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Events from the year 1895 in Michigan.
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Events from the year 1895 in Michigan.
In the 1890 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 2,093,890, ranking as the ninth most populous state in the country. By 1900, Michigan's population had increased by 15.6% to 2,420,982.
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 7,500 based on 1890 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1880 and 1900 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 1890, owing largely to an economy based on extraction of natural resources, six of the state's largest cities were located north of 44° latitude; in the chart below, these cities are shaded in aqua.
| 1890 Rank |
City | County | 1880 Pop. | 1890 Pop. | 1900 Pop. | Change 1890-1900 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit | Wayne | 116,340 | 205,876 | 285,704 | 38.8% |
| 2 | Grand Rapids | Kent | 32,016 | 60,278 | 87,565 | 45.3% |
| 3 | Saginaw | Saginaw | 10,525 | 46,322 | 42,345 | −8.6% |
| 4 | Bay City | Bay | 20,693 | 27,839 | 27,628 | −0.8% |
| 5 | Muskegon | Muskegon | 11,262 | 22,702 | 20,818 | −8.3% |
| 6 | Jackson | Jackson | 16,105 | 20,798 | 25,180 | 21.1% |
| 7 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 11,937 | 17,853 | 24,404 | 36.7% |
| 8 | Port Huron | St. Clair | 8,883 | 13,543 | 19,158 | 41.5% |
| 9 | Battle Creek | Calhoun | 7,063 | 13,197 | 18,563 | 40.7% |
| 10 | Lansing | Ingham | 8,319 | 13,102 | 16,485 | 25.8% |
| 11 | Manistee | Manistee | 6,930 | 12,812 | 14,260 | 11.3% |
| 12 | Alpena | Alpena | 6,153 | 11,283 | 11,802 | 4.6% |
| 13 | Menominee | Menominee | 3,288 | 10,630 | 12,818 | 20.6% |
| 14 | Flint | Genesee | 8,409 | 9,803 | 13,103 | 33.7% |
| 15 | Ann Arbor | Washtenaw | 8,061 | 9,431 | 14,509 | 53.8% |
| 16 | Marquette | Marquette | 4,690 | 9,098 | 10,058 | 10.6% |
| 17 | Adrian | Lenawee | 7,849 | 8,756 | 9,654 | 10.3% |
| 18 | Iron Mountain | Dickinson | -- | 8,599 | 9,242 | 7.5% |
| 19 | Ironwood | Gogebic | -- | 7,745 | 9,705 | 25.3% |
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 35,000 based on 1890 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1880 and 1900 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
| 1890 Rank |
County | Largest city | 1880 Pop. | 1890 Pop. | 1900 Pop. | Change 1890-1900 |
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| 1 | Wayne | Detroit | 168,444 | 257,114 | 348,793 | 35.7% |
| 2 | Kent | Grand Rapids | 73,253 | 109,922 | 129,714 | 18.0% |
| 3 | Saginaw | Saginaw | 59,095 | 82,273 | 81,222 | −1.3% |
| 4 | Bay | Bay City | 38,081 | 56,412 | 62,378 | 10.6% |
| 5 | St. Clair | Port Huron | 46,197 | 52,105 | 55,228 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Lenawee | Adrian | 48,343 | 48,448 | 48,406 | −0.1% |
| 7 | Jackson | Jackson | 42,031 | 45,031 | 48,222 | 7.1% |
| 8 | Calhoun | Battle Creek | 38,452 | 43,501 | 49,315 | 13.4% |
| 9 | Washtenaw | Ann Arbor | 41,848 | 42,210 | 47,761 | 13.2% |
| 10 | Berrien | Niles | 36,785 | 41,285 | 49,165 | 19.1% |
| 11 | Oakland | Pontiac | 41,537 | 41,245 | 44,792 | 8.6% |
| 12 | Muskegon | Muskegon | 26,586 | 40,013 | 37,036 | −7.4% |
| 13 | Marquette | Marquette | 25,394 | 39,521 | 41,239 | 4.3% |
| 14 | Genesee | Flint | 39,220 | 39,430 | 41,804 | 6.0% |
| 15 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 34,342 | 39,273 | 44,310 | 12.8% |
| 16 | Allegan | Holland | 37,815 | 38,961 | 38,812 | −0.4% |
| 17 | Ingham | Lansing | 33,676 | 37,666 | 39,818 | 5.7% |
| 18 | Houghton | Houghton | 22,473 | 35,389 | 66,063 | 86.7% |
