Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-07-07
A Few Census Items.

The first ten cities in population are in
the order named: New York, Philadel-
phia, Brooklyn, Chicago, st. Louis, Bos.
ton, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francis
co, New Orleans.
The cities showing the largest ratio of
increase, as far as heard from, are Allan
ia, Ga, 100 per cent; Denver, COL, Ga
per cent; Minneapolis, Mimi, 244 per
cent; Milwaukee, Wis, 90 per cent; ST.
Paul, Mimi, 100 per cent; Waterbury,
Conn, 1903 per cent; Meriden, Conn.,, so
per cent; and Camden, N. j., 81 per
cent
Illinois cities: The Chicago Supervisor
of Census, WRIGHT, reports til at the later
returns have so far exceeded estim ates
that the actual figures on hand at close of
office hours, Tuesday night, add up with
in few hundred of 100000, as the popu
latlon OF Chicago. Other returns will in
crease this total, but to what extent is not
known. Peoria has population of 3D.
$50, gain of $500 in ten years; Men
dota, 4.71O; Sandwich, 1850; village of
Somonauk, 900; Carlinville, 3116; Nor.
NAL, 2,4eO. Springfield is very much
'put our because the census men report
population of only 10000; she expected
at least 10000. Quincy has about 80. 900,
gain of nearly 5000; Jacksonville H..
500, gain of 2,297.
| New York cities The revised returns
| place the population of New York City
at |, 207,2l5, a gain of 254,923 since 1870;
| Rome has 1904, gain OF 1872 in five
years; Kingston has II ,499, being 1856
less than In 1875; Buffalo has 1000,
gain of 26 286 since 1870; Rochester has
S7057, a gain of 24,671 since 1870; Ell.
mira has 81 49S, gain of $685.; Troy has
81 600, a gain of 1885; Binghamton has
1900, gain of 4,4OS; Utica has IS, 1923, a
gain of 5,119.
Rhode Island cities: Providence, 1O4,.
5O0 gain of 1000 in five years; Paw
tucket, 1880, gain of 1,066 in five years;
Lincoln, 1871, gain OF 2,206; Woon-
socket, 1000, gain of 2434; Warwick,
1915, gain of 521; Westerly, 5000, gain
of 6S2; Newport Is. 405, gain of 1877.
Iowa cities: The census enumerators
| give Davenport a.population of 81, Gil, a
gain of 1858 on the population OF that
city in 1870. Moline, Ill, across the
river, has population this year of 1908,
against 4,166 at The last census, and Rock
Island II 500, against 1890.
Pennsylvania cities: The city of Erie
has 49, 429, a gain of 45 per cent. in ten
years; Pottstown has $3.50, gain of 1875;
the city of Reading has 4323O gain of
$500; Chestey has %, 1O4, including its
suburbs, being gain of 1885; Harris
burg has 3O,412, gain of 1908; Williams
port, $4,000, gain of 9.159; Allentown,
1912, gain of 1878; Norristown, 1920,
gain of 2.457; Chambersburg, 5000, gain
of 1899; West Chester, 1895, gain OF
1,405; Lock Haven, 5.S25, loss of 1,161.
Connecticut towns: Meriden has 49,
1903, gain Of 1918; Waterbury, $4,000,
gain of 11,l74; Dsnbury, II, 500, gain OF
1868.
Minnesota cities: Minneapolis is ahead
of st. Paul by 5000. The population of
the former is $4,000, of the latter, 10000.
Minneapolis has gained 1884 since 1870,
and st. Paul has gained 20970. Hastings
has 5000 and Mankato 5000.
Miscellaneous towns Seventy-five thou.
sand is the figure which makes Indiana.
polls happy, being gain of $4,000 since
1870. Newcastle, Del, has $500, gain
of 1900. st. Joseph, Mo, has $4,000
gain of 15,445 since 1870. Kansas City
has $4,000, gain of 32,74O Denver, COL,
has $4,000, gain of 10000 since 1870.
Springfield, Mass, has $1,000, gain of
4,797. Lowell has $1,000, gain of
20.272. Nashua, N. H, has 1887, gain
of 2.S44. New Albany, Ind, has 1850,
and JefersoHville 10000. Camden, N. j.,
has $4,000, gain Of Is, $50 in ten years.
Newark has 10000, gain of 64.941.
New Orleans has a population of 10000,
an increase of 1904 since 1870. San
Francisco had 149 .473 in 1870; now it has
1926 900. In 1870 Cleveland had popula-
ton OF 92,S29; now it has 159. 900. Ian.
sing, the capital city of Michigan, has
S,326, gain of 3,082 since 1870. Louis.
vile has 10000, an increase of less than
10000 in ten years. Philadelphia's popu-
lation, $4,000, is a gain of 1853 over
1870. Atlanta, Ca, has As 600, gain of
1921 in ten years.
| THERE are now four Presidential tick.