The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-31
State Has 2,810,l73, Increase of
100000 in Ten Years, and
Stands Seventee nth
in the Nation
RURAL DISTRICTS SHOW Loss
OF the Cities Flint Shows the Greatest
Gain-Population Failed to In
crease at as Fast a Rate
as the U. S. L

Washington, d. c.. Aug. 31-FoIlow-
ing the preliminary announcements
which have been made by the census
bureau from time To time of the ag-
gregate population of all places i'm the
state Of Michigan. as enumerated at
the thirteenth census. taken as OF
April 10. 1910, Census Director Dur
and issued today a statement giving
interesting additional advance details.
of which the more important relate
to the states urban and rural popu-
lation.
The census bureau, for purposes OF
discussion. has defined urban popula-
tion as that residing I'm cities and
other incorporate places Of $500 In
habitants or more. Urban population
being thus defined, the remainder OF
the state or county is classed as rural.
The population OF the state classi-
fed as urban in 1910 is contained In
20 cities and villages. The rural
territory OF the state consists of 357
cities and villages of less than $500
inhabitants and the unincorporated
territory.
The territory of the state classified
as urban in 1910 contained 1,327, ,O44 in
habitants, or 47.2 per cent of the total
popVation. while 1.4SS.129 inhabi-
tants or 52.S per cent, lived in rural
territory. The territory In 1900 sim
ilarly classified as urban-that is. the
cities and incorporated villages then
having $500 inhabitants or more
contained 952.32S inhabitants, or 1913
per cent Of the total population. while
l.46s,659 inhabitants, or COZ per cent.
lived in rural territory. There has
been a considerable increase i'm the
proportion of urban population.
Increase in Cities.
There has been a marked increase
in the proportion Of the population in
the cities of 100, 900 inhabitants or
more, namely. from 9.S per cent I'm
1890 to 11.S per cent in 1900 and to 2O.6
per cent I'm 1910 There have been
fluctuations in the proportions in the
four groups comprising cities and
towns of 5000 to 100000 inhabitants.
while a decrease has occurred in tho
proportions in the group Of smaller
urban places as wen as i'm rural terri
tory.
A comparison Of ihc total poulation
i'm 1910 Of cities AM Incorporated VIII
lagos having a population Of not less
than $500 each with the total popula-
tion OF the same places in 1900 shows
an increase of 37.3 per cent. During
the same period the rural population
comprising the remainder of the
state. increased per cent. Urban
population thus increased nearly is
times as rapidly as rural There were
80 counties i'm which the population
living in rural territory decreased.
The cities of Detroit and Grand
Rapids increased in population over
three times as rapidly as the popula-
ton of the state as a whole, and the
cities having $4,000 TO 100000 inhabi-
tants increased almost three times
as rapidly, while the group of places
having from $500 to $4,000 inhabitants
increased but a little more rapidly
than the population OF the state as a
whole. The rate of increase for rural
population is about one-eighth of the
rate for the state. OF the decennial in
crease i'm population. namely. 3S9,191.
more than one-half was i'm cities and
towns Of over 100000 inhabitants.
Population Compared.
The population Of Michigan is p
S1O173 Compared with a population
Of 2.42O.9s2 i'm 1900. this represents an
increase during the past decade or
sSs.191. or 16.1 per cent During the
same period the total population OF
United States increased 21
per cent
Michigan appears In the Federal
census for the first time in 1910. Dur
ing the first 60 years. 1S10-1S7o, tho
rate OF Increase of the population OF
the state did not fall below so per cent
during any decade, the percentages
ranging from 5S.1 per cent for the de-
cade lS60-1S7O 10 SOB per cent for the
decade 1SSO-1S40. Since 1870 the per-
centares Of increase have ranged from
1876 for the decade 1S90-1s00 TO $50
for the decade 1S70-1SS0. During this
4O-year period the population of tho
state has n little more than doubled.
A comparison OF the rates Of in
crease for the state with hose for con-
mental United States shows that from
1910 to 1890 he rate during each de-
cadc was larger for the state than
for The country as a whole. During
every decade from 1910 to 1870 tho
population Of the state increased more
than twice as fast as the population OF
the whole country. he greaes difference
beween the rates being for the decade