Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-03-26
michigan, MY Michigan.
rom the Lansing Republican.

From the Lansing Republican.
Facts and figures i'm relation to the last
state census, and comparisons with those
previously published, are particularly
appropriate at the present time, as it de.
wolves upon the legislature to reappOr,
ton the state for representatives i'm con-
greSS, state senators and representa-
tives.
In 1860 the total population of Michi-
gan was 748, CAS-; in 1870 it was1, 1874 ,059;
and in 1880, 1,636,335. The gain from
1870 to 1880 was 452, 276, or 384 per cent
RELATIVE RANK AS STATE.
The rank of Michigan among the states
or territories from her first organization
as territory was as follows: In 1910
she was oath; in 1920, 18th; 1880, 26th;
1910, 23d; 1850, Goth; 1860. 10th; 1870, 18th;
and 1880, 9th. During the last 10 years
she has passed Tennessee, Virginia, Iowa
and Georgia, and is Outranked only r.
81 by Kentucky.
OUR ARMY OF VOTERS.
The total number of votes cast for gov
ernOr in 1880 was 53,2O5, in 1870 it was
1876, 5O7; a gain of 166,698, or SO per cent
Much of this increase, of course, is due
to 1870 being an "Off year" in politics
with light vote, while 1880 drew into
the presidential contest almost every
available man of 81 years and upwards
constituting an army larger, than has
ever been handled by any general of
modern times, and thrice as large as
took part in any engagement during the
southern rebellion.
corrrurpN TIED on coITNTIFS
The heaviest gain in population from
1870 to 1880 in any of the seven cOun.
ties composing the southern tier, Monroe
Lenawee, Hillsdale, Branch, st. Joseph
Cass, and Berrien, was in Monroe, 2215
per cent, and the smallest in Cass, Az
The gain for the whole seven counties
was IA, 1856 inhabitants, or 61a per cent
the smallest of any tier of counties in
the state. This tier in 1860 had popu-
lation of la, 1888; in 1870, 213,S61; in 1880
228,047.
IN THE SECOND TIER
of counties, Wayne, Washtenaw, Jack
son, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren,
through which runs the main line of the
Michigan Central, the average gain has
been 203s per cent,-the largest gain be-
lug III wayne COuuty, Do G-O pei Ccut
and the smallest i'm Washtenaw, trifle
less than per cent. The total gain OF
the six counties is $685., but outside OF
the city of Detroit only 23,715, or about
per cent. The total population of this
tier in 1850 was 206, 1868, in 1870, 93,971
in 1880, 353,9O6.
The population of these two tiers OF
counties in 1860 was 1878; in 1870
507, 648; in 1880, 581, 953,5a total gain Of
74,121. In 1850 these two tiers of cnun
ties had I, Alb more than half the pOpu
latiOn Of the state; in 1870 they lacked
but 1915 of half the population; but in
1880 they had but a slight fraction Ovel
One-third of the total population of TIT
state.
THE THIRD TIER
of counties and first north of the bast
line comprises MacOmb, Oakland, Liv
| ingstOn, Ingham, Eaton, Barry, and ALLIE
gan. The smallest gain in these cOun
| ties was in Oakland, a little more thar
One-half of 1 per cent; the largest gaiI
was in Ingham, 1898 per cent; and the
gain of the entire tier was 30,878, or 1,
per cent. The total population of this
tier in 1860 was 141 ,221; in 1870, 1872, $40
and in 1880, 23,440.
THE FOURTH TIER
comprises st. Clair, Lapeer. Genesee