NUMBER OF INHABITANTS 28-5 

Table 3.-FOPULATION IN GROUPS OF PLACES ACCORDING TO SIZE: 1900 TO 1950-Con. 

Subject nud class of place 

PERCENT 01' TOTAL POPUJ,ATJON 

Urbnu territory ______________________________ ------ ____ ---------- __ ----------------- __ 

i:iaces om,~~3 to fiO,OllO ------------- __ ----- ___ ----------· -------------------------------- aces o , to 25,000 __________ ----------------------------- -------------- 1;1ac~s o~ 5,ogo to 10,000 ________________________________________ ::~~::: :: ___________________ _ aces o 2,5 0 to 5,000 _____________________ ----- _______________ ----------------- ____________ _ 

1950 

New urban Old urban 

definition doflnition 

57.2 52.5 

20. 3 20. 3 15.4 15.4 8.5 8. 5 13, l 8. 3 

»• rn• "" mo J ,,. 

I 

39.3 37.8 19.7_ ~---Jr.,31---- 17.0 

-------iii:ii- -------2iff -------j5:5- -------ii:(:::::::::::: 

Rnrnl territory _________________________________________________ ------_________________ 42. 8 

~:~ 1U --------4:2- --------:ff -------i7:1i 

60. 7 62,2 80,3 83, 7 83,0 47.5 ----1 

~!~~~~~ m:'.!m.~ t~;~~====~===: ~ ~ ~:::::: :: : :: : : ::: : ::: : :: : : ::: : ::: : :::: :: : : :: : : :: : ::: ::: ::: : : ~~: ~ 5.1 

I. 2 41.1 

7.4 8.4 2. 4 2.-1 50. 9 51.4 

-----~~ 

18. 0 s.s l"i.O 1.fi 2. fl 0. 7 60.8 75. 5 77. a Cumulntlve summnry: 

rn~~~gn~~~r g:f~i~~~~:~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~~ ~ = ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~=~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ 20. 3 35, 7 44. 2 57. 2 

Table 4.-POPULATION OF CITIES OF 10,000 OR MORE FROM EARLIEST CENSUS TO 1950 

City mid census yrtu 

I.ns Vcgns: 

11150. ___ - - - - - - -- - --- - -- ----- ---- - - --- --- ---- - - - Ul·IQ. ____________________ --- ______ ------- _____ _ 

1030 _____ -- - - - - - - - - - --------- --- - - --- ------- - --

1020 ___ - --~- - -- - - --- ------------ - - ---- ---------

Incroase over preceding census Population l-----~----11 

24, fl24 8,422 

5, 105 2, 304 

Number Percent 

10, 202 192. 4 . 3, 257 63.1 2, 8lll 124, 2 

City and CNlsus year 

lnerea .. i.:e on•r prel'ctling census Population ---------

Kuml1er 

-1----1------------

Reno: 

1950 __ --_: __ ---- ---- ------ ----- --- ------ -- --- -- 1940 __________________________________________ _ 1930 __________________________________________ _ 1020 __________________________________________ _ 1910 ___________________________________________ _ 1900 __________________________________________ _ 1890 __________________________________________ _ 

1880 _______ ------- ------------------------ -----

1870 .. --------------- - ------- ------- --------- - -

32,4()7 

21, ali 18, 52<J 12,0IG 

10,867 

4,500 

3, .~fi3 

I, 302 

1, 035 

11, 18\l 1i2. 4 2, 7bS lfl. 0 o, 01:i rH. 2 

~· !4~ Ill. G u,.lh1 111..> 9:17 21i. 3 2, 2f\l li:l 7 2G7 2S.g 

Table 5.-AREA AND POPULATION OF COUNTIES, URBAN AND RURAL: 1930 TO 1950 

[Flgmcs in italics shown only fol' the county where change in definition aiiccts urban and rnral classification. Minus sign (-) denotes clecrcas•~l 

Total population Urban 11opulation Rural popul:Ltion Percent urhan 

County 

Map 

rofon•nco 

(suo 

p. 28-3) 

Land 

m·ca in 

sriuaro 

m.Ilcs, 

1950 

1940 1930 

Porcont increase 

1940 

to 

1950 

1930 

to 

1940 

1950 1940 Perc(lnt 

increase 1950 Percent T _:_ incre: -=~1-"'_"_ 1950 'l'otal Por 

square 

1nilu 

-------1----------------------------------------- 'flm Stale __________ -------- 109,789 160,083 1.5 110,247 91,058 45.2 21. l 91,625 --------- - 68,458 ---------- -----·----

Ol<!urbandefini- . . ________ 84 079 48,2.91 n.~.2 76,0EJ4 66,!J.;6 I.Li 

57.2 

52.,i t1on _____________ =:.:=. .::.::_:~ :.::.=::.:.: ::_:_:_~ ~ ~ ~~-~-=-=--- --' -- ~--·-- -~---- --, -- -·-~~ ---~g 

f'l I 11 C' 2 4 907 o 161 l 3 5 317 5 075 15.9 4.8 ---------- -------- --------- b,lfol '"'ll 1 J.. 74.r; __ ('·llllfkCll -------------- F,-4 7'927 48,28)" 6"1 · 10'414 s'532 194.2 92.4 :in,045 ---,----- -------·- 12,24-l ----1-.-9-_n-2· ----1-!.·,·_-fi·,- r.r,r) I j/ 'I . nr -------------:1-.---- i- ' ' u • ' ' -- -------- 28,499 8,.~22 Q,18.4 JFJ,79'~ ''.. .• ,).,, ' ·' Old 1trbaii definilwn.- -------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------0- ----i-84ii- --::::i-3 11 7 2,02t1 2,U:itl -1.:1 ------ --1-------: Pf~~g1as----------:---- ~-~ i1 mi 1i·~~~ . 5-~ i6:8f2 o:goo n:s o:o ----r,;3!ia- --·4;01i·1- -----3i:7- ti,~~l ~·m -n~·?, -------1-·;~:1 __ \ ________ a_i_. __ ' __ • , ------------------ - ' 

0

614 0'2 1 55<1 I 077 ~60 5 44 3 ----- --------- ---------- •" · J~smcrnldfl_____________ E-3 3, 570 · · • ' · · -',l'. ,, 

1, :JIH , " 4,7·rn -ti~.{\ 5S.H -------- 1, ;.1:; n.o 4, J:JO -7. I 4,0ifi -u. i 

0. 2 1, 301 1, 333 -34.2 2. I ---- --------- ---------- son Eureka ______ ---------- B-4 4, 182 896 Hnmbol<lt _____________ l, gg] A-2 0, 702 4,838 o. 5 4, 743 3, 705 2.0 2/i. 0 ----2: 817 --------- -------··-- 1,850 Lander ____ ·-_ --------- B-4 5, 621 1, 850 0. 3 1, 745 1, 714 6. 0 1.8 ------- --------- ---------- Lincoln :J, H37 _________ ----"-- D-5 10, 649 3, 837 0.4 4, 130 3, 601 -7.1 14, 7 ---------- ----- ---- ---------- :~. 679 Lyon _____ ---------·--- D-2 2, 012 3, 079 1.8 4, 076 3, 810 -9. 7 7. 0 --- --------- ---------· 

5, 560 I. 5 2, 342 I, 803 137. 4 25. 7 ---------- --------- 5,fitiO lllinernL _________ ------ D-2 3, 734 :l, IOI !\yo ___ ---- - ---- - - ----- D-3 18, 064 3, IOI o. 2 3, 606 3, 989 -14.0 -0.6 ----

3,i182" --------- --·----·-- Ormsby _______________ 1, IJUO D-1 141 4, 172 20. 6 3, 200 2, 221 30. 0 44. 5 --------· -----·----- 3, 103 Pershing ___ ----------- B-2 5, 993 3, 103 0. 5 2, 713 2, 052 14. 4 2. 3 --- -------- -44.8 82. 3 f.71 

~~i~~;;:::::::::::: :::: C-1 262 671 2. 6 1, 216 667 ---------- --2r.;ii3.5 52.R u, 505 54. 6 19. 6 40, 700 A-1 6, 281 50, 205 8. 0 32, 471) 27, 158 White Pino _____________ -23.0 5. 1 3, 558 ~. 140 -H.I 5, Sfill C-4 8, 893 9,424 1.1 12, 377 ,11, 771