Editing Michigan Territory (section)

==Territorial population==
{{Historical populations
|type= USA
|1810|4,762
|1820|8,896
|1830|31,639
|footnote=Source: 1810–1830 (includes only [[Michigan]] and [[Wisconsin]])<ref>{{cite report|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|title=Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990|page=4|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116181938/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

These census numbers do not include most [[Native Americans of the United States|Native Americans]], defined in the [[U.S. Constitution]] as "Indians not taxed" (Article I, Sec. 2). Under the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could apply for statehood once it had surpassed 60,000 inhabitants.

The [[1830 United States census]] reported the following population counts for 13 counties in present-day [[List of counties in Michigan|Michigan]] and 3 in [[List of counties in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. The boundaries of counties at that time differed significantly from present-day boundaries. The [[1810 United States census]] was reported in terms of four Civil Districts of a single Wayne County: Michilimackinac, Detroit, Erie, and Huron. The 1810 population shown in the table for Mackinac County is that reported for Michilimackinac Civil District, for Macomb County that reported for Huron Civil District. for Monroe County that reported for Erie Civil District, and for Wayne County that reported for Detroit Civil District.<ref>{{cite report|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|title=Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990|pages=71–73|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116181938/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|title=Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990|pages=183–185|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116181938/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
! 1830<br>Rank
! County
! 1810<br>Population
! 1830<br>Population
|-
|1
|[[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne]]
|2,227
|6,781
|-
|2
|[[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]]
|–
|4,911
|-
|3
|[[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw]]
|–
|4,042
|-
|4
|[[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe]]
|1,340
|3,187
|-
|5
|[[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb]]
|580
|2,413
|-
|6
|[[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]]
|–
|1,587
|-
|7
|[[Lenawee County, Michigan|Lenawee]]
|–
|1,491
|-
|8
|[[Brown County, Wisconsin|Brown]]
|–
|1,356
|-
|9
|[[St. Joseph County, Michigan|St. Joseph]]
|–
|1,313
|-
|10
|[[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair]]
|–
|1,114
|-
|11
|[[Cass County, Michigan|Cass]]
|–
|919
|-
|12
|[[Mackinac County, Michigan|Michilimackinac]]
|615
|877
|-
|13
|[[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford]]
|–
|692
|-
|14
|[[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]
|–
|626
|-
|15
|[[Berrien County, Michigan|Berrien]]
|–
|325
|-
|16
|[[Van Buren County, Michigan|Van Buren]]
|–
|5
|-
|
|Michigan Territory
|4,762
|31,639
|-
|}