Events from the year 1920 in Michigan .
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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.
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1920 Rank
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%
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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.
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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%
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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.
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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%
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Ernie Vick
1920 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Fielding H. Yost , the Wolverines compiled a 5–2 record. Center Ernie Vick was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player.[6]
1920 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach Potsy Clark , the Aggies compiled a 4–6 record and outscored their opponents 270 to 166, including a 109 to 0 victory over Olivet College on October 30, 1920.[7]
1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Elton Rynearson , the Normalites compiled a record of 6–2 and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 132 to 86.[8]
1920 Detroit Titans football team – The Titans shut out six of ten opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 279 to 32, and finished with an 8–2 record under head coach James F. Duffy .[9]
1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Joe Simmons , the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 41.[10]
1920 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach William H. Spaulding , the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 131 to 119.[11]
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November 27 - The Durant Building in Detroit, later renamed the General Motors Building and eventually Cadillac Place , was opened for business as the new headquarters for General Motors.[15]
January 15 - Steve Gromek , Major League Baseball pitcher (1941–1957), in Hamtramck, Michigan
January 22 - Margaret Hillert , author of more than 80 children's books, including the Dear Dragon series, in Saginaw, Michigan
February 8 - Bob Bemer , computer scientist known for his work on the specifications for COBOL and the ASCII character codeset, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
February 18 - Eddie Slovik , U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II, in Detroit
February 23 - Hall Overton , composer, jazz pianist and music teacher, in Bangor, Michigan
April 9 - Art Van Damme , jazz accordionist, in Norway, Michigan
April 22 - Alfred Burt , jazz musician who composed music for 15 Christmas carols, in Marquette, Michigan
April 29 - David M. Nelson , football coach and Secretary-Editor of the NCAA Football Rules Committee for 29 years who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, in Detroit
May 31 - Francis P. Hammerberg , U.S. Navy diver who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers, in Daggett, Michigan
July 13 - Don Ralke , prolific music arranger and composer for film and television and producer of the "Golden Throats " recordings, in Battle Creek, Michigan
July 20 - Dominic Jacobetti , longest serving Michigan state legislator, served in state house from 1955 to 1994, in Negaunee, Michigan [16]
July 30 - Marie Tharp , geologist and oceanographic cartographer who discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which led to acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift, in Ypsilanti, Michigan
August 19 - Ralph Story , television and radio personality best known as the host of The $64,000 Challenge , in Kalamazoo, Michigan
September 1 - Charline White , first African-American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature, in Atlanta, Georgia [17]
September 13 - Charles Smith , actor (The Shop Around the Corner , The Major and the Minor ) in Flint, Michigan
October 11 - James Aloysius Hickey , Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (1980-2000), in Midland, Michigan
October 21 - Ruth Terry , singer and actress, in Benton Harbor, Michigan
November 12 - Richard Quine , stage, film and radio actor, and television director, in Detroit
January 14 - John Francis Dodge , automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, at age 55 in New York City[18]
January 21 - Ferris S. Fitch Jr. , Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction (1891–1892), at age 66 in Detroit[19] [20]
February 4 - Ed Siever , Major League Baseball pitcher (1901-1908) and AL ERA leader (1902), at age 44 in Detroit
April 2 - Matty McIntyre , Major League Baseball outfielder (1901-1912) led AL in runs scored (1908), at age 39 in Detroit
July 21 - Otto Kirchner , Michigan Attorney General (1877–1880), at age 74 in Detroit[21]
December 10 - Horace Elgin Dodge , automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, in Palm Beach, Florida
December 14 - George Gipp , Notre Dame football player and native of Laurium, Michigan , in South Bend, Indiana
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