The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-12-15
Prom the Chicago Times.
The Ceuslis of IlIinais.

We publish to-day the official returns Of
the census of the State of Illinois, with the
exception Of six counties, viz: Bureau,
Grundy, Jackson, Lee, Macoupin and Ran
dolph. The total population Of the other
nnety-four counties is 1880, 59G against a
population in the same counties in 1850, of
sO5,0ls. Showing that in these nincty-iour
counties there has been an increase of 1875
57S in five years.
We have taken the pains TO include in
our table the amount of increase in each
county, and the rate per cent Of increase in
each county. We think our table will prove
most interesting. The per ceutage of in.
crease is given in all cases accurately, cx.
cept in cases Of fraction Of one per cent,
and to avoid the use Of dccinals, we have
Appropriated the fractional parts of one per
cent. Otherwise the calculations will we
think provo accurate.
THE RANK OF COUNTIES.
Cook county, with its mammoth popula.
ton OF 1913, $50 stands at the head OF the
roll; La Sale county is second Adams
third; Madison fourth; Peoria fifth; St.
Clair sixth; Fulton seventh Kane eighth !;
Sangamon ninth; Win tenth 10 Davies
eleventh; Pike twelfth; Knox thirteenth :;
Hancock fourteenth and Winnebago ff.
tecnth. These are oil the counties which
have over twenty thousand and Cook, La
Sale, Adams, and Madison have each over
thirty thousand. win county has popu.
lation of 24,4GS, but since 1850, large
portion Of that county has been taken to
form the new county of Kankakee. We
have added to our table calculation show.
ing what she would have been had not this
change in her limits been made.
INCREASE IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES.
Here too Cook county takes the lead
Her increase since 1850 has been over sixty
thousand. La Sale is second Peoria third
and Madison fourth these have an increase
Of over 10000.
FRofoEIiOSATE INCREASE.
Here Cook county loses her lanrels, and
little Livingston with her increase Of over
1856 per cent, takes the lead II is true her
entire present population, is not equal TO
that OF any one Of the wards in this city.
yet she is still entitled TO the glory Of having.
IN the last five years, made a greater pro.
portionate increase than any other county.
Those who come after her, do so in the fol.
lowing order: Whitesidcs, Champaign, Hen.
~, Cook, Rock Island, Jasper, and Macon.
All these counties have had an increase of
over 100 per cent.
AVERAGE pm CENT OF INCREASE
The entire population in 1865 in these
counties, is, As we have stated, 1906
against sOj,0lS, in 1850, showing an i..
crease Of 425, j7S or 4 fraction over llty.two
and ,hrec-four,hs per cent.
The following named counties have had
respectively 81 Increase less than 100 per
cent and above the average Of the whole
State:
Christian, La Sale, Mclean, Marshall
Piatt, Woodford, Mercer, De kalk, Whine.
bago, Pope, Knox, Peoria, Richland, De
Witt, Coles, McDonough, johnson, Carrot,
STARK, Stephenson, Clay, Cumberland, Ogle,
Eiiingham, Logan, lroquois, Kane, Madison,
and Henderson.
The others fall below the average.
Scott county has only increased her popu-
ls,lon in the five years by % PERSONS
Though We wish 10 make no mputatons
upon the census taken in that county, yet
We cannot help thinking there is some mis-
take The next lowest i. Greene, which
has an increase Of 6G3, or q little over five
per cent. Pulaski has an increase Of but
1877, or less than nine per cent Calhoun
increases only j31, over 10 per cent.
The TOTALS.
The counties which have not yet made
their returns had in 1850 a population of
49, ij2, to which if we add the average in
crease OF the rest Of the State will give them
present population Of 90, g54, making a
grand total, as the population Of Illinois on
the Both June, lsjj, Of 1901 $50, against
population in 1850 of S5l, 40, or an in
crease Of 40, $50 in five years.