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 POOR RELIKF— FINANCE

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According to the census of 1920 the population of the principal cities

Citie

Pop.

Cities

Pop.

Cities

Pop.

Detroit. . Grand Rapids Flint. . . Saginaw. . Lansing. . Kalamazoo

908,078

137,634 01,509

Jackson. ..

46,374

Port Huron.

Bay Citv. ..

•

Ann Arior

' 10,516

H^hland Park.

Ironuood. .

15,730

m. .

36.570

"tte.

13,851

Battle Creek. .

1

Baeusba.

13,103

Pontiac. ..

Ma;i[U '

1J.71S

Of the total population in 1920, 59 percent, was urban.

The death-rate per 1,000 of population in the State was 14'4 in 1916; 147 in 1917, 16"7 in 1919, and 137 in 1920.

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

Education is compulsory for the school term for children from 7 to 16 years of age. The total net expenditure for graded and ungraded public schools, for the fiscal year 1918-19, was 32,141,150 dollars; for the University, State colleges, normal and State schools, 5,229,799 dollars. In 1919 the public schools had 683,373 enrolled pupils and 23,051 teachers. The State had 4 normal schools with 266 teachers and 5,356 pupils in 1919. The highest education provided by the State is given in the University of Michigan, founded in 1841 at Ann Arbor ; in 1919 it had 555 professors and teachers and 8,857 students. There is a State Agricultural College at Lansing, founded in 1857; it had, in 1920, 171 professors and 2,085 students. There is a College of Mines at Houghton, founded in 1886 ; in 1920 it had 22 instructors and 180 students.

Poor Relief. — The whole number of poor persons maintained in the infirmaries during the year ending September 30, 1919, was 8,339, of whom 6,377 were males and 1,962 females. The number of persons temporarily relieved outside the inrfimaries was 36,358. The number of permanent indigent persons maintained outside the infirmaries was 3,516, the number of persons supported at public institutions 1,S01, and the whole number of different persons who received assistance in any form during the period was 50,014. The whole amount expended in the care and support of the poor is reported at 2,777,502 dollars. There are 14 charitable institutions, 3 penal, and 2 juvenile reformatory institutions maintained by the State ; there are also 54 licensed child-placing agencies, 58 licensed maternity hospitals, 1,185 licensed boarding homes for children, and 24 private institu- tions for the aged and defective.

Finance. — For the year ending June 30. 1920, the revenue and expenditure were as follows: —

Dollars

Balance, July 1, 1919 13,159,742

Receipts, 1919-20 48,926,554

Total Disbursements, 1919-20

62,086,296 38,575,139

23,511,157

Balance, June 30, 1920. The State has no bonded debt.

In 1919 the total assessed valuation of the State as equalised by the State Board of Equalization amounted to 4,426,114,527 dollars.