Michigan
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | 3,945 | 0 | ||||||
| 1900 | 7,790 | 7788 | 2 | |||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 14,346 | 6 | ||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||
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| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 30,745 | 324 | 7,783 | |||||
| 2000 | 35,048 | 888 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Holland was founded by Dutch people in the mid-1800’s and remained at least 90% Dutch for a century. The city recently released a fair housing report showing that African Americans were discriminated against in housing in the city.
“I’ve heard stories that you could be arrested DWB [driving while black] in the ’30s-’50s, though I have no first hand accounts of that. The first blacks residents I see pictures of in Holland were semi pro basketball players in 1955.”
-posted to the web 2005