1915 in Michigan

Events from the year 1915 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

Mayors of major cities

Detroit Mayor Oscar Marx

Federal office holders

Population

In the 1910 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 2,810,173, ranking as the ninth most populous state in the country. By 1920, Michigan's population had increased by 30.5% to 3,668,412.

Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 10,000 based on 1910 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1900 and 1920 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. In recent decades, all of the state's most populous cities lie in the southern half of the lower peninsula. In 1910, owing largely to an economy based on extraction of natural resources, eight of the state's most populous cities were located north of 44° latitude; in the chart below, these cities are shaded in aqua.

1910
Rank
City County 1900 Pop.[1] 1910 Pop.[1] 1920 Pop.[2] Change 1910-20
1DetroitWayne285,704465,766993,678113.3%
2Grand RapidsKent87,565112,571137,63422.3%
3SaginawSaginaw42,34550,51061,90322.6%
4Bay CityBay27,62845,16647,5545.3%
5KalamazooKalamazoo24,40439,43748,48722.9%
6FlintGenesee13,10338,55091,599137.6%
7JacksonJackson25,18031,43348,37453.9%
8LansingIngham16,48531,22957,32783.6%
9Battle CreekCalhoun18,56325,26736,16443.1%
10MuskegonMuskegon20,81824,06236,57052.0%
11Port HuronSt. Clair19,15818,86325,94437.5%
12Ann ArborWashtenaw14,50914,81719,51631.7%
13PontiacOakland9,76914,53234,273135.8%
14EscanabaDelta9,54913,19413,103−0.7%
15IronwoodGogebic9,70512,82115,73922.8%
16AlpenaAlpena11,80212,70611,101−12.6%
17Sault Ste. MarieChippewa10,53812,61512,096−4.1%
18ManisteeManistee14,26012,3819,694−21.7%
19Traverse CityGrand Traverse9,40712,11510,925−9.8%
20MarquetteMarquette10,05811,50312,71810.6%
21AdrianLenawee9,65410,76311,87810.4%
22MenomineeMenominee12,81810,5078,907−15.2%
23HollandOttawa7,79010,49012,18316.1%

Boom cities of the 1910s

The 1910s saw an explosion of growth in the population of small cities near Detroit. Highland Park and Hamtramck were the most extreme cases, each experiencing population increases in excess of 1,000% during the 1910s.

1910
Rank
City County 1900 Pop.[1] 1910 Pop.[1] 1920 Pop. Change 1920-30
Highland ParkWayne4274,12046,4991,028.6%
HamtramckWayne--3,55948,6151,266%

Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 50,000 based on 1910 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1900 and 1920 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1910
Rank
County Largest city 1900 Pop.[1] 1910 Pop.[1] 1920 Pop.[3] Change 1910-20
1WayneDetroit348,793531,5911,177,645121.5%
2KentGrand Rapids129,714159,145183,04115.0%
3SaginawSaginaw81,22289,290100,28612.3%
4HoughtonHoughton66,06388,09871,930−18.4%
5BayBay City62,37868,23869,5481.9%
6GeneseeFlint41,80464,555125,66894.7%
7KalamazooKalamazoo44,31060,32771,22518.1%
8CalhounBattle Creek49,31556,63872,91828.7%
9BerrienNiles49,16553,62262,65316.8%
10JacksonJackson48,22253,42672,53935.8%
11InghamLansing39,81853,31081,55453.0%
12St. ClairPort Huron55,22852,34158,00910.8%
13OaklandPontiac44,79249,57690,05081.6%
14LenaweeAdrian48,40647,90747,767−0.3%
15MarquetteMarquette41,23946,73945,786−2.0%
16OttawaHolland39,66745,30147,6605.2%
17WashtenawAnn Arbor47,76144,71449,52010.7%
18MuskegonMuskegon37,03640,57762,36253.7%
19AlleganHolland38,81239,81937,540−5.7%

Sports

Baseball

American football

Births

Deaths

  • November 16 - Julius C. Burrows, United States Senator from Michigan (1895-1911), at age 78 in Kalamazoo

See also

References

  1. Thirteenth Census of the United States: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions. U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of the Census. pp. 231–248.
  2. Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 232–236.
  3. Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 458–468.
  4. "1915 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. "1915 AL Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  6. "2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 65. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  7. 2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13.
  8. 2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 16.
  9. "1915 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  10. "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 151. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  11. "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  12. "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 159, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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