The daily gazette., 1878-01-03
INTERESTING sTATIsTICsO OF PoPU
LATION
From the Balti more Sun.

From the Balti imore Sun.
In New York the total population of the
State in 1870 was 2. .42s 9fi, and, in 1870, A.
382, ,l69. The increase, tn erefore, for that
period was ,96l 1885, In 1870 the city popu-
lation of the State OF New York (estimat-
Ing only the cities having more than TO-
600 inhabiIants) was 463, 100, and In 1870
1851 The increase OF the population OF
that State during the thirty years under
notice was consequently 1852, 900. The
total increase OF the State being, as we
have shown above, 1883 ,S3S, II Is evident
that the city population absorbed nearly
the whole OF 1t.
The population of the State oil Pennsyl-
vania I'm ls40 was 1,724, ,033, and in lS703,-
o21 y95i, an Increase OF 1,797, ,9iS. The pop
| latlon, therefore; more than doubled itself
| in thirty years, whilst that Of New York
| fell short OF attaining the same result by
475, i2s. In lS4e the city population of
Pennsylvania of 10, 900 and upwards was
289 ,241, and In 1870 f,O4l ,iO7, an increase of
75i, ,866 as against 1871 ,9l8 OF the total in
crease Of population In The State. The diff
l ference between New York and Pennsyl-
vania in this respect up to 1870 was that
the increase OF population in the former
State was drawn to its cities, and princi-
paiiy TO New York city and its suburb OF
Brooklyn, whilst more than half the in
crease OF population in Pennsylvania
clustered about the great iron works and
manufacturing centres scattered through
out the State. Since 1870, however, the
growth of the Interior cities has been more
rapid, and the next census Will probably
| show a much larger relative increase oi
population in these cities during the de-
| csde which closes in 1880 than In the three
decades that preceded IT,
Turning now to Maryland, we ind a re-
markable steadiness In the rate Of increase
since 1910. In the latter year the census
put the total population OF the State at
400 8; in 1850 at 5S3 ,034 in 1860 at 957 ,094;
in 1870 at 7sO ,Sa4. The total increase ol
population from 1910 TO 1870 was $40 ,SS9, OF
4 ...lI frsn nRh n 10
cade Taking the population OF the city OF
Baltimore for the same period we and that
In 1910 1t was computed TO be 102513; In
1850 169, ,054; in 1860 12,4S4 in 1870 ,267 354
The total increase of the population OF
Baltimore between 1910 and 1870 tand
/ MARYLAND had no other city having more
more than 10 600 inhabitantsl was ih4 81
or an average increase for each decade. AS
the total increase In the State for the same
period was $40, $50, 1t is plain that OF this
Increase, ASH, or nearly 80 per cent
was absorbed by the city of Baltimore, and
the remainder (l56, 6,04s) by the counties and
towns. Assuming the census returns to
be correct, we gather from them that for
the past thirty years the population OF the
state of Maryland has been increasing at
the rate of 10000 per year, or 100, 900 each
decade and that of this increase 300 was
added TO Baltimore each year, or 10000
each decade.
Al this rate OF progress the population oi
Baltimore In 1850 should range at from
would probably put 1t at considerably
higher figures, for 1t is thought to be al
least that much now. The conclusion to
be drawn from the comparisons we have
made is that although our growth has beer
slow, IL has been steady and healthy, and
more from patural causes than flom i'm
migration. The wonderful advance o.
Pennsylvania in wealth and population
outstripping even New York In the rate oi
increas els mainly owing to the en-
couragement which she has given to manu-
| factures of all kinds. Setting out in ls4'
with population four times that of Mary
land, her relative rate OF Increase has beer
80 per cent greater than Maryland within
the same period. This remarkable aug
mentation of her population may be fairly
ascribed to the varied industries that She
has fostered, and her success In this direc
tion ought to stimu ulate our merchants anc
men of enterprise to follow her example
Any legislation, whether of city or State
that had for its object to promote thu
growth and extension oi manufactures
among us would, If the measures wer'
wise and liberal, draw population to us a
| a rate of increase such as We have not ex
perienced since 1850, and would build upor
solid foundations-that of manufacture
and commerce-the prosperity OF our chile
| city, and of the state at large,