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 AREA, POPULATION, EDUCATION

487

Area, Population, Education— Area, 58,915 square miles, of which

1,485 square miles is water The total length of Michigan coastline is 1,620 miles.

Years

1820 1860 1900 1910

White i

8,722

742,314

2,405,166

'2,793,058

Negro

Total

174

6,799

15,816

17,115

8,896 749,113

2,420,982 2,810,173

1 Including Indians and Asiatics.

Per sq. mile

0-1 13-0 42-2 48 9

In 1904 the

population by sex and birth

was : —

—

White

Negro

Asiatic

Indian

I Total

Male. Female

1,287,955 1,221,674

7,397 6,809

241

5

3,061

2,874

1,298,654 ' 1,231,362

Total.

2,500,62

14,206

246

5,935

2,530,016

In 1910 there were 1,454,534 males and 1,355,639 females.

Of the total population 2,530,016 in 1904, 546,861 were foreign-born, of whom 183,689 were from British America, 124,456 Germany, 42,138 England, 36 198 Poland, 31,072 Holland, 28,575 Ireland, 26,438 Sweden, 19,057 Finland, 9,900 Scotland, 7,532 Norway, 7,053 Italy. There is a scattered Indian population throughout the northern part of the State and a small reservation in Baraga County.

In 1910 the population of the principal cities was :—

Cities

Pop.

Detroit Grand Rapids Saginaw Bay City. Kalamazoo Jackson

465,766 112,571 50,510 45,166 39,437 31,433

Cities

Battle Creek Muskegon. Lansing Poi't Huron Flint. Ann Arbor

Pop.

25,267 24,062 31,229 18,863 38,550 14,817

Cities

Manistee. Alpena Ishpeming. Sault Ste. Marie Menominee Marquette.

Pop.

12,381 12,706 12,448 12,615 10,507 11,503

The death-rate per 1,000 of population in the State was, in 1908, 13 "9 ; in 1909, 13-6; in 1910, 14 4.

The more important religious bodies are the Roman Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Congregational.

Education is compulsory for the school term for children from 7 to 16 years of age. In 1911 the public schools had 545,279 enrolled pupils and 18,207 teachers ; 382 public high schools had 1,739 teachers and 38,067 pupils. The State has 4 public normal schools with 191 teachers and 5,887 pupils in 1911. The highest education provided by the State is o-iven in the University of Michigan, founded in 1837 at Ann Arbor ; in 1911 it had 426 professors and teachers and 5,381 stiidents. There is a State Agricultural College at Lansing, founded in 1855 ; it had (1911) 121 professors and 1,568 students. There is a college of Mines at Houghton ; ni 1911 it had 28 instructors and 222 students. Other institutions are :—