court ruling. The Department of Natural Resources found that an equilibrium has been achieved between the available habitat and the number of this predators the region can support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McWhirter |first=Sheri |date=June 13, 2024 |title=Michigan gray wolf population at 14-year high, DNR estimates |url=https://mlive.com/public-interest/2024/06/michigan-gray-wolf-population-at-14-year-high-dnr-estimates.html |access-date=June 18, 2024 |website=MLive |language=en }}</ref> The department supports delisting as wolves have met and exceeded the biological recovery goals that would necessitate protection.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McNally |first=Bob |date=August 7, 2021 |title=Great Lakes States Are Divided on Wolf Hunting Plans |url=https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/gray-wolf-hunting-great-lakes-states/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |magazine=Outdoor Life |language=en-US |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223031753/https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/gray-wolf-hunting-great-lakes-states/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

There is significant discussion and studies over the presence of [[eastern cougar]]s in the UP.<ref name="Butz">{{cite book |last1=Butz |first1=Bob |first2=Jay W (Foreword) |last2=Tischendof |name-list-style=amp |year=2005 |publisher=Lyons Press |isbn=978-1-59228-446-7 |location=Guilford, CT |title=Beast of Never, Cat of God: The Search for the Eastern Puma |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/beastofnevercato0000butz }}</ref> Historically, the last of the species, or subspecies, was extirpated near [[Newberry, Michigan|Newberry]] in 1906, although there have been sightings of the creatures over the years since.<ref name="Johnson">{{cite journal |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA87426651&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10813705&p=AONE&sw=w |title=The mountain lions of Michigan |journal=Endangered Species Update |date=March–April 2002 |first=Kirk |last=Johnson |location=Ann Arbor |publisher=School of Natural Resources and Environment, [[University of Michigan]] |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=27–31 |access-date=September 7, 2019 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519165922/https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA87426651&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10813705&p=AONE&sw=w |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bolgiano">{{cite book |title=The Eastern Cougar: Historic Accounts, Scientific Investigations, And New Evidence |first1=Chris |last1=Bolgiano |first2=Jerry |last2=Roberts |name-list-style=amp |date=August 10, 2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6P_LYhjOpYC&q=%22The+mountain+lions+of+Michigan%22&pg=PA67 |place=Mechanicsburg, PA |publisher=Stackpole Books |pages=67–78 |isbn=978-0-8117-3218-5 |access-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807081446/https://books.google.com/books?id=G6P_LYhjOpYC&q=%22The+mountain+lions+of+Michigan%22&pg=PA67#v=snippet&q=%22The%20mountain%20lions%20of%20Michigan%22&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> These reports increased in number over the first decade of the 21st century. The [[Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment]] (DNRE){{#tag:ref|The DNRE was split back into the [[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]] (DNR) and the [[Michigan Department of Environmental Quality]] (DEQ) on January 4, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Snyder |first=Richard D. |author-link=Rick Snyder |date=January 4, 2011 |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/snyder/EO-01-2011_342039_7.pdf |title=Executive Order No. 2011-1: Executive Reorganization Department of Natural Resources and Environment Creating the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Environmental Quality |location=Lansing |publisher=[[Governor of Michigan|Executive Office]] |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616162544/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/snyder/EO-01-2011_342039_7.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} formed a four-person team to investigate sightings in the state. The biologists with the DNRE currently do not believe that there is a breeding population anywhere in the state, rather that the sighted animals are visitors to the state.<ref name=dailypress2010-03-18>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/518136.html?nav=5003 |title=On the Cougar Trail: Team Investigates Sightings, Tracks Throughout UP, State |date=March 18, 2010 |work=[[Daily Press (Michigan)|Daily Press]] |location=Escanaba, Michigan }}</ref> As late as January 2007, the DNRE's official position was that no cougars lived in Michigan.<ref name=donelly2007-01-27>{{cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Francis X. |date=January 27, 2007 |title=Roar of Michigan Cougar Debate Grows Louder |work=The Detroit News }}</ref> Several residents in the state disagree with both current and previous positions on the part of the DNRE.<ref name=donelly2007-01-27/><ref name=aupperlee2009-12-21/> Researchers at [[Central Michigan University]] and the [[Michigan Wildlife Conservancy]] in 2006 published the findings of a study using DNA analysis of fecal samples taken in the Upper and Lower peninsulas that showed the presence of cougars at the time.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[363:DACOCI]2.0.CO;2 |first1=Bradley J. |last1=Swanson |first2=Patrick J. |last2=Rusz |name-list-style=amp |jstor=4094651 |title=Detection and Classification of Cougars in Michigan Using Low Copy DNA Sources |journal=American Midland Naturalist |volume=155 |issue=2 |date=April 2006 |pages=363–372 |publisher=[[University of Notre Dame]] |s2cid=85823961 |issn=0003-0031}} {{subscription required }}</ref> These results were disputed in a second journal article in 2007 by other researchers from [[Eastern Michigan University]] and the [[U.S. Forest Service]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[467:DAPOCE]2.0.CO;2 |last1=Kurta |first1=Allen |last2=Schwartz |first2=Michael K. |last3=Anderson |first3=Charles R. Jr. |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1674/0003-0031%282007%29158%5B467%3ADAPOCE%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |title=Does a Population of Cougars Exist in Michigan? |journal=American Midland Naturalist |volume=158 |issue=2 |pages=467–71 |date=October 2007 |publisher=University of Notre Dame |s2cid=85902836 |access-date=November 4, 2010 |issn=0003-0031 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807081446/https://bioone.org/journals/the-american-midland-naturalist/volume-158/issue-2/0003-0031(2007)158%5b467%3aDAPOCE%5d2.0.CO%3b2/Does-a-Population-of-Cougars-Exist-in-Michigan/10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158&#91;467:DAPOCE&#93;2.0.CO;2.short |url-status=live }}{{subscription required }}</ref> A citizen's group, the Michigan Citizens for Cougar Recognition (MCCR), independently tracked sightings and in 2009 listed Delta County as the location with the greatest number of reports in the state.<ref name=grpress2009-12-21>{{cite news |title=Top 10 Counties for Cougar Sightings |work=The Grand Rapids Press |date=December 21, 2009 |author=Michigan Citizens for Cougar Recognition |page=A4 }}</ref> The DNRE verified five sets of tracks and two trail camera photos in Delta, Chippewa, Marquette, and Menominee counties since 2008.<ref name=morningsun2010-06-21>{{cite news |url=http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2010/06/21/sports/every_season/doc4c1f99fe334ad162964173.txt |title=DNRE Confirms Cougar Sighting in Michigan |work=The Morning Sun |location=Mt. Pleasant, Michigan |date=June 21, 2010 |access-date=October 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302004737/http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2010/06/21/sports/every_season/doc4c1f99fe334ad162964173.txt |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> DNRE officials acknowledge that there are cougars in the UP, but not elsewhere in the state. Critics of the DNRE's position on the species, including the founder of the MCCR, say that the department is attempting to "avoid paying for a cougar management program".<ref name=aupperlee2009-12-21>{{cite news |title=Cougar Sightings Growing Common: DNR Says it Has No Proof Big Cats Are Lurking, But Many Folks Say Otherwise |work=The Grand Rapids Press |date=December 21, 2009 |first=Aaron |last=Aupperlee |page=A3 }}</ref> In March 2025 the DNR released a statement that two cougar cubs were verified to be living in an undisclosed area of Ontonagon County, the first time cougar cubs have been verified the Western Great Lakes in over 100 years. The presence of the cubs, estimated via photographic evidence to be around seven weeks old, is in contrast to previous sightings which are thought to be transient adult animals and not representative of resident or breeding populations.<ref>{{Cite web | title=First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century | url=https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/newsroom/releases/2025/03/13/first-cougar-cubs-verified-in-michigan-in-more-than-a-century | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313223149/https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/newsroom/releases/2025/03/13/first-cougar-cubs-verified-in-michigan-in-more-than-a-century | access-date=2025-05-28 | archive-date=2025-03-13}}</ref>

There also many [[invasive species]] that are primarily brought in the [[ballast tank|ballast]] water of foreign ships, usually from the ocean bordering northeastern Asia. This water is dumped directly into the Great Lakes, depositing a variety of fresh and salt water fish and invertebrates, most notably the [[zebra mussel]], ''Dreissena polymorpha''. There are also many plant species that have been transported to the Great Lakes, including purple loosestrife, ''[[Lythrum salicaria]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12146_12214---,00.html |title=Invasive Species |publisher=[[Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment]] |year=2010 |access-date=October 27, 2010 }}</ref> and ''[[Phragmites australis]]'', both of which are considered to be a threat to native [[aquatic plant|hydrophyte]] wetland plants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12146_12214-180794--,00.html |title=Invasive Phragmites Control and Management |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment |date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=November 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208091530/http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0%2C1607%2C7-153-10370_12146_12214-180794--%2C00.html |archive-date=December 8, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/PhragBook_Email_216473_7.pdf |title=A Guide to the Control and Management of Invasive Phragmites |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment |access-date=November 5, 2010 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203085840/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/PhragBook_Email_216473_7.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[emerald ash borer]] was first reported in the UP at [[Brimley State Park]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Storer |first=Andrew J. |title=The History of Emerald Ash Borer Discoveries in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from 2005 to 2007 |url=http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr-nrs-p-36papers/56storer-p-36.pdf |publisher=US Forest Service |access-date=November 25, 2011 |year=2008 |archive-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020093942/http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr-nrs-p-36papers/56storer-p-36.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is considered to be a serious ecological threat to the habitat and economy.

===Climate===
[[File:Cabin on Blue Lake in UP.jpg|thumb|A cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after a snowfall]]
The Upper Peninsula has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'' in the [[Köppen climate classification]] system). The Great Lakes have a great effect on the larger part of the peninsula. Winters tend to be long, cold, and snowy for most of the peninsula, and because of its northern latitude, the daylight hours are short—around 8 hours between sunrise and sunset in the winter. Lake Superior has the greatest effect on the area, especially the northern and western parts. [[Lake-effect snow]] causes many areas to get in excess of {{convert|100|-|250|in|m}} of snow per year—especially in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Gogebic County, and to a lesser extent Baraga, Marquette and Alger counties, making the western UP a prominent part of the [[Midwestern United States|midwestern]] [[snowbelt]].

Records of {{convert|390|in|m}} of snow or more have been set in many communities in this area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.x98ruhf.net/lake_effect.htm |title=Lake-Effect Precipitation in Michigan |first=Robert J. |last=Ruhf |access-date=October 27, 2010 |archive-date=March 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312054030/http://www.x98ruhf.net/lake_effect.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Keweenaw Peninsula averages more snowfall than any other location east of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climatesource.com/us/fact_sheets/fact_snowfall_us.html |title=Mean Monthly and Annual Snowfall |publisher=Climate Source |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609005310/http://www.climatesource.com/us/fact_sheets/fact_snowfall_us.html |archive-date=June 9, 2008 }}</ref> Because of the howling storms across Lake Superior, which cause dramatic amounts of precipitation, it has been said that the lake-effect snow makes the Keweenaw Peninsula the snowiest place east of the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]]. [[Herman, Michigan|Herman]] averages {{convert|236|in|m|2}} of snow every year.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/extremeweathergu00burt |url-access=registration |quote=record snowfall keweenaw peninsula. |last1=Burt |first1=Christopher C. |last2=Stroud |first2=Mark |name-list-style=amp |title=Extreme Weather: A Guide and Resource Book |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2007 |page=[https://archive.org/details/extremeweathergu00burt/page/80 80] |isbn=978-0-393-33015-1 }}</ref> Lake-effect snow can cause blinding [[Whiteout (weather)|whiteouts]] in just minutes, and some storms can last for days. [[Hancock, Michigan|Hancock]] is found frequently on lists of the snowiest cities in America.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's snowiest places |last=Erdman |first=Jonathan |url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/13/9418014-americas-snowiest-places-weathercom-lists-them?lite |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129041434/http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/13/9418014-americas-snowiest-places-weathercom-lists-them?lite |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |publisher=NBC News |date=December 13, 2011 }}</ref>

The [[banana belt]] along the Wisconsin border has a more continental climate since most of its weather does not arrive from the lakes. Summers tend to be warmer and winter nights much colder. Coastal communities have temperatures tempered by the Great Lakes. In summer, it might be {{convert|10|F-change|C-change}} cooler at lakeside than it is inland, and the opposite effect is seen in winter. The area of the Upper Peninsula north of [[Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|Green Bay]] through Menominee and Escanaba (and extending west to Iron River) does not have the extreme weather and precipitation found to the north.<ref name=hunt/> The coldest temperature officially recorded in the Upper Peninsula was {{convert|-48|°F|°C}} in Humboldt in January 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/sig_weath_events.html |title=Michigan's Extreme and Significant Weather Events |first=Andrew |last=Huizinga |date=n.d. |work=GEO 333 |publisher=Michigan State University |access-date=September 22, 2016 |archive-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904195600/http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/sig_weath_events.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Time zones===
Like the entire Lower Peninsula, most of the Upper Peninsula is within the [[Eastern Time Zone]]. However, the four counties bordering Wisconsin are in the [[Central Time Zone]]. In 1967, when the [[Uniform Time Act]] came into effect, the Upper Peninsula went under year-round Central Standard Time, with no [[daylight saving time]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899572,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113221701/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899572,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2007 |title=State Constitutions: Referendum Row |access-date=July 25, 2007 |date=July 7, 1967 |magazine=Time }}</ref> In 1973, the majority of the peninsula switched to Eastern Standard Time;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statoids.com/tus.html |title=United States Time Zones |access-date=July 25, 2007 |last=Law |first=Gwillim |date=February 19, 2007 |work=Statoids |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218095057/http://www.statoids.com/tus.html |url-status=live }}</ref> only the four western border counties of [[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic]], [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron]], [[Dickinson County, Michigan|Dickinson]], and [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee]] continue to observe Central Standard Time. Daylight saving time is observed peninsula-wide.

==Demographics==

The Upper Peninsula remains a predominantly rural region. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the region had a population of 301,608, just more than 3% of Michigan's total population and a decline of 3.2% from 2010.<ref name="Michigan population"/>

According to the [[United States 2010 Census|2010 census]], 103,211 people live in the 12 towns of at least 4,000 people, covering {{convert|96.5|sqmi|km2}}. A total of 116,548 people live in the 18 towns and villages of at least 2,000 people, which cover {{convert|108.5|sqmi|km2}}—less than 1% of the peninsula's land area.
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|+ Cities and villages of the Upper Peninsula<ref name="American Fact Finder, Census 2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=July 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | Population
! scope="col" | Area<br />(sq&nbsp;mi)
! scope="col" | Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
! scope="row" | [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]
|align=right |20,629
|{{convert|11.4|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|align=right | 13,337
|{{convert|14.8|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Escanaba]]
|align=right | 12,450
|{{convert|12.7|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Menominee, Michigan|Menominee]]
|align=right | 8,488
|{{convert|5.2|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]]
|align=right | 8,386
|{{convert|4.3|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]]
|align=right | 7,518
|{{convert|7.2|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]]
|align=right | 6,140
|{{convert|8.7|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gladstone, Michigan|Gladstone]]
|align=right | 5,257
|{{convert|5.0|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kingsford, Michigan|Kingsford]]
|align=right | 5,139
|{{convert|4.3|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ironwood, Michigan|Ironwood]]
|align=right | 5,045
|{{convert|6.6|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]]
|align=right | 4,627
|{{convert|13.8|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hancock, Michigan|Hancock]]
|align=right | 4,501
|{{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Iron River, Michigan|Iron River]]
|align=right | 3,007
|{{convert|3.5|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Norway, Michigan|Norway]]
|align=right | 2,840
|{{convert|8.8|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Manistique, Michigan|Manistique]]
|align=right | 2,828
|{{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]]
|align=right | 2,306
|{{convert|2.7|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]]
|align=right | 1,986
|{{convert|5.4|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Baraga, Michigan|Baraga]]
|align=right | 1,883
|{{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[L'Anse, Michigan|L'Anse]]
|align=right | 1,874
|{{convert|2.6|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Laurium, Michigan|Laurium]]
|align=right | 1,864
|{{convert|0.65|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bessemer, Michigan|Bessemer]]
|align=right | 1,805
|{{convert|5.5|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wakefield, Michigan|Wakefield]]
|align=right | 1,702
|{{convert|8.4|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Crystal Falls, Michigan|Crystal Falls]]
|align=right | 1,598
|{{convert|3.64|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Newberry, Michigan|Newberry]]
|align=right | 1,446
|{{convert|0.98|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ontonagon, Michigan|Ontonagon]]
|align=right | 1,285
|{{convert|3.84|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Lake Linden, Michigan|Lake Linden]]
|align=right | 1,014
|{{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Stephenson, Michigan|Stephenson]]
|align=right | 816
|{{convert|1.08|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Caspian, Michigan|Caspian]]
|align=right | 805
|{{convert|1.43|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[South Range, Michigan|South Range]]
|align=right | 750
|{{convert|0.36|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Calumet, Michigan|Calumet]]
|align=right | 621
|{{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mackinac Island, Michigan|Mackinac Island]]
|align=right | 583
|{{convert|18.84|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Powers, Michigan|Powers]]
|align=right | 381
|{{convert|0.99|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gaastra, Michigan|Gaastra]]
|align=right | 316
|{{convert|1.64|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Daggett, Michigan|Daggett]]
|align=right | 201
|{{convert|1.12|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Copper City, Michigan|Copper City]]
|align=right | 187
|{{convert|0.08|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Carney, Michigan|Carney]]
|align=right | 179
|{{convert|1.37|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ahmeek, Michigan|Ahmeek]]
|align=right | 127
|{{convert|0.06|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Alpha, Michigan|Alpha]]
|align=right | 126
|{{convert|0.99|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" | Total
|align=right | 134,428
|{{convert|96.5|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Upper Peninsula land area and population density by county (2010)<ref name="gazetteer">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html |title=Census 2010 Gazetteer Files |access-date=July 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220032143/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html |archive-date=December 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" rowspan=2| County
! scope="col" rowspan=2| Population
! scope="col" colspan=2 | Land area
! scope="col" colspan=2| Population density
|-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|sq&nbsp;mi|square mile}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|km<sup>2</sup>|square kilometer}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|per<br />sq&nbsp;mi|per square mile}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|per<br />km<sup>2</sup>|per square kilometer}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Alger County|Alger]]
|align=right | 8,842
|{{convert|915|sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|10.5|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Baraga County|Baraga]]
|align=right | 8,158
|{{convert| 898 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 9.8|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]
|align=right | 36,785
|{{convert| 1558 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 24.7|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Delta County, Michigan|Delta]]
|align=right | 36,903
|{{convert| 1171 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 31.6|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Dickinson County, Michigan|Dickinson]]
|align=right | 25,947
|{{convert| 761 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 34.4|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gogebic County|Gogebic]]
|align=right | 14,380
|{{convert| 1101 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 14.9|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Houghton County|Houghton]]
|align=right | 37,361
|{{convert| 1009 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 36.3|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron]]
|align=right | 11,631
|{{convert| 1166 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 10.1|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Keweenaw County|Keweenaw]]
|align=right | 2,046
|{{convert| 540 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 4.0|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Luce County|Luce]]
|align=right | 5,339
|{{convert| 899 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 7.3|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mackinac County|Mackinac]]
|align=right | 10,834
|{{convert| 1021 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 10.8|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette]]
|align=right | 66,017
|{{convert| 1808 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 37.1|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee]]
|align=right | 23,502
|{{convert| 1044 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 23.0|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ontonagon County|Ontonagon]]
|align=right | 5,816
|{{convert| 1311 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 5.1|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Schoolcraft County|Schoolcraft]]
|align=right | 8,047
|{{convert| 1171 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 7.2|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|-class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" | Total
|align=right | 301,608
|{{convert| 16,377 |sqmi|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert| 19.0|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm|disp=table}}
|}
{{col-end}}
[[File:Central Mine Historic District MI 2009 Powderhouse.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the [[Central Mine Historic District]] powderhouse]]Federal censuses indicate that the population of the Upper Peninsula grew throughout the 19th century as European settlers moved into the region, then boomed around the turn of the century, and experienced gradual decline overall during most of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |author=University of Virginia, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center |publisher=[[University of Virginia Library]] |year=2004 |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/index.html |access-date=February 26, 2010 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303160835/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/index.html |url-status=dead}}<!--Note: source of data for 1790–1960 censuses.--></ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Forstall |first=Richard |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |publisher=US Bureau of the Census Population Division |date=October 14, 1994 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/1900-90.txt |access-date=February 26, 2010}}<!-- Note: source of data for 1970–1990 censuses.--></ref> The decline was uneven, however: the population in the largest cities – Marquette, Sault Ste Marie, and Escanaba – grew somewhat, while smaller cities and non-urban areas have generally declined in population. The six westernmost counties experienced the largest decrease, from a 1920 population of 153,674 to a 2020 population of 79,392. Many [[List of ghost towns in Michigan|ghost towns exist in the region]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dodge |first1=R. L. |title=Michigan Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula |date=1996 |publisher=Glendon |isbn=978-0-934884-02-0 |edition=6th }}</ref>

A "{{increase}}" indicates an increase in population from the previous census, and a "{{decrease}}" indicates a decrease in population from the previous census.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;"
|+ Population by census year of the Upper Peninsula by county
|-
! scope="col" | County
! scope="col" | 1830
! scope="col" | 1840
! scope="col" | 1850
! scope="col" | 1860
! scope="col" | 1870
! scope="col" | 1880
! scope="col" | 1890
! scope="col" | 1900
! scope="col" | 1910
! scope="col" | 1920
! scope="col" | 1930
! scope="col" | 1940
! scope="col" | 1950
! scope="col" | 1960
! scope="col" | 1970
! scope="col" | 1980
! scope="col" | 1990
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2010
!2020
|-
! scope="row" | [[Alger County|Alger]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|01238|1,238{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|05868|5,868{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07675|7,675{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09983|9,983{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09327|9,327{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|10167|10,167{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|10007|10,007{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|09250|9,250{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08568|8,568{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|09225|9,225{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08972|8,972{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|09862|9,862{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09601|9,601{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|08842|8,842{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Baraga County|Baraga]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|01804|1,804{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|03036|3,036{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|04320|4,320{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06125|6,125{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07662|7,662{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09168|9,168{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09356|9,356{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08037|8,037{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|07151|7,151{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|07789|7,789{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08494|8,484{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07954|7,954{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08735|8,735{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08864|8,860{{increase}}}}
|{{sort|08158|8,158{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]
| {{sort|00626|626{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|00534|534{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|00898|898{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|01603|1,603{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|01689|1,689{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|05248|5,248{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|12018|12,018{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|21338|21,338{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|24472|24,472{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|24818|24,818{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|25047|25,047{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|27807|27,807{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|29206|29,206{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|32655|32,655{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|32412|32,412{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|29029|29,029{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|34604|34,604{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|38413|38,543{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|38520|38,520{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|36785|36,785{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Delta County, Michigan|Delta]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|01172|1,172{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|02542|2,542{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06812|6,812{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|15330|15,330{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|23881|23,881{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|30108|30,108{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|30909|30,909{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|32280|32,280{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|34037|34,037{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|32913|32,913{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|34298|34,298{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|35924|35,924{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|38947|38,947{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|37780|37,780{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|38510|38,520{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|37069|37,069{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|36903|36,903{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Dickinson County, Michigan|Dickinson]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|17890|17,890{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|20524|20,524{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|19456|19,456{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|29941|29,941{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|28731|28,731{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|24844|24,844{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|23917|23,917{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|23753|23,753{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|25341|25,341{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|26831|26,831{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|27427|27,427{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|26168|26,168{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|25947|25,947{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gogebic County|Gogebic]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|13166|13,166{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|16738|16,738{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|23333|23,333{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|33225|33,225{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|31577|31,577{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|31797|31,797{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|27053|27,053{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|24730|24,370{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|20676|20,676{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|19686|19,686{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|18052|18,052{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|17370|17,370{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|16427|16,427{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|14380|14,380{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Houghton County|Houghton]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00708|708{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09234|9,234{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|13879|13,879{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|22473|22,473{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|35389|35,389{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|66063|66,063{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|88098|88,098{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|71930|71,930{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|52851|52,851{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|47631|47,631{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|39771|39,771{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|34654|34,654{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|34652|34,652{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|37872|37,872{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|35446|35,446{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|36016|36,016{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|36268|36,628{{increase}}}}
|{{sort|37361|37,361{{increase}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|04432|4,432{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08990|8,990{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|15164|15,164{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|22107|22,107{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|20805|20,805{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|20243|20,243{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|17692|17,692{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|17184|17,184{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|13813|13,813{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|13635|13,635{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|13175|13,175{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|13138|13,138{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|11817|11,817{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|11631|11,631{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Keweenaw County|Keweenaw]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|04205|4,205{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|04270|4,270{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|02894|2,894{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|03217|3,217{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07156|7,156{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06322|6,322{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|05076|5,076{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|04004|4,004{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|02918|2,918{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|02417|2,417{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|02264|2,264{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|01963|1,963{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|01701|1,701{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|02301|2,301{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|02156|2,156{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|02046|2,046{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Luce County|Luce]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|02455|2,455{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|02983|2,983{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|04004|4,004{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06149|6,149{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06528|6,528{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07423|7,423{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08147|8,147{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07827|7,827{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|06789|6,789{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|06659|6,659{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|05763|5,763{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|07024|7,024{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06631|6,631{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|05339|5,339{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mackinac County|Mackinac]]
| {{sort|00877|877{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|00923|923{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|03598|3,598{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|01938|1,938{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|01716|1,716{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|02902|2,902{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07830|7,830{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07703|7,703{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|09249|9,249{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08026|8,026{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08783|8,783{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09438|9,438{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09287|9,287{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|10853|10,853{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09660|9,660{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|10178|10,178{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|10674|10,674{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|11943|11,943{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|11113|11,113{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|10834|10,834{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00136|136{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|02821|2,821{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|15033|15,033{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|25394|25,394{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|39521|39,521{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|41239|41,239{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|46739|46,739{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|45786|45,786{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|44076|44,076{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|47144|47,144{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|47654|47,654{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|56154|56,154{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|64686|64,686{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|74101|74,101{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|70887|70,887{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|64634|64,634{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|67077|67,077{{increase}}}}
|{{sort|66017|66,017{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|01791|1,791{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|11987|11,987{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|33639|33,639{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|27046|27,046{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|25648|25,648{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|23778|23,778{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|23652|23,652{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|24883|24,883{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|25299|25,299{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|24685|24,685{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|24587|24,587{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|26201|26,201{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|24920|24,920{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|25109|25,109{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|24029|24,029{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|23502|23,502{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ontonagon County|Ontonagon]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00389|389{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|04568|4,568{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|02845|2,845{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|02565|2,565{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|03756|3,756{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|06197|6,197{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08650|8,650{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|12428|12,428{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|11114|11,114{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|11359|11,359{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|10282|10,282{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|10584|10,584{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|10548|10,548{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|09861|9,861{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08854|8,854{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|07818|7,818{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|06780|6,780{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|05816|5,816{{decrease}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Schoolcraft County|Schoolcraft]]
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|00016|16{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|00078|78{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|00000|—}}
| {{sort|01575|1,575{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|05818|5,818{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|07889|7,889{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08681|8,681{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09977|9,977{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08451|8,451{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|09524|9,524{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|09148|9,148{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08953|8,953{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08226|8,226{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08575|8,575{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08302|8,302{{decrease}}}}
| {{sort|08903|8,903{{increase}}}}
| {{sort|08485|8,485{{decrease}}}}
|{{sort|08047|8,047{{decrease}}}}
|-class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" | Total
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|{{sort|301608|301,608{{decrease}}}}
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==Education==
[[File:Michigan Tech campus 2011.jpg|thumb|Campus of [[Michigan Technological University]] in [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]]. MTU was founded as the Michigan Mining School in 1885.]]
[[File:Superior dome.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Superior Dome]] at [[Northern Michigan University]] the largest wooden dome in the world and is home to the NMU athletic department.]]

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has three state universities ([[Lake Superior State University]] in Sault Ste. Marie, [[Michigan Technological University]] in Houghton, and [[Northern Michigan University]] in Marquette) and five community colleges ([[Bay Mills Community College]] in Brimley, [[Bay de Noc Community College]] in Escanaba and Iron Mountain, [[Gogebic Community College]] in Ironwood, and [[Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College]] in Baraga).

==Culture==
[[File:2009-0617-DaYooperTouristTrap.jpg|thumb|"Da Yoopers Tourist Trap", near Ishpeming, features a host of items in its museum and store that play up Yooper stereotypes]]

Early settlers included multiple waves of people from [[Nordic countries]], and people of Finnish ancestry make up 16% of the peninsula's population. The [[Finnish sauna]] and the concept of ''[[sisu]]'' have been adopted widely by residents of the Upper Peninsula. The television program ''[[WLUC-TV#Finland Calling|Finland Calling]]'' was for a long period the only Finnish-language television broadcast in the United States; it aired on Marquette station [[WLUC-TV]] from March 25, 1962, until March 29, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Anne |title=After 53 Years, Mr. Pellonpaa Is Finnished |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-53-years-tvs-finland-calling-is-finnished-1427414613 |access-date=September 20, 2015 |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=March 27, 2015 |archive-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106180733/http://www.wsj.com/articles/after-53-years-tvs-finland-calling-is-finnished-1427414613 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Finlandia University]], America's only college with Finnish roots, was located in Hancock, but has shut down as of spring 2023.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunt |first1=Mary |last2=Hunt |first2=Don |name-list-style=amp |chapter=Keweenaw Peninsula |year=2007 |title=Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher=Midwestern Guides |location=Albion, Michigan |url=http://hunts-upguide.com/keweenaw_peninsula.html |access-date=October 1, 2006 |isbn=978-0-9709094-0-4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030164957/http://hunts-upguide.com/keweenaw_peninsula.html |archive-date=October 30, 2014 }}</ref> Street signs in Hancock appear in English and Finnish to celebrate this heritage.

Other sizable ethnic communities in the Upper Peninsula include [[French Canadian|French-Canadian]], German, [[Cornish people|Cornish]], Italian, and [[Ojibwe people|Ojibwe]] ancestry.

People from the Upper Peninsula [[Yooper dialect|speak a dialect]] influenced by Scandinavian and French-Canadian speech. A popular bumper sticker, a parody of the "Say YES to Michigan" slogan promoted by state tourism officials, shows an outline of the Upper Peninsula and the slogan, "Say ya to da UP, eh!" The dialect and culture are captured in many songs by [[Da Yoopers]], a comedy music and skit troupe from [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]].

The Keweenaw Peninsula is home to several ski areas. [[Mont Ripley]], just outside Houghton, is popular among students of [[Michigan Technological University]] (the university actually owns the ski hill). Further up the peninsula in the small town of [[Lac La Belle, Michigan|Lac La Belle]] is [[Mount Bohemia|Mt. Bohemia]]. A skiing purist's resort, Bohemia is a self-proclaimed "experts only" mountain, and it does not [[Snow grooming|groom]] its heavily [[glade skiing|gladed]] slopes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mtbohemia.com/warning.html |access-date=February 9, 2009 |title=Warning |publisher=Mount Bohemia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501151912/http://www.mtbohemia.com/warning.html |archive-date=May 1, 2008 }}</ref> Other ski areas are Pine Mountain located in Iron Mountain, Norway Mountain in the town of the same name, and the [[Porcupine Mountains Ski Area]] located in Ontonagon.

Houghton is where professional ice hockey was first started in 1904.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sproule |first=William J. |year=2019 |title=Houghton: The Birthplace of Professional Hockey |location=Calumet, Michigan |publisher=Copper Island Printing }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fischler |first1=Shirley W. |last2=Fischler |first2=Stanley I. |last3=Eskenazi |first3=Gerald |date=August 4, 2021 |title=ice hockey |url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/ice-hockey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=April 16, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103093203/https://www.britannica.com/sports/ice-hockey |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Regional identity===
{{quote box|align=right|width=50%|When the Mackinac Bridge first opened, many feared the U.P. would cease to maintain its singular identity and start to blend in culturally with the lower peninsula. But it has, in fact, been the opposite. If anything, the Yooper identity has strengthened since that time. There's even more of a sense of identity of place, culture and way of life.|Dan Truckey, U.P. Heritage Center, Northern Michigan University, 2025<ref name="quinn20251126">{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Brendan |date=November 26, 2025 |title=A journey to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where the Lions and Packers draw the lines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6837163/2025/11/26/detroit-lions-green-bay-packers-yoopers/ |access-date=2025-11-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>}}

As of 2018, the western Upper Peninsula is home to about 173,887 people, while the eastern Upper Peninsula is home to about 133,499 people, a total of 307,386—only about 3% of the state's population—living in almost one-third of the state's land area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/western-upper-peninsula-puma-mi/ |title=Western Upper Peninsula PUMA, MI |access-date=July 30, 2018 |work=Data USA |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234806/https://datausa.io/profile/geo/western-upper-peninsula-puma-mi/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/western-upper-peninsula-puma-mi/ |title=Eastern Upper Peninsula PUMA, MI |access-date=July 30, 2018 |work=Data USA |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234806/https://datausa.io/profile/geo/western-upper-peninsula-puma-mi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upper Peninsula residents are known as Yoopers (from "UP-ers"), and many consider themselves Yoopers before they consider themselves [[Michigander]]s.<ref name = "HuffPost">{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/yoopers-upper-peninsula-new-word_n_5042423.html |first=Kate |last=Abbey-Lambertz |title=You've Probably Never Heard of a Yooper, But Here's Why You'll Wish You Were One |date=March 27, 2014 |access-date=July 30, 2018 |newspaper=[[HuffPost]] |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926155806/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/yoopers-upper-peninsula-new-word_n_5042423.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (People living in the Lower Peninsula are commonly called "[[troll]]s" by Upper Peninsula residents, as they live "[[Three Billy Goats Gruff|Under the Bridge]]".)<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Binder |title=Upper Peninsula Journal; Yes, They're Yoopers, and Proud of It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/14/us/upper-peninsula-journal-yes-they-re-yoopers-and-proud-of-it.html |date=September 14, 1995 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> This [[regionalism (politics)|regionalism]] is not only a result of the physical separation of the two peninsulas, but also the history of the state.

Residents of the western Upper Peninsula take on some of the cultural identities of both Wisconsin and Michigan. In terms of sports fandom, residents may support Detroit professional teams or those of Wisconsin, particularly the [[Green Bay Packers]]. This is a result of both proximity and the broadcast and print media of the area.<ref name="quinn20251126"/> The four counties that border Wisconsin are also in the Central Time Zone, unlike the rest of Michigan, which is on Eastern time. In some cases, commercial cartographers draw incorrect maps that inadvertently annex the Upper Peninsula into Wisconsin.<ref name="Keith">{{cite news |last=Keith |first=Emma |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Mountain Dew apologizes to Upper Peninsula, will make special label |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/07/11/mountain-dew-upper-peninsula/1701444001/ |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |location=Detroit |access-date=July 12, 2019 }}</ref> Other maps of Michigan or the United States sometimes omit the Upper Peninsula, as does [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|The Mitten]], how residents of the Lower Peninsula use a hand to depict where in the state they are from.<ref name="quinn20251126"/>

===Cuisine===
{{See also|Cuisine of Michigan}}

[[File:Traditional Yooper pasty, Munising, Michigan, June 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|A Yooper pasty (beef)]]

The Upper Peninsula has a distinctive local cuisine. The [[pasty]] (pronounced "pass-tee"), a kind of meat turnover originally brought to the region by Cornish miners, is popular among locals and tourists alike. Pasty varieties include chicken, venison, pork, hamburger, and pizza, all of which many restaurants serve.<ref name = "HuffPost"/>
Many restaurants serve potato sausage and ''[[cudighi]]'', a spicy [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] meat.

Finnish immigrants contributed ''[[Pulla|nisu]]'', a [[cardamom]]-flavored sweet bread; ''[[limppu]]'', an [[Eastern Finland|Eastern Finnish]] rye bread; ''[[pannukakku]]'', a variant on the pancake with a custard flavor; ''[[viili]]'' (sometimes spelled "fellia"), a stretchy, fermented Finnish milk; and ''[[rusk|korppu]]'', hard slices of toasted cinnamon bread, traditionally dipped in coffee. Some Finnish foods such as ''juusto'' (squeaky cheese, essentially a [[cheese curd]], like [[Leipäjuusto]]) and ''saunamakkara'' (a ring-bologna sausage) have become so ubiquitous in Upper Peninsula cuisine that they are now commonly found in most grocery stores and supermarkets.

[[Maple syrup]] is a highly prized local delicacy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunt |first1=Mary |last2=Hunt |first2=Don |name-list-style=amp |chapter=Specialty Foods |year=2007 |title=Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher=Midwestern Guides |location=Albion, Michigan |url=http://hunts-upguide.com/ |chapter-url=http://hunts-upguide.com/specialty_foods.html |access-date=March 31, 2007 |isbn=978-0-9709094-0-4 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001064438/http://hunts-upguide.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fresh Great Lakes fish, such as the [[lake trout]], [[Coregonus|whitefish]], and (in the spring) [[Smelts|smelt]] are widely eaten. There is minimal concern about contamination of fish from Lake Superior waters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/FishAdvisory03_67354_7.pdf |title=Michigan Fish & Game Advisory |publisher=Michigan Department of Community Health |year=2010 |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214102553/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/FishAdvisory03_67354_7.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Smoking (food)|Smoked]] fish is also popular. [[Thimbleberry]] jam and [[chokecherry]] jelly are a treat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/driving-michigans-upper-peninsula/?page=2 |title=Travel & Leisure, Driving Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher=Travelandleisure.com |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914074024/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/driving-michigans-upper-peninsula/?page=2 |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Industries===
{{See also|Copper mining in Michigan}}

[[File:QuincyMineNo2Shafthouse.jpg|thumb|The [[Quincy Mine]] near Hancock mined copper until 1945]]
The Upper Peninsula is rich in mineral deposits, including iron, copper, nickel, and silver. Small amounts of gold have also been discovered and mined. In the 19th century, mining dominated the economy, and the UP became home to many isolated [[company town]]s. For many years, mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula were the world's largest producers of copper. The mines began declining as early as 1913, with most closing temporarily during the [[Great Depression]]. Mines reopened during [[World War II]], but almost all quickly closed after the war ended. The last copper mine in the [[Copper Country]] was the [[White Pine mine]], which closed in 1995. Marquette County sits along the [[Marquette Iron Range]], which sent out a significant portion of the iron ore mined in the United States for many years.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=Terry S. |title=Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006 |last2=Dawson |first2=Virginia P. |publisher=Wayne State University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-8143-3511-6 |location=Detroit |page=44 }}</ref> {{As of|2020}}, Marquette County is home to one remaining iron ore mine and one nickel and copper mine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=John |title=End of Empire mine, 'end of the life' |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2016/05/08/empire-mine-end-life-michigan-upper-peninsula/84126352/ |access-date=February 15, 2021 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303205206/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2016/05/08/empire-mine-end-life-michigan-upper-peninsula/84126352/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bowers |first=Lisa |title=Eagle East producing ore |url=https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2019/10/eagle-east-producing-ore/ |access-date=February 15, 2021 |newspaper=The Mining Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304212404/https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2019/10/eagle-east-producing-ore/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

From approximately 1870 to 1915, about 32 quarries mined [[Jacobsville Sandstone]] in the Upper Peninsula, particularly near Marquette and the community of [[Jacobsville, Michigan|Jacobsville]]. The sandstone was used in many buildings, both locally and around the United States.<ref>{{cite web |author=H. James Bourque and Associates |title=Dimension Stone Feasibility Study |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/GIMDL-GGDS00_307763_7.pdf |publisher=Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |date=July 1, 1999 |page=5 |access-date=April 7, 2012 |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922231415/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/GIMDL-GGDS00_307763_7.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since logging of [[Eastern White Pine|white pine]] began in the 1880s, timber has been an important industry.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Graham |first=Samuel A. |title=Climax Forests of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan |journal=[[Ecology (journal)|Ecology]] |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=355–362 |date=October 1941 |doi=10.2307/1930708 |jstor=1930708 |publisher=Ecological Society of America |bibcode=1941Ecol...22..355G }}</ref> Stands of [[Tsuga|hemlock]] and [[hardwood]] in the western reaches of the forest experienced larger scale selection-cutting beginning in the mid-20th century. Because of the highly seasonal climate and the short growing season, agriculture is limited in the Upper Peninsula, though potatoes, [[Garden strawberry|strawberries]] and a few other small fruits are grown.

Tourism has become the main industry in recent decades. In 2005, ShermanTravel, LLC listed the Upper Peninsula as #10 in its assessment of all travel destinations worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shermanstravel.com/destinations/top_ten/Summer_Destinations |title=Top 10 Summer Destinations |publisher=ShermansTravel |access-date=May 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226071738/http://www.shermanstravel.com/destinations/top_ten/Summer_Destinations |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=345882 |publisher=MSNBC |title=Top 10 Summer Destinations |access-date=June 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623172954/http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=345882 |archive-date=June 23, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The peninsula has extensive coastline on the Great Lakes, large tracts of state and national forests, [[Thuja occidentalis|cedar]] swamps, more than 150 waterfalls, and low population densities. Because of the skiing, camping, boating, fishing, snowmobiling, hunting, and hiking opportunities, many Lower Peninsula and Wisconsin families spend their vacations in the UP, and tourists visit from Detroit, Chicago, [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], [[Milwaukee]], and other metropolitan areas. The opening of the [[Mackinac Bridge]] in 1957 (see below) has made the Upper Peninsula easily accessible to tourists from the Lower Peninsula and southeast of Michigan, and has helped make the UP a year-round tourist destination.

During the [[Cold War]], the U.P. was home to two [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] bases, [[Kincheloe Air Force Base|Kincheloe]] south of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]], and [[K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base|K.I. Sawyer]], south of [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]. Both were bases of the [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC), with [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52H]] [[Strategic bomber|bombers]]; Kincheloe closed in 1977, and Sawyer in 1995.

In 2004, [[microbrewery|microbreweries]] began opening across the Upper Peninsula; 14 opened by 2014, and 23 by 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baur |first=Joe |date=May 7, 2014 |title=Pioneers: U.P. craft beer is a growing business |work=Second Wave Media |url=https://www.secondwavemedia.com/upper-peninsula/features/craftbeer5714.aspx |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518022828/https://www.secondwavemedia.com/upper-peninsula/features/craftbeer5714.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Craft brewing a $300M industry">{{Cite news |last=Markle |first=Tyler |date=October 1, 2019 |title=Craft brewing a $300M industry in the Upper Peninsula |work=Upper Michigan's Source |location=Negaunee, Michigan |publisher=WLUC-TV |url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Craft-brewing-a-300M-industry-in-the-Upper-Peninsula-561899271.html |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528210433/https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Craft-brewing-a-300M-industry-in-the-Upper-Peninsula-561899271.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, their annual economic impact totaled $346 million.<ref name="Craft brewing a $300M industry"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Jane |date=December 7, 2019 |title=Breweries provide a sense of community for Marquette residents |work=The Oakland Press |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/lifestyles/breweries-provide-a-sense-of-community-for-marquette-residents/article_b3d87f68-026b-11ea-8bdb-9f01a4235569.html |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207214316/https://www.theoaklandpress.com/lifestyles/breweries-provide-a-sense-of-community-for-marquette-residents/article_b3d87f68-026b-11ea-8bdb-9f01a4235569.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2018|}}, three of Michigan's fifty largest breweries were in the Upper Peninsula: [[Keweenaw Brewing Company]], [[Blackrocks Brewery]], and the [[Ore Dock Brewing Company]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mack |first=Julie |date=September 19, 2019 |title=Michigan's top 50 beer brewers, based on 2018 in-state sales |work=MLive |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/g66l-2019/07/0a3dc81e4d1431/michigans-top-50-beer-brewers-based-on-2018-instate-sales.html |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612074336/https://www.mlive.com/news/g66l-2019/07/0a3dc81e4d1431/michigans-top-50-beer-brewers-based-on-2018-instate-sales.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Media===
{{See also|List of newspapers in Michigan|List of radio stations in Michigan}}
There are five daily [[newspapers]] published in the Upper Peninsula, ''[[The Mining Journal]]'' in [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]], ''[[The Daily Mining Gazette]]'' in [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]], ''The Daily News'' in [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]], the [[Daily Press (Michigan)|''Daily Press'']] in [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]], and [[The Evening News (Sault Ste. Marie)|''The Evening News'']] in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marine]]. All but ''The Evening News'' are owned by [[Ogden Newspapers]], with the former being owned by [[Gannett]].  ''The Mining Journal'', is the only daily newspaper that publishes a Sunday edition, which is distributed, with the exception of Chippewa and eastern Mackinac counties, across the entire UP (the other six days are distributed in its local area only). Additional, there are monlthly<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marquettemonthly.com/|title=Home|website=Marquette Monthly}}</ref> and student<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenorthwindonline.com/|title=The North Wind}}</ref> publications serving the region.

The Upper Peninsula is home to eight [[television stations]], 15 [[AM broadcasting]] stations, and 90 [[FM broadcasting]] stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northpine.com/michigan/tv-markets/|title=Upper Peninsula TV Markets|date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>  Most of the UP lies within the Marquette [[List of television stations in North America by media market|media market]]. The eastern three counties of the peninsula are in the Cadillac-Traverse City market, while [[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic County]] in the western UP is served by stations in the [[Media in Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]] market, and [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee County]] in the southern UP is served by stations from the [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] region. The peninsula's oldest television station is [[WLUC-TV]] in [[Negaunee Township, Michigan|Negaunee Township]], while the UP's longest continually operated radio station is [[WCCY]] in Houghton. Most of the region's radio signals originate from the population centers of Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Marquette, or Houghton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northpine.com/michigan/radio/|title=Upper Peninsula Radio Stations|date=May 18, 2019}}</ref> Due to the vast and sparsely populated geography of the UP, many of the FM stations operate at maximum [[effective radiated power]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=FM Broadcast Zones | url=https://transition.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/fmzones/fmzones.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617132637/http://transition.fcc.gov:80/oet/info/maps/fmzones/fmzones.pdf | archive-date=2011-06-17}}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Upper peninsula welcome.jpg|thumb|Upper Peninsula welcome sign along [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]]]]
[[File:Upper Peninsula counties map.svg|thumb|Counties in the Upper Peninsula]]
There are 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula. All counties in the UP are part of [[Michigan's 1st congressional district]]. [[Jack Bergman]], a Republican, has been the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for this district since January 2017.

In Michigan's 2010 [[Michigan gubernatorial election, 2010|gubernatorial election]] Republican [[Rick Snyder]] carried every UP county but one, Gogebic, on his way to victory over his Democratic opponent, [[Virg Bernero]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor 4 Year Term (1) Position |url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/02000000.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121031022/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/02000000.html |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=January 3, 2013}}</ref>

State prisons are located in [[Baraga, Michigan|Baraga]], [[Marquette Branch Prison|Marquette]], [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]], [[Newberry, Michigan|Newberry]], and [[Kincheloe, Michigan|Kincheloe]].

===Politics===
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|+ Upper Peninsula vote<br /> by party in presidential elections <ref name="DL">{{cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |access-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709214827/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|REP]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
!Others
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Michigan|2024]]'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Candidate listings and election results by county |url=https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/election-results-and-data/candidate-listings-and-election-results-by-county |website=Michigan Department of State |publisher=[[Michigan Secretary of State]] |access-date=December 7, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.75%''' ''101,383''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.67% ''68,453''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.58% ''2,730''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Michigan|2020]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=874043 |title=MI US President 2020-11-03 |publisher=Géoelectionsourcampaigns.com |access-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304005403/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=874043 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.34%''' ''95,351''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.04% ''68,249''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.62% ''2,695''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Michigan|2016]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 2016 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220170131/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.40%''' ''82,018''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.77% ''54,923''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|5.83% ''8,476''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Michigan|2012]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 2012 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.80%''' ''73,529''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.49% ''68,747''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.71% ''2,477''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in Michigan|2008]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 2008 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220164828/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.12% ''69,647''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.82%''' ''78,257''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|2.06% ''3,108''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in Michigan|2004]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2004&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 2004 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220164942/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2004&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.52%''' ''78,276''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.31% ''71,888''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.17% ''1,781''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in Michigan|2000]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 2000 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.61%''' ''70,256''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.95% ''63,791''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|3.43% ''4,768''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in Michigan|1996]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1996 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305203935/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=26&year=1996&f=0&elect=0&off=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.75% ''48,134''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.05%''' ''66,856''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|12.20% ''15,974''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in Michigan|1992]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1992 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.37% ''47,447''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''46.46%''' ''66,060''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|20.18% ''28,695''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election in Michigan|1988]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1988&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1988 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.86% ''63,151''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.65%''' ''68,152''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.49% ''645''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election in Michigan|1984]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1984&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1984 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304094500/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=26&year=1984&f=0&elect=0&off=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.07%''' ''75,591''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.56% ''63,695''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.37% ''516''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election in Michigan|1980]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1980 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304100945/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=26&year=1980&f=0&elect=0&off=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''47.78%''' ''71,025''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.12% ''65,579''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|8.10% ''12,046''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election in Michigan|1976]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1976 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304102330/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=26&year=1976&f=0&elect=0&off=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.04% ''67,596''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.70%''' ''71,338''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.25% ''1,762''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election in Michigan|1972]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1972 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.08%''' ''72,967''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.23% ''59,670''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.69% ''2,279''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election in Michigan|1968]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1968 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305204353/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=26&year=1968&f=0&elect=0&off=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.75% ''55,070''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.26%''' ''61,858''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|4.99% ''6,141''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election in Michigan|1964]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1964&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1964 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.40% ''41,267''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.46%''' ''85,923''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.14% ''183''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election in Michigan|1960]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1960&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Election results 1960 |publisher=Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.05% ''64,764''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.76%''' ''69,765''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.19% ''252''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1956 United States presidential election in Michigan|1956]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1956.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1956 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724115600/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1956.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.72%''' ''77,576''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.12% ''54,326''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.17% ''219''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1952 United States presidential election in Michigan|1952]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1952.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1952 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116094412/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1952.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.09%''' ''74,639''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.45% ''60,230''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.46% ''625''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1948 United States presidential election in Michigan|1948]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1948 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727150217/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.28% ''58,346''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.46%''' ''59,801''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|4.27% ''5,265''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1944 United States presidential election in Michigan|1944]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1944.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1944 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928053906/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1944.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.63% ''58,704''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.88%''' ''69,310''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.49% ''630''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1940 United States presidential election in Michigan|1940]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1940.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1940 |access-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215175917/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1940.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.14% ''69.164''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.26%''' ''79.835''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|0.67% ''1,003''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1936 United States presidential election in Michigan|1936]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1936.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1936 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525040449/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1936.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.21% ''54,153''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.78%''' ''81,176''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|2.02% ''2,784''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1932 United States presidential election in Michigan|1932]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1932.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1932 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221192627/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1932.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.73%''' ''61,473''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.57% ''60,012''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|3.71% ''4,677''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1928 United States presidential election in Michigan|1928]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1928.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1928 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116094342/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1928.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.53%''' ''65,913''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.04% ''39.677''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|1.44% ''1,542''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1924 United States presidential election in Michigan|1924]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1924.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1924 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510005742/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1924.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.51%''' ''61,396''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8.10% ''7,261''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|23.39% ''20,964''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1920 United States presidential election in Michigan|1920]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1920.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1920 |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902230638/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1920.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.50%''' ''61,475''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19.24% ''15,876''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|6.27% ''5,171''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1916 United States presidential election in Michigan|1916]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1916.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1916 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101204626/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1916.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.51%''' ''34,269''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.31% ''20,333''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|5.17% ''2,979''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Bull Moose}}|'''[[1912 United States presidential election in Michigan|1912]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/EU/elec_comtes/1912.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1912 |publisher=Géoelections |access-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203164804/http://geoelections.free.fr/EU/elec_comtes/1912.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/EU/elec_comtes/1912roos.htm |title=Popular Vote for Theodore Roosevelt at the Presidential Election for 1912 |publisher=Géoelections |access-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502121857/http://geoelections.free.fr/EU/elec_comtes/1912roos.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €15)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.41% ''15,825''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19.46% ''9,803''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|'''49.14%''' ''24,757''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1908 United States presidential election in Michigan|1908]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1908.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116094322/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1908.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.69%''' ''37,194''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.12% ''10,805''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|6.20% ''3,170''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1904 United States presidential election in Michigan|1904]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1904.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1904 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116105412/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1904.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.83%''' ''37,400''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.87% ''6,965''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|5.31% ''2,486''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1900 United States presidential election in Michigan|1900]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1900.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1900 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116105407/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1900.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.00%''' ''34,180''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}| 24.31% ''11,382''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|2.69% ''1,258''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1896 United States presidential election in Michigan|1896]]'''<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géoelections |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1896.htm |title=Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709155843/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1896.htm |url-status=live }} (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.39%''' ''29,591''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.65% ''12,397''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Others}}|2.95% ''1,278''
|}

During most of the "[[System of 1896]]", the Upper Peninsula was overwhelmingly Republican even by the standards of Michigan during this era. Some of its counties would often vote for the Republican candidate by among the widest margins in the nation. However, the region's politics began shifting in [[1924 United States presidential election in Michigan|1924]], when the Upper Peninsula was the strongest region in Michigan for the insurgent candidacy of [[Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1934)|Progressive]] [[Robert M. La Follette]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Géographie électorale |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1924lafo.htm |title=Presidential election of 1924: popular vote for La Follette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204055800/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1924lafo.htm |archive-date=December 4, 2023 }}</ref> After the [[Great Depression]] and as the [[New Deal]] era progressed, the Upper Peninsula became more Democratic than the state as a whole, voting that way when the state did not in [[1940 United States presidential election in Michigan|1940]], [[1948 United States presidential election in Michigan|1948]], [[1976 United States presidential election in Michigan|1976]], and [[1988 United States presidential election in Michigan|1988]]. However, the region would move back to Republicans in the 21st century, voting for the GOP candidate every time except in [[2008 United States presidential election in Michigan|2008]].

===Proposed statehood===
{{Main|Superior (proposed U.S. state)}}

Due to the geographic separation and perceived cultural and political differences from the Lower Peninsula, at various times there have been proposals for the Upper Peninsula to [[Secession|secede]] from Michigan as a [[51st state]] named ''Superior'', sometimes including portions of northern Wisconsin and/or the northern [[Lower Peninsula]]. Several prominent legislators, including the region's long-serving state representative [[Dominic Jacobetti]], attempted unsuccessfully to gain passage of such a bill in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmu.edu/archives/collections/political/jacobetti.htm |title=The Dominic J. Jacobetti Collection |access-date=November 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907152648/http://www.nmu.edu/archives/collections/political/jacobetti.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2006 }}</ref> It would be the least populous state in the union, and as stronger connections to the rest of Michigan have developed since completion of the [[Mackinac Bridge]] in the 1950s, the proposal has remained largely dormant since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=John |last2=Jamieson |first2=Bob |name-list-style=amp |url=http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=484742 |title=Headline: 51st State |work=NBC Evening News |date=August 8, 1975 |access-date=November 6, 2006 |archive-date=July 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727221524/http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=484742 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Notable attractions===
{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Adventure Mine]]
* [[Agate Falls]]
* [[Au Sable Light Station]]
* [[Black River National Forest Scenic Byway]]
* [[Bond Falls]]
* [[Brockway Mountain Drive]]
* [[The Calumet Theatre|Calumet Theatre]]
* [[Calumet Downtown Historic District]]
* [[Castle Rock (Michigan)|Castle Rock]]
* [[Copper Harbor, Michigan|Copper Harbor]]
* [[Copper Peak]], [[Ironwood Township, Michigan|Ironwood Township]]
* [[DeYoung Family Zoo]]
* [[Fayette Historic State Park]]
* [[Fort Mackinac]]
* [[Fort Wilkins Historic State Park]]
* [[Garlyn Zoo]]
* [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)]]
* [[Grand Island National Recreation Area]]
* [[Grand Sable Dunes]]
* The [[Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum]]
* [[Iron Mountain Iron Mine]]&nbsp;– [[Vulcan, Michigan|Vulcan]]
* [[Isle Royale National Park]]
* [[Keweenaw National Historical Park]]
* [[Keweenaw Waterway]] and [[Portage Lake Lift Bridge]]
* [[Kitch-iti-kipi]]
* [[Lake Superior]]
* [[Lake Superior State University]], Lakers
* [[Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site|Laughing Whitefish Falls]]
* [[Mackinac Bridge]]
* [[Mackinac Island]]
* The [[Marquette Harbor Light|Marquette Lighthouse]]
* [[Marquette Mountain]] Ski Resort
* [[Michigan Iron Industry Museum]]&nbsp;– [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]]
* [[Michigan Technological University]]
* [[Mount Bohemia]] ski center (with the highest vertical drop, {{convert|900|ft|m}}, in the Midwest)
* [[Munising Falls]]
* [[National Ski Hall of Fame]]
* [[Northern Michigan University]]
* [[Ore dock|Marquette Ore Dock]]
* [[Paulding Light]]
* [[Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore]]
* [[Pine Mountain ski jump]] in [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]] is one of the largest artificial [[ski jumping|ski jumps]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exploringthenorth.com/jump/jump.html |title=Pine Mountain Ski Jump |access-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-date=December 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222080444/http://www.exploringthenorth.com/jump/jump.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Point Iroquois Lighthouse]]
* [[Porcupine Mountains State Park]]
* [[Presque Isle Park]], [[Marquette, Michigan]]
* [[Quincy Mine|Quincy Copper Mine]] offering guided tours
* [[Seney National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Ski Brule]] in [[Iron River, Michigan|Iron River]]
* The [[Soo Locks]]
* [[Suicide Hill Ski Jump]], [[Ishpeming, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exploringthenorth.com/suicide/jump.html |title=Suicide Hill |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-date=February 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202031256/http://www.exploringthenorth.com/suicide/jump.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Sylvania Wilderness]]
* [[Tahquamenon Falls State Park]]
* [[Upper Peninsula Children's Museum]]&nbsp;– [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]
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===Casinos===
[[Native American gambling enterprises|American Indian casinos]] contribute to the tourist attractions and are popular in the UP. Originally the casinos were simple, one-room affairs. Some of the casinos are now quite elaborate and are being developed as part of resort and conference facilities, including features such as golf courses, pool and spa, dining, and rooms to accommodate guests.
* [[Bay Mills Resort & Casino]]&nbsp;– [[Brimley, Michigan|Brimley]]
* Island Resort & Casino&nbsp;– [[Harris Township, Michigan|Harris]]
* Kewadin Casinos&nbsp;– [[Christmas, Michigan|Christmas]]; [[Hessel, Michigan|Hessel]]; [[Manistique, Michigan|Manistique]]; [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]]; [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
* Kings Club Casino&nbsp;– Brimley (Closed permanently)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kings Club Casino Permanently Closed As Bay Mills Focuses On Expansion |url=https://www.playmichigan.com/kings-club-casino-permanently-closed-bay-mills/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=PlayMichigan |date=May 2, 2023 |publisher=Catena Operations Ltd. |archive-date=January 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130141407/https://www.playmichigan.com/kings-club-casino-permanently-closed-bay-mills/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Lac Vieux Desert Casino&nbsp;– [[Watersmeet, Michigan|Watersmeet]]
* Ojibwa Casinos&nbsp;– [[Baraga, Michigan|Baraga]]; [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]

==Transportation==
[[File:Mackinac-Bridge-Snowstorm-February-20-2006.jpg|thumb|Straits of Mackinac and bridge in winter looking south from St. Ignace]]

The Upper Peninsula is separated from the Lower by the [[Straits of Mackinac]], five miles (8&nbsp;km) across at the narrowest, and is connected to it by the [[Mackinac Bridge]] at [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]], one of the longest [[suspension bridge]]s in the world. Until the bridge was completed in 1957, travel between the two peninsulas was difficult and slow (and sometimes even impossible during winter). In 1881, the [[Mackinac Transportation Company]] was established by three railroads, the [[Michigan Central Railroad]], the [[Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad]], and the [[Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad]], to operate a railroad car ferry across the Straits. Beginning in 1923, the State of Michigan operated automobile ferries between the two peninsulas. At the busiest times of year the wait was several hours long, much longer at holidays.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hyde |first=Charles K. |year=1993 |title=Historic Highway Bridges of Michigan |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historichighwayb0000hyde/page/159 159–60] |location=Detroit |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8143-2448-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/historichighwayb0000hyde/page/159 }}</ref> In winter, travel was possible over the ice only after the straits had solidly frozen.

===Highways===
There are one [[List of Interstate Highways in Michigan|Interstate Highway]], five [[List of U.S. Highways in Michigan|US Highways]] and 24 other [[List of state trunkline highways in Michigan|state highways]] in the Upper Peninsula. [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate&nbsp;75]] is the only freeway in the region and runs from the [[Mackinac Bridge]] at St. Ignace to the [[Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge|International Bridge]] at Sault Ste. Marie. Two highways run the east–west length of the peninsula, [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|US Highway&nbsp;2]] along the south and [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] to the north. [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|US&nbsp;41]] runs north–south through the central and western UP, connecting Menominee, Escanaba, Marquette and Houghton before terminating near the tip of the Keweenaw at Copper Harbor. [[M-185 (Michigan highway)|M-185]] encircles Mackinac Island as the only state highway in the country without motor vehicles.

The [[United States Forest Service]] and [[Federal Highway Administration]] have designated certain roads within the several National Forests in the UP as [[Forest Route|Federal Forest Highways]].<ref name=FH>{{cite web |url=http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/plh/fh/ |title=Forest Highways |author=Office of Federal Lands Highway |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=July 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818105029/http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/plh/fh/ |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> State-maintained highways closest to the Upper Peninsula's [[Great Lakes]] shorelines are marked by the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] (MDOT) with signs indicating that they are part of the [[Great Lakes Circle Tour]], a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/ |title=Great Lakes Circle Tour |publisher=Great Lakes Commission |date=July 5, 2005 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725204133/http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/ |archive-date=July 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> MDOT has also designated five UP highways as [[Pure Michigan Byway]]s for their historic, recreational or scenic qualities.<ref name="MDOTHR">{{cite web |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_11041_11209-217276--,00.html |title=Drive Home Our Heritage |work=Heritage Routes |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314085408/http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0%2C1607%2C7-151-9621_11041_11209-217276--%2C00.html |archive-date=March 14, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=M-134-FreePress>{{cite news |date=October 14, 2015 |title=M-134 in UP Tapped as Pure Michigan's First Byway |url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/10/14/pure-michigan-first-byway-highway-134/73921032/ |work=Detroit Free Press |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819101519/http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/10/14/pure-michigan-first-byway-highway-134/73921032/ |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> They are: US 2 in Iron County (Iron County Heritage Trail) and in Schoolcraft and Mackinac counties (Top of the Lake Scenic Byway), US 41 from Houghton to Copper Harbor (Copper County Trail, also a [[National Scenic Byway]]), [[M-35 (Michigan highway)|M-35]] (UP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail), [[M-123 (Michigan highway)|M-123]] (Tahquamenon Scenic Heritage Route) and [[M-134 (Michigan highway)|M-134]] (M-134 North Huron Byway)

===Airports===
{{Main|Airports of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan}}

There are 43 airports in the Upper Peninsula. Of these, six airports have commercial passenger service: [[Gogebic-Iron County Airport]] north of [[Ironwood, Michigan|Ironwood]], [[Houghton County Memorial Airport]] southwest of [[Calumet, Michigan|Calumet]], [[Ford Airport (Iron Mountain)|Ford Airport]] west of [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]], [[Sawyer International Airport]] south of [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]], [[Delta County Airport]] in [[Escanaba]], and [[Chippewa County International Airport]] south of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]. There are 19 other public use airports with a hard surface runway. These are used for [[general aviation]] and charter. Notably, [[Mackinac Island]], [[Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)|Beaver Island]], and [[Drummond Island]] are all accessible by airports. There are five public access airports with turf runways and thirteen airports for the private use of their owners.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} There is only one [[control tower]] in the Upper Peninsula, at [[Sawyer International Airport|Sawyer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sawyerairport.com/ |title=Sawyer Airport |publisher=Sawyer Airport |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722071513/http://www.sawyerairport.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Ferries and bridges ===
[[File:Cut River Bridge 2.JPG|thumb|The [[Cut River Bridge]] in [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]] is another notable bridge of the U.P.]]
The [[Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority]] operates car ferries in its area. These include ferries for [[Sugar Island (Michigan)|Sugar Island]], [[Neebish Island]], and [[Drummond Island]]. Two ferry companies run passenger ferries from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island.

The three major bridges in the Upper Peninsula are:
* [[Mackinac Bridge]], connecting the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan]] with the Upper;
* [[Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge]], which connects the city of Sault Ste. Marie to its twin city of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]] in Canada; and
* [[Portage Lake Lift Bridge|Portage Lift Bridge]], which crosses [[Portage Lake (Keweenaw)|Portage Lake]]. The Portage Lift Bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical lift bridge. Its center span lifts to provide about {{convert|100|ft|m}} of clearance for ships. Since rail traffic was discontinued in the Keweenaw, the lower deck is used to accommodate [[snowmobile]] traffic in the winter. As the only land-based link between the north and south sections of the Keweenaw Peninsula, the bridge is crucial to transportation.

===Railways===
* [[Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad]]: Transports iron ore over a {{convert|16|mi|km|adj=on}} line from the Empire-Tilden Mine (operated by [[Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.]]), south of Ishpeming and Negaunee, to Marquette's port on Lake Superior.
* Two railroads originally crossed the Upper Peninsula east to west: the [[Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway]], informally known as the Soo Line, running west from Sault Ste. Marie roughly along the Lake Michigan shore, and the [[Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad]] running west from St. Ignace roughly along the Lake Superior shore. In 1960, both railroads were merged into the [[Soo Line Railroad]], the U.S. arm of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. The Soo Line trackage in the Upper Peninsula was purchased by the [[Wisconsin Central Transportation|Wisconsin Central Railroad]] in 1987. In 1997, the Wisconsin Central also purchased from the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] the former [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] line running into the Upper Peninsula from Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Central was in turn purchased by the [[Canadian National Railway]] in 2001. The Canadian National now operates much of the remaining railroad trackage in the Upper Peninsula.
* [[Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad]]: Chartered in 1898, the E&LS is an industrial beltline railroad with {{convert|347|mi|km}} of trackage connecting Escanaba, Ontonagon, Republic, and [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], with a common junction at [[Sagola Township, Michigan|Channing]], and a spur to [[Spurr Township, Michigan|Nestoria]] from Sidnaw.
*[[Mineral Range Railroad]]: Since 2002, this railroad has been operating a {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} industrial track from [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]] to [[Tilden Township, Michigan|National Mine]] to serve an explosives plant. The railroad expanded in 2014 to include {{convert|12|mi|km}} of former Canadian National and Lake Superior and Ishpeming rail lines between Ishpeming and [[Humboldt Township, Michigan|Humboldt]] to serve the Humboldt Mill. The railroad takes its name from the former Mineral Range Railroad in the [[Keweenaw Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/profiles/short-lines/mineral-range-railroad-profile/ |title = Mineral Range Railroad profile |first = Lucas |last = Iverson |date =January 30, 2023 |website = Trains |access-date = February 8, 2025 }}</ref>
*[[Grand Elk Railroad]]: Originally formed in 2009 in the Lower Peninsula, the railroad owned by [[Watco]] expanded to the UP in 2021 to operate former Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic lines that were divested by [[Canadian National]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.trains.com/trn/watco-purchases-lines-in-wisconsin-michigan-ontario-from-cn/ |title = Watco purchases lines in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario from CN (updated) |first = David |last = Lassen |date = March 31, 2021 |website = Trains |access-date = February 8, 2025 }}</ref> This includes a line from [[Trout Lake, Michigan|Trout Lake]] to [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]] and an out of service line to a former mine in [[White Pine, Michigan|White Pine]].

===Bus systems===
Despite its rural character, there are public buses in several counties of the Upper Peninsula.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.december.com/places/up/transit.html |title=Transportation in the Upper Peninsula |access-date=September 28, 2006 |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017084355/http://www.december.com/places/up/transit.html |url-status=live }}</ref> These include [[MarqTran]] serving Marquette, as well as intercity services provided by [[Indian Trails]].

==Notable people==
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* [[Nick Baumgartner]], Olympic gold medalist in [[Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed team snowboard cross|mixed snowboard cross]] at the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], is from [[Iron River, Michigan|Iron River]].
* [[Da Yoopers]], comedy music/sketch group
* [[Robert J. Flaherty]], the filmmaker who directed and produced the documentary ''[[Nanook of the North]]'', in 1922, from [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]].
* [[George Gipp]], the "Gipper"—immortalized in the film ''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]''—was born in [[Laurium, Michigan|Laurium]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Ray |year=2002 |title=Rockne of Notre Dame |page=70 |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-515792-5 }}</ref> He was the first [[All-America]]n player of the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame football]] program.
* [[Crystal Hayes]], 2005 Miss Michigan, from [[Rock, Michigan|Rock]].
* [[Tom Izzo]], [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State basketball coach]] a native of Iron Mountain, attended [[Northern Michigan University]].
* [[Kelly Johnson (engineer)|Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson]], aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, was born in [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]].
* [[John Lautner]], one of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s most successful [[Taliesin (studio)|Taliesin]] fellows, a native of [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]] and alumnus of NMU.
* [[Mitchell Leisen]], film director, was born [[Menominee, Michigan|Menominee]] in 1898.
* [[Steve Mariucci]], former [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Detroit Lions]] head coach; a native of Iron Mountain, attended Northern Michigan University.
* [[Terry O'Quinn]], actor on [[Lost (2004 TV series)|''Lost'']], was born in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] in 1952 and grew up in [[Newberry, Michigan|Newberry]].
* [[Chase Osborn]] was the only [[List of Governors of Michigan|Governor]] of Michigan from the Upper Peninsula (1911–1913).
* [[Pam Reed]], ultrarunner, grew up in [[Palmer, Michigan|Palmer]], and graduated from [[Michigan Technological University]].
* [[Gene Ronzani]] was a professional football running back for the [[Chicago Bears]] and head coach of the [[Green Bay Packers]] from 1950 to 1953; born in Iron Mountain.
* [[Abby Roque]], the first indigenous person to play for the [[United States women's national ice hockey team]] and an Olympic medalist, played high school hockey in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]].
* [[Rob Rubick]], Detroit Lions tight end and current Fox Sports Detroit analyst, from Newberry.
* [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], a Nobel Prize-winning [[chemist]] and major contributor in the discovery of several of the [[transuranium elements]], was born in Ishpeming.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bernstein |first=Jeremy |year=2007 |title=Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element |url=https://archive.org/details/plutoniumhistory0000bern |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/plutoniumhistory0000bern/page/74 74] |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Joseph Henry Press |isbn=978-0-309-10296-4 }}</ref>
* [[Mike Shaw]], professional wrestler, was born in [[Skandia, Michigan|Skandia]].
* [[Matthew Songer]], founder of [[Pioneer Surgical Technology]], lives in Marquette.
* [[Mary Chase Perry Stratton]], founder of [[Pewabic Pottery]], was born in [[Hancock, Michigan|Hancock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=23&category=life/ |title=Detroit News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710093041/http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=23&category=life/ |archive-date=July 10, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Lou Thesz]], professional wrestler who held the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] longer than anyone in history, was born in [[Banat, Michigan|Banat]], on April 24, 1916.
* [[James Tolkan]], an actor who appeared in ''[[Back to the Future]]'' and ''[[Top Gun]]'', born in [[Calumet, Michigan|Calumet]].
* [[John D. Voelker]], Justice of the [[Michigan Supreme Court]], wrote the best-selling book ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' under the pen name [[Robert Traver]]. Directed by [[Otto Preminger]], the film was shot in [[Big Bay, Michigan|Big Bay]] and Ishpeming with some courtroom scenes in Marquette.
* [[Bill Ivey]], the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts under the Clinton Administration was born in Calumet.
* [[Jake Witt]] is an [[American football]] [[Offensive tackle]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was drafted in the 7th Round of the [[2023 NFL draft]] with the 236th overall pick.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.colts.com/news/jake-witt-northern-michigan-nfl-draft-pick-seventh-round-tackle-basketball |title=Northern Michigan tackle Jake Witt aims to 'be a sponge' as NFL journey begins with Colts |date=April 29, 2023 |author=JJ Stankevitz |access-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202224233/https://www.colts.com/news/jake-witt-northern-michigan-nfl-draft-pick-seventh-round-tackle-basketball |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==See also==
{{Portal|Michigan}}
* [[List of counties in Michigan]]
* [[Heikki Lunta]], mythological character
* [[Stormy Kromer cap]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite book |last1=Burt |first1=Williams A. |last2=Hubbard |first2=Bela |name-list-style=amp |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6c0QAAAAIAAJ |quote=Bela Hubbard. |title=Reports on the Mineral Region of Lake Superior |location=Buffalo |publisher=L. Danforth |year=1846 |isbn=978-0-665-51009-0 }} 113 pages.
* {{cite news |first1=Jim |last1=Harrison |author-link1=Jim Harrison |title=Imprint: My Upper Peninsula |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/travel/my-upper-peninsula.html?smid=pl-share |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 30, 2013 |access-date=November 30, 2013 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519154329/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/travel/my-upper-peninsula.html?smid=pl-share |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last=Lankton |first=Larry |title=Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s–1990s |location=Detroit |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=2010}} 376 pages.
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Magnaghi |editor1-first=Russell M. |editor2-last=Marsden |editor2-first=Michael T. |name-list-style=amp |title=A Sense of Place: Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Essays in Honor of William and Margery Vandament |publisher=Northern Michigan University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-918616-20-3}} 270 pages.
* {{Cite book |last=Magnaghi |first=Russell M. |title=Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History |year=2017 |publisher=906 Heritage |isbn=978-1-387-01681-5 |location=Marquette, Michigan |oclc=993581790}}
* {{Cite news |last=Reddicliffe |first=Steve |date=July 27, 2017 |title=36 Hours in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/27/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-upper-peninsula-michigan.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612035905/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/27/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-upper-peninsula-michigan.html |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last=Rydholm |first=C. Fred |title=Superior Heartland: A Backwoods History |volume=I–II |year=1989 |publisher=Braun-Brumfield |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |isbn=978-0-963-99482-0}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Upper Peninsula}}
{{wikivoyage|Upper Peninsula}}
* [https://www.uptravel.com Upper Peninsula of Michigan Travel]
* [https://www.explorewesternup.com Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan]

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