Template:Population of Michigan cities and counties (1890 Census)

In the 1890 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 2,093,890, ranking as the ninth most populous state in the country. By 1900, Michigan's population had increased by 15.6% to 2,420,982.

Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 7,500 based on 1890 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1880 and 1900 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. In recent decades, all of the state's most populous cities lie in the southern half of the lower peninsula. In 1890, owing largely to an economy based on extraction of natural resources, six of the state's largest cities were located north of 44° latitude; in the chart below, these cities are shaded in aqua.

1890 Rank	City	County	1880 Pop.	1890 Pop.	1900 Pop.	Change 1890-1900
1	Detroit	Wayne	116,340	205,876	285,704	38.8%
2	Grand Rapids	Kent	32,016	60,278	87,565	45.3%
3	Saginaw	Saginaw	10,525	46,322	42,345	−8.6%
4	Bay City	Bay	20,693	27,839	27,628	−0.8%
5	Muskegon	Muskegon	11,262	22,702	20,818	−8.3%
6	Jackson	Jackson	16,105	20,798	25,180	21.1%
7	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	11,937	17,853	24,404	36.7%
8	Port Huron	St. Clair	8,883	13,543	19,158	41.5%
9	Battle Creek	Calhoun	7,063	13,197	18,563	40.7%
10	Lansing	Ingham	8,319	13,102	16,485	25.8%
11	Manistee	Manistee	6,930	12,812	14,260	11.3%
12	Alpena	Alpena	6,153	11,283	11,802	4.6%
13	Menominee	Menominee	3,288	10,630	12,818	20.6%
14	Flint	Genesee	8,409	9,803	13,103	33.7%
15	Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	8,061	9,431	14,509	53.8%
16	Marquette	Marquette	4,690	9,098	10,058	10.6%
17	Adrian	Lenawee	7,849	8,756	9,654	10.3%
18	Iron Mountain	Dickinson	--	8,599	9,242	7.5%
19	Ironwood	Gogebic	--	7,745	9,705	25.3%

Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 35,000 based on 1890 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1880 and 1900 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1890 Rank	County	Largest city	1880 Pop.	1890 Pop.	1900 Pop.	Change 1890-1900
1	Wayne	Detroit	168,444	257,114	348,793	35.7%
2	Kent	Grand Rapids	73,253	109,922	129,714	18.0%
3	Saginaw	Saginaw	59,095	82,273	81,222	−1.3%
4	Bay	Bay City	38,081	56,412	62,378	10.6%
5	St. Clair	Port Huron	46,197	52,105	55,228	6.0%
6	Lenawee	Adrian	48,343	48,448	48,406	−0.1%
7	Jackson	Jackson	42,031	45,031	48,222	7.1%
8	Calhoun	Battle Creek	38,452	43,501	49,315	13.4%
9	Washtenaw	Ann Arbor	41,848	42,210	47,761	13.2%
10	Berrien	Niles	36,785	41,285	49,165	19.1%
11	Oakland	Pontiac	41,537	41,245	44,792	8.6%
12	Muskegon	Muskegon	26,586	40,013	37,036	−7.4%
13	Marquette	Marquette	25,394	39,521	41,239	4.3%
14	Genesee	Flint	39,220	39,430	41,804	6.0%
15	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	34,342	39,273	44,310	12.8%
16	Allegan	Holland	37,815	38,961	38,812	−0.4%
17	Ingham	Lansing	33,676	37,666	39,818	5.7%
18	Houghton	Houghton	22,473	35,389	66,063	86.7%