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Year
This article covers events from the year 1930 in Michigan .
Office holders
Fred W. Green
State office holders
Mayors of major cities
Federal office holders
Sen.
James Couzens
Population
In the
1930 United States census , Michigan was recorded as having a population of 4,842,325, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1940, Michigan's population had increased by 8.5% to 5,256,106.
Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 20,000 based on 1930 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1920 and 1940 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.
1930 Rank
City
County
1920 Pop.
1930 Pop.
1940 Pop.
Change 1930-40
1
Detroit
Wayne
993,678
1,568,662
1,623,452
3.5%
2
Grand Rapids
Kent
137,634
168,592
164,292
−2.6%
3
Flint
Genesee
91,599
156,492
151,543
−3.2%
4
Saginaw
Saginaw
61,903
80,715
82,794
2.6%
5
Lansing
Ingham
57,327
78,397
78,753
0.5%
6
Pontiac
Oakland
34,273
64,928
66,626
2.6%
7
Hamtramck
Wayne
48,615
56,268
49,839
−11.4%
8
Jackson
Jackson
48,374
55,187
49,656
−10.0%
9
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
48,487
54,786
54,097
−1.3%
10
Highland Park
Wayne
46,499
52,959
50,810
−4.1%
11
Dearborn
Wayne
2,470
50,358
63,589
26.3%
12
Bay City
Bay
47,554
47,355
47,956
1.3%
13
Battle Creek
Calhoun
36,164
45,573
43,453
−4.7%
14
Muskegon
Muskegon
36,570
41,390
47,697
15.2%
15
Port Huron
St. Clair
25,944
31,361
32,759
4.5%
16
Wyandotte
Wayne
13,851
28,368
30,618
7.9%
17
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw
19,516
26,944
29,815
10.7%
18
Royal Oak
Oakland
6,007
22,904
25,087
9.5%
19
Ferndale
Oakland
2,640
20,855
22,523
8.0%
[1]
Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 50,000 based on 1930 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1920 and 1940 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
1930 Rank
County
Largest city
1920 Pop.
1930 Pop.
1940 Pop.
Change 1930-40
1
Wayne
Detroit
1,177,645
1,888,946
2,015,623
6.7%
2
Kent
Grand Rapids
183,041
240,511
246,338
2.4%
3
Genesee
Flint
125,668
211,641
227,944
7.7%
4
Oakland
Pontiac
90,050
211,251
254,068
20.3%
5
Saginaw
Saginaw
100,286
120,717
130,468
8.1%
6
Ingham
Lansing
81,554
116,587
130,616
12.0%
7
Jackson
Jackson
72,539
92,304
93,108
0.9%
8
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
71,225
91,368
100,085
9.5%
9
Calhoun
Battle Creek
72,918
87,043
94,206
8.2%
10
Muskegon
Muskegon
62,362
84,630
94,501
11.7%
11
Berrien
Benton Harbor
62,653
81,066
89,117
9.9%
12
Macomb
Warren
38,103
77,146
107,638
39.5%
13
Bay
Bay City
69,548
69,474
74,981
7.9%
14
St. Clair
Port Huron
58,009
67,563
76,222
12.8%
15
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
49,520
65,530
80,810
23.3%
16
Ottawa
Holland
47,660
54,858
59,660
8.8%
17
Houghton
Houghton
71,930
52,851
47,631
−9.9%
18
Monroe
Monroe
37,115
52,485
58,620
11.7%
19
Lenawee
Adrian
47,767
49,849
53,110
6.5%
[2]
Sports
Charlie Gehringer
Baseball
1930 Michigan football team
Basketball
Ice hockey
Herbie Lewis
Other
Chronology of events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
November 4 - A number of elections occurred, including:
December
Births
Robert Wagner
Grace Lee Whitney
Margaret Brewer
Stephen Smale
January 2 -
Andy McDonald , football player and coach (Northern Arizona 1965-68), in Flint
January 9 -
Charles Kettles , United States Army lieutenant colonel and Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in Vietnam War, in Ypsilanti
January 24 -
Donald E. Stewart , Academy Award winning screenwriter (
Missing ,
The Hunt for Red October ,
Patriot Games ), in Detroit
January 26 -
Thomas Gumbleton , auxiliary bishop of Detroit known for his anti-war protests during Vietnam War and his advocacy on behalf of homosexuals, in Detroit
February 8 -
Bob Carey , football player at Michigan State and in the NFL, in
Charlevoix, Michigan
February 10 -
Robert Wagner , actor (
It Takes a Thief ,
Hart to Hart ), in Detroit
February 26 -
Tom Saidock , football player at Michigan State and in the NFL, in Detroit
February 28 -
Robert John Rose , Roman Catholic Bishop of Gaylord (1981–89) and Grand Rapids (1989–2003), in Grand Rapids
March 9 -
Thomas Schippers , conductor known for his work with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera, in Kalamazoo
March 13 -
Harrison Young , film and television actor (elderly Pvt. Ryan in
Saving Private Ryan ), in Port Huron
March 15 -
Wilma Vaught , first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit and the first woman to reach the rank of brigadier general, in Pontiac
March 26 -
Franklin H. Westervelt , pioneer in the use computers in engineering education, in
Benton Harbor, Michigan
March 28 -
Robert Ashley , composer best known for his operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporated electronics and
extended techniques , in Ann Arbor
April 1 -
Grace Lee Whitney , actress (yeoman
Janice Rand on
Star Trek ), in Ann Arbor
May 31 -
Gary Brandner , horror fiction writer (
The Howling trilogy of novels), in
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
July 1 -
Margaret A. Brewer , first female in the United States Marine Corps to reach the rank of general officer, in
Durand, Michigan
July 8 -
Earl Van Dyke , main keyboardist for Motown's in-house
Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s, in Detroit
July 15 -
Stephen Smale , mathematician specializing in dynamical systems and mathematical economics who was awarded the
Fields Medal in 1966, in Flint
October 4 -
James Callahan , film and television actor from 1959 to 2006 (
Charles in Charge and
M*A*S*H :
Sometimes You Hear the Bullet ), in Grand Rapids
October 10 -
Ray Truant , played on two Grey Cup championship teams in the Canadian Football League, in Detroit
October 19 -
Joe Koppe ,
Major League Baseball shortstop from 1958 to 1965, in Detroit
November 25 -
Clarke Scholes , winner of gold medal in 100-meter freestyle swimming at 1952 Summer Olympics, in Detroit
Deaths
Harry Burns Hutchins
Herbert Henry Dow
January 25 -
Harry Burns Hutchins , President of the University of Michigan (1909–1920), at age 83 in Ann Arbor
[19]
February 14 -
Salvatore Catalanotte , an Italian-American mobster and boss of Detroit's
Unione Siciliana from 1920 to 1930, in Detroit
March 21 -
Claude H. Van Tyne , University of Michigan history professor who won Pulitzer Prize for
The War of Independence , at age 60 in Ann Arbor
[20]
April 5 -
Samuel Halpert , painter and head the painting department at the School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, in Detroit
[21]
April 14 -
Frank Kitson , Major League Baseball pitcher (1898-1907), at age 61 at his farm outside of
Allegan, Michigan
[22]
April 23 -
Larry Twitchell , Major League Baseball pitcher, compiled an 11-1 record for the National League champion Detroit Wolverines in 1887 while batting .333, at age 68 in Cleveland
[23]
May 26 -
David D. Aitken , U.S. Congressman (1893-1897) and Mayor of Flint (1904-1905), at age 76 in Flint
[24]
May 31 -
Gaspar Milazzo , aka Gaspari Lombardo, a major organized-crime figure in Detroit during the Prohibition era, in a barrage of shotgun blasts at the Vernor Highway Fish Market in Detroit
[25]
October 15 -
Herbert Henry Dow , inventor of chemical processes, compounds, and products, and founder of Dow Chemical, at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minnesota
[26]
October 24 -
Joseph Boyer , businessman who moved the Burroughs Adding Machine Company from St. Louis to Detroit, in Detroit
[27]
December 8 -
Julius Rolshoven , painter and Detroit native, at age 72 at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City
[28]
December 20 -
Gerrit J. Diekema , U.S. Congressman (1885-1891), at age 71 at The Hague, Netherlands
[29]
Full date unknown -
Charles H. Manly ,
American Civil War veteran, member of the
Michigan House of Representatives (1887–1888), Mayor of Ann Arbor (1890–1891), hit by train around age 86-87 in Jackson
[30]
See also
References
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Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Volume 1 Population . U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1930. pp. 512–514.
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Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Volume 1 Population . U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1930. pp. 515–516.
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"1930 Detroit Tigers Statistics" . Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
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"2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF) . University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 68. Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
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"1930 Football Team" . Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
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"1930 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
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"1930 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
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"1929-30 Western Michigan Broncos Roster and Stats" . SR/CBB . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
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"1929-30 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats" . SR/CBB . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
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"1929-30 Michigan Wolverines Roster and Stats" . SR/CBB . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
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"1930-31 Detroit Mercy Titans Roster and Stats" . SR/CBB . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
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"1929-30 Detroit Cougars Roster and Statistics" . Hockey-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
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"Michigan Team History" . College Hockey News. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
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"Michigan Tech Team History" . College Hockey News. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
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"Michigan Tech Team History" . College Hockey News. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
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"Gar Wood Wins, Holds Race Prize" . Detroit Free Press . September 2, 1930. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1930" (PDF) . Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
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"Our Campaigns - MI Governor - Nov 04, 1930" . Our Campaigns . Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
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"Dr. Hutchins, U. of M., Is Dead" . Detroit Free Press . January 26, 1930. pp. 1, 10 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Two on U. of M. Faculty Dead: Dr. Van Tyne, Internationally Known Historian, Succumbs to Long Illness" . Detroit Free Press . March 22, 1930. pp. 1, 2 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Detroit Artist's Rites in New York" . Detroit Free Press . April 8, 1930. p. 10 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Frank Kitson, Old Diamond Star, Dies" . Detroit Free Press . April 15, 1930. p. 19 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Larry Twitchell Dies" . Allentown Morning Call . April 24, 1930. p. 24 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"David Aitken Is Dead at 76" . Detroit Free Press . May 27, 1930. p. 12 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Two Detroit Feudists Slain; Suspects Held" . Detroit Free Press . June 1, 1930. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Death Claims Noted Chemist: Dr. Herbert H. Dow of Midland Passes Away at Rochester Clinic" . Detroit Free Press . October 16, 1930. pp. 1, 4 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Illness Is Fatal to Joseph Boyer: Chairman of Board of Burroughs Victim of Pneumonia" . Detroit Free Press . October 25, 1930. pp. 1, 2 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Julius Rolshoven Dies In New York Hospital: World Famous Artist, Native of Detroit, Is Followed in Death by Mother" . Detroit Free Press . December 8, 1930. pp. 1, 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Gerritt Diekema, U. S. Diplomat, Dies In Holland" . Battle Creek Enquirer . December 21, 1930. pp. 1, 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Malony to Manly" .
Political Graveyard . Retrieved May 13, 2020 .