1929 in Michigan

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1929
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Michigan
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Events from the year 1929 in Michigan.

Office holders

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Gov. Fred Green

State office holders

Mayors of major cities

Federal office holders

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Sen. James Couzens

Population

In the 1920 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 3,668,412, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1930, Michigan's population had increased by 32.0% to 4,842,325.

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Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 15,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1920
Rank
CityCounty1910 Pop.1920 Pop.1930 Pop.Change 1920-30
1 Detroit Wayne 465,766993,6781,568,66257.9%
2 Grand Rapids Kent 112,571137,634168,59222.5%
3 Flint Genesee 38,55091,599156,49270.8%
4 Saginaw Saginaw 50,51061,90380,71530.4%
5 Lansing Ingham 31,22957,32778,39736.8%
6 Hamtramck Wayne3,55948,61556,26815.7%
7 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 39,43748,48754,78613.0%
8 Jackson Jackson 31,43348,37455,18714.1%
9 Bay City Bay 45,16647,55447,355−0.4%
10 Highland Park Wayne4,12046,49952,95913.9%
11 Muskegon Muskegon 24,06236,57041,39015.2%
12 Battle Creek Calhoun 25,26736,16445,57326.0%
13 Pontiac Oakland14,53234,27364,92889.4%
14 Port Huron St. Clair 18,86325,94431,36120.9%
15 Ann Arbor Washtenaw 14,81719,51626,94438.1%
16 Ironwood Gogebic 12,82115,73914,299−9.1%

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Boom cities of the 1920s

The 1920s saw an explosion of growth in the population of small cities near Detroit, with some communities growing more than three fold. Dearborn was the most extreme case, growing 20-fold from 2,470 to 50,358 persons.

1920
Rank
CityCounty1910 Pop.1920 Pop.1930 Pop.Change 1920-30
Warren Macomb2,3466,78024,024254.3%
Royal Oak Oakland1,0716,00722,904281.3%
Ferndale Oakland--2,64020,855690.0%
Dearborn Wayne9112,47050,3581,938.8%

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Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 40,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1920
Rank
CountyLargest city1910 Pop.1920 Pop.1930 Pop.Change 1920-30
1 Wayne Detroit 531,5911,177,6451,888,94660.4%
2 Kent Grand Rapids 159,145183,041240,51131.4%
3 Genesee Flint 64,555125,668211,64168.4%
4 Saginaw Saginaw 89,290100,286120,71720.4%
5 Oakland Pontiac 49,57690,050211,251134.6%
6 Ingham Lansing 53,31081,554116,58743.0%
7 Calhoun Battle Creek 56,63872,91887,04319.4%
8 Houghton Houghton 88,09871,93052,851-26.5%
9 Jackson Jackson 53,42672,53992,30427.2%
10 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 60,32771,22591,36828.3%
11 Bay Bay City 68,23869,54869,474-0.1%
12 Berrien Niles 53,62262,65381,06629.4%
13 Muskegon Muskegon 40,57762,36284,63035.7%
14 St. Clair Port Huron 52,34158,00967,56316.5%
15 Washtenaw Ann Arbor 44,71449,52065,53032.3%
16 Lenawee Adrian 47,90747,76749,8494.4%
17 Ottawa Holland 45,30147,66054,85815.1%
18 Marquette Marquette 46,73945,78644,076−3.7%

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Sports

Baseball

American football

Basketball

Ice hockey

Chronology of events

January

February

March

April

May

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June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 232–236.
  2. Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 458–468.
  3. "1929 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  4. "1929 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  5. "1929 Football Team". Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  6. "1929 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  7. "1929-30 Michigan Wolverines Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  8. "1928-29 Detroit Cougars Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2017.