Year
Events from the year 1928 in Michigan .
Office holders
Gov. Fred Green
State office holders
Mayors of major cities
Federal office holders
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.
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
City
County
1910 Pop.
1920 Pop.
1930 Pop.
Change 1920-30
1
Detroit Wayne 465,766
993,678
1,568,662
57.9%
2
Grand Rapids Kent 112,571
137,634
168,592
22.5%
3
Flint Genesee 38,550
91,599
156,492
70.8%
4
Saginaw Saginaw 50,510
61,903
80,715
30.4%
5
Lansing Ingham 31,229
57,327
78,397
36.8%
6
Hamtramck Wayne
3,559
48,615
56,268
15.7%
7
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 39,437
48,487
54,786
13.0%
8
Jackson Jackson 31,433
48,374
55,187
14.1%
9
Bay City Bay 45,166
47,554
47,355
−0.4%
10
Highland Park Wayne
4,120
46,499
52,959
13.9%
11
Muskegon Muskegon 24,062
36,570
41,390
15.2%
12
Battle Creek Calhoun 25,267
36,164
45,573
26.0%
13
Pontiac Oakland
14,532
34,273
64,928
89.4%
14
Port Huron St. Clair 18,863
25,944
31,361
20.9%
15
Ann Arbor Washtenaw 14,817
19,516
26,944
38.1%
16
Ironwood Gogebic 12,821
15,739
14,299
−9.1%
[ 1]
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
City
County
1910 Pop.
1920 Pop.
1930 Pop.
Change 1920-30
Warren Macomb
2,346
6,780
24,024
254.3%
Royal Oak Oakland
1,071
6,007
22,904
281.3%
Ferndale Oakland
--
2,640
20,855
690.0%
Dearborn Wayne
911
2,470
50,358
1,938.8%
[ 1]
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
County
Largest city
1910 Pop.
1920 Pop.
1930 Pop.
Change 1920-30
1
Wayne Detroit 531,591
1,177,645
1,888,946
60.4%
2
Kent Grand Rapids 159,145
183,041
240,511
31.4%
3
Genesee Flint 64,555
125,668
211,641
68.4%
4
Saginaw Saginaw 89,290
100,286
120,717
20.4%
5
Oakland Pontiac 49,576
90,050
211,251
134.6%
6
Ingham Lansing 53,310
81,554
116,587
43.0%
7
Calhoun Battle Creek 56,638
72,918
87,043
19.4%
8
Houghton Houghton 88,098
71,930
52,851
-26.5%
9
Jackson Jackson 53,426
72,539
92,304
27.2%
10
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 60,327
71,225
91,368
28.3%
11
Bay Bay City 68,238
69,548
69,474
-0.1%
12
Berrien Niles 53,622
62,653
81,066
29.4%
13
Muskegon Muskegon 40,577
62,362
84,630
35.7%
14
St. Clair Port Huron 52,341
58,009
67,563
16.5%
15
Washtenaw Ann Arbor 44,714
49,520
65,530
32.3%
16
Lenawee Adrian 47,907
47,767
49,849
4.4%
17
Ottawa Holland 45,301
47,660
54,858
15.1%
18
Marquette Marquette 46,739
45,786
44,076
−3.7%
[ 2]
Sports
Baseball
1928 Detroit Wolverines - Under head coach LeRoy Andrews , the Wolverines compiled a 7–2–1 record during the 1928 NFL season . Benny Friedman led the team in scoring with 55 points scored.[ 4] 1928 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach Gus Dorais , the Titans compiled a 9–0 record, shut out seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined 267 to 27. The Titans defeated Michigan State by a 39 to 0 score.[ 5] 1928 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team - Under head coach Elton Rynearson , the Normalites compiled a record of 7–1, won the Michigan Collegiate Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 233 to 43.1928 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach Earl Martineau , the Hilltoppers compiled a 5–2 record and outscored their opponents, 119 to 32.1928 Central State Bearcats football team - Under head coach Wallace Parker , the Bearcats compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 126 to 73.1928 Michigan football team
Basketball
Ice hockey
Chronology of events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
November 6 - A number of elections occurred, including:
November 30 - 14 customs inspectors were arrested in Detroit accused of graft in connection with allowing the flow of rum from Canada.[ 13] [ 14]
December
Births
March 15 - Paul Carey , sportcaster and play-by-play announcer for Detroit Tigers (1973-1991), in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
May 26 - Jack Kevorkian , pathologist and euthanasia proponent known as "Dr. Death", in Pontiac, Michigan
June 16 - Jerome Cavanagh , Mayor of Detroit (1962-1970), in Detroit
September 4 - Dick York , actor (Darrin Stephens on Bewitched
October 1 - George Peppard , actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's The A-Team
November 12 - Bill Muncey , hydroplane racer who won 62 races, in Detroit
November 15 - James H. Brickley , 62nd Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, in Flint[ 15]
Deaths
February 1 - Hughie Jennings , manager of Detroit Tigers (1907-1929), at age 58 in Scranton, Pennsylvania
March 23 - Woodbridge N. Ferris , Governor of Michigan (1913–1916) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1928), died in office at age 75 in Washington, D.C. [ 16]
March 31 - Washington Gardner , U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1899–1911), at age 83 in Albion, Michigan [ 17]
July 18 - Ed Killian , pitcher for Detroit Tigers (1904-1910) with career ERA of 2.38, at age 51 in Racine, Wisconsin
September 21 - Frederick C. Martindale , former Michigan Secretary of State, at 62 via suicide
See also
References
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