Of the 415 incorporated places in the State, June 1, 1904, there are 87 cities with an aggregate population of 1,036,249, and 328 villages containing 293,717 inhabitants. The combined population, 1,329,966 persons, constituting over one-half, or 52.5 per cent, of the entire popula tion of the State; while the cities enumerated contain 41 per cent. TALBE VI.-Number and population of incorporated places, classified by size. The population of the incorporated cities at the various census periods together with the increase in number and per cent of total population is shown by Table VII. TABLE VII.—Number, population and per cent of total population of incorporated cities, 1864-1904. The ten large cities of the State, viz., Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Bay City, Jackson, Battle Creek, Muskegon, Lansing and Port Huron, having 20,000 inhabitants or more, in all an aggregate of 626,059 persons, represent 60.4 per cent of the total city population. Of these cities, Detroit in point of population, is the premier city of the State, a position which it has uniformly held. It furthermore represents, with Cleveland, Buffalo, San Francisco, Cincinnati and Pittsburg, one of the six large cities of the United States having a population of between 300,000 and 400,000 each. Grand Rapids and Saginaw, the next largest cities in the State, have not changed their rank in 1904 as compared with 1900. Bay City, the fourth in population in 1900, was passed by Kalamazoo in 1904; while Jackson occupies the sixth place. Battle Creek, which, in 1894, held the tenth place, shows a material increase, taking precedence over Muskegon. Muskegon, Lansing and Port Huron, in point of population, fol low in order named. The most notable increase in population which has taken place in 1904 as compared with 1900 may be found in Lansing, which shows the greatest per cent of increase of any of the ten large cities. In Table VIII is given an alphabetical list of the incorporated cities and villages of the State. (a) Owing to the time of year fixed by statute for taking the census, only part of the non-resident student population of Ann Arbor is included. 12,997 5,425 TABLE VIII.-CONCLUDED.-Population of incorpor ted villages. There are in the State, June 1, 1904, 87 cities with a population of 1,036,249, which is 41 per cent of the total population of the State. At this same date there are 328 incorporated villages, the total population of which is 293,717, or 12 per cent, of the total population of the State. The remainder of the inhabitants of the State, numbering 1,200,050, are classified as "rural." There is included in this class, however, all the inhabitants of unincorporated villages, so that the strictly rural population is somewhat less than the 47 per cent, as shown by the classification adopted. From the following table it will be seen that the population of villages has made nearly an average growth during the past ten years, the population having increased from 11 to 12 per cent. There has been a considerable increase in the population of cities and a corresponding decrease in the rural population during the past decade. K |