Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
SHE STANDS SEVENTH IN THE UNION
IN VALUE OF HER MANUFAC.
TURED PRODUCTS.
IS EIGHTH IN POPULATION
Twenty Second in Area; Sixth State In Re-
gard to Transportation Facilities with
9.O59 Miles Of Railroad.

soon by Director Durand of the
bureau of the census, department
OF commerce and labor.
Michigan with a gross area OF
$3.50 square miles, of which 500
represent water surface, and a
population in 1910 of 2,S10,173,
ranks twenty-second in area and
eighth in population among the
40 states and territories of CONT
mental United States. The total
population for the entire state
was 2,42O,9s2 in 1900 and 2,O93,S9O
in 1890. In 1910 the density OF
population for the entire state
was 1873 per square mile, the
the corresponding figure for 1900
being 42.1. In 1910, Az per cent
of the entire population OF the
state resided in cities and incor-
porated villages having $500 in
habitants or over, as against 1873
per cent in 1900.
In 191ON the following three
cities in the state had popula-
ton OF over 10000; Detroit, 465,
1866; Grand Rapids, 1851; and
Saginaw, 50,51O. There were also
Il cities having population OF
over 10000 but less than $4,000.
These "a cities of more than 10000
inhabitants contained 81 per cent
OF the total population Of the
state in 1910 and were credited
with 6S.5 per cent Of the tota,
value of its manufactures for
1909. Apart from these cities,
only 10.1 per cent of the popula-
ton resided in places of $500 in
habitants or over.
Rapid Advance in Manufactures
The growth of the manufacture
ing industries has been closely re-
lated to The development OF the
transportation facilities of the
state. The rapid advance IN
manufactures dates from about
1925, when the Erie canal, af-
fording connection with the east
ern seaboard, was opened. The
transportation facilities OF the
state at present, both by rail and
by water, are excellent. With
9,O59 miles of railroad in 1909.
Michigan was the sixth state in
the Union in the length of its
trackage. The state borders on
four of the Great Lakes, which
furnish splendid communication by
water. Detroit, located on the main
lines of several of the most inn
portant railroad systems connect
ing the eastern states with the
middle west, and near the west
ern end of Lake Erie, is particu-
larly well situated as a commercial
center.
Leading Manufacturing States.
Michigan has for many years
been one of the leading manufact-
uring states. In 1894 the value of
it's manufactured products amount
ed to $11,169,0OO; by 1869 it had
increased to $11S,396,O00; and in
1909 it amounted to $685., 1O9, 900. The
early development of manufact-
uries in the state was due largely
to the utilization of it's extensive
forests, while the growing mar
kets afforded by the rapidly de-
veloping west, the advantageous
situation of the state with re-
spect to the markets of both the
east and the west, and it's import
ant agricultural and mineral re-
sources have also been influential
factors in its later progress.
During 1s49 an average Of 9,344
wage earners, representing 2.3 per
cent Of the total population OF
the state, were employed in man
ufactures, while in 1909 an average
of 231, 499 wage earners, or SO
per cent of the total population,
were so engaged. During this
period the gross value of manu-
featured products per capita of
the total population of the
state increased from S2S to S244
The proportion which manufact-
ures of the state represented Of
the products of manufacturing in
dustries in the United States in
creased from IL per cent in 1S49
to 2.s per cent in 1899 and 3.3 per
cent in 1909. The growing in
dustrial Importance Of Michigan Ia
indicated by the fact that in value
of manufactured products il has
advanced from seventeenth place
among the states OF the Union in
1s49 to ninth in 1899, eighth in
1904, and seventh in 1909.
General Results
In 1909 the state of Michigan
had 9,15s manufacturing establish