An Increase Of Population

Washington Gardner, secretary of state, has sent out reporta of the census of Michigan for June, 1894. The report occupies a phamphlet of thirty-seven pages and contains many facts and comparisons of an interesting nature. Mr. Gardner introduces hi.s report with a few pages concerning the present total popnlation' as native and foreign boni, and compares tliis statement with the census of preceding years. Seven tables in the census show many facts concerning the relations of the native and foreign bom elements of our population. The total population of the state is 2,241,454, an inerease of 147,505, or 7.04 per cent, since June 1, 1884. This is an inerease of over one hundred thousand over the gain of the preceding decade. Tliere are twenty counties in the state with less population than in 1890, and sixteen with less than in 1884. There are at present seventy incorporated cities in the state, the total population of which is 821,032, or 37 per cent. of the total population of the state. This is an inerease of nine incorporated cities over the census of 1890. The percentage of population in the cities has increased three per cent. smee 1890 and ten per cent. since 1884. The sixty-one cities of 1890 show an increase of 84,801. Since 1884 the rate of inerease of population in the forty-niue cities luis been about four times the rate of increase in the balance of the state. The present immber of native inliabitants of the state is 1,670,797, and of foreign born 570,657. This shows a decrease in the population of the foreign born element to the extent of one-half of one per cent. since 1890, andof something over one percent, since 1884. This relates of course only to the proportion of the entire population of the state. There bas been an increase of nearly five per cent. in the foreign born element since 1890. In the meantime the native population bas gained about eight per cent. over the number in 1890. Of the total population of the cities of the state, 67. 1G per cent. are native and 32.84 per cent. are foreign born. This is a decrease of the foreign born element of about two per cent. since 1890. In the meantime the native population bas increased about one and onehalf per cent. The popnlation of the upper península is 207,489, 9.20 per cent. of the population of the state. Of this number, 111,050 are native, and 40.48 per cent. are foreign born. Washtenaw countv stands tenth in number of inhabitants, having a total population of 43,491, a gain ofl,797since 1884, andof 1,281 since 1890. The native" population of the uounty i.s :!."), 717 with 7,774 of foreign birth. This is a decrease of the foreign born element of Ü14 sinee 1SS4. Arih Arbor is credited with 11,069 people, of whom 8,640 are nativea and 2, 42!) are foreign born. Thus the city has lost since 1S90 nearly one per cent. of its foreign born population, white the native population has increased nearly one per cent.