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#20 Health Care
#21 Opportunity
#35 Crime & Corrections
#36 Economy
#36 Natural Environment
#37 Education
#37 Fiscal Stability
#43 Infrastructure

The best stats Health and Opportunity break down like this.
Health
#11 Health Care Quality
#15 Health Care Access
#36 Public Health Opportunity
#8 Education Gap by Race
#12 Income Gap by Race
#20 Unemployment Gap by Disability Status
#31 Labor Force Participation Gap by Gender
#40 Unemployment Gap by Race
#41 Income Gap by Gender

Not sure these stats are that positive when their broken down. Not sure this is based on political party either as Michigan is historically democratic.

The USN&WR rating is based on tens of thousands of data points. There are other better rankings but they seem to be more opinions and based on a far less data points.

One statistic where Michigan is number one is there are more golf courses per capita than any other state.