The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-25

nan Oh the whole population. About az
per cent. OF dwellings contain more than
the total population.
IN seattle 7oS houses had inhah;tant
efo nad :, 1.03l had 3. i,009 had 4. al had
- 10 had 8, $40 had {. 4i8 had 3 21s hod
~ ., o-o mad TO- 2i5 had II to -, 93 had lG 10
~, anu Ia mad II and over In Portland
10 10 houses had inhabItant, 526 had 2. III
nad 8, 500 had 4, $50 had 6 GOO had q ss3
mad Z. 422 had 8. 3l3 had Q. 200 had "a Az
a. nau TO ID. IA had IS to %, and 2i5 had
- ana over. In Tacoma 25s houses had
aannanaDltant, GIG had .. $50 had 5. s3s had 4
oo9 had ,. 5I3 had 9, 40 had Z, 3si had 81
Iio mad 3, 226 had 10 22l had II TO Is 8,
had 10 to 20 and 132 had q and over.
IN New York city there were in June.
io'o' out OF total OF 81 ,s2S occupied dwell.
. .nss, 4l,oo5, or o0.1S per cent, which con-
.aineu from one TO ten persons. and 40 769
VI 4aoZ per cent, which contained more
shah zen persons. The population repre-
;en'eu py dwellings, IN New York city hav-
ins Ten persons or less is 80, COZ or IL. 30
per cent. only. while the population repre-
sehtea by dwellings having more than ten
occupants Is ,265, 30, or So 50 per cent. of
rs ehtire population. For the United
osa'es as whole, only 435 per cent
VI the dwellings contain more than
| hnt 10 ~ sons, ana their occupants represent
put los per cent. of the total populatiou.
III nhicago there are SO 493 dwellings. or
90 per cent OF the whole. which contain
o"Hi one to ten persons and 81 .37S. or
.f.of per cent. which contain more than
zen persons. The total population Of Chi
.aSo Is apout evenly divided between the
TWO classes OF dwellings 558 g27 or 80 81
per cent being iii dwellings having from 1
10 Ten occupant, and 7i0, 923 or 49, Is per
cent. IN dwellings, containing more than
Ten persons. In Philadelphia. the third
S J;t having 600 inhabitants, widely
dilierent condition of affairs is apparent.
Gut OF total of 1862 dwellings
| which is more than twice the
number of dwellings i'm New York
CITY and about one-half again as many as
In chicago. 17S.S39, or o. 81 per cent. con-
.aih ~ persons or less, and S.2l3, or 4.39
per cent only, more than 10 persons. Con-
sidered as regards population. dwellings
in Philadelphia with 10 persons or less
contain S1.2l per cent of its total popula.
tlon. or 9l3. O76 out of total of |. oi6 e64.
leaving only IL. - per cent of population,
| or l33,S8S in number. for dwellings having
more than 10 occupants. In Brooklyn
yoo2 per cent OF the population live in
Evenings having more than 10 occupants;
III ot. Louis 36.26 per cent; in Boston A. so
| per cent; in Baltimore 14.I4 per
cent; in Cincinnati 5l.52 per cent; in
buiiaio 3O.U2 per cent; in Newark 40 OF
per cent. in Jersey City 494 per cent, and
In Providence 1916 per cent.
! In Washington there were 1876 families
| OF person. ,79l of 2, 10.5SS of g. 1O. $40 of
4, 474 of ). 6,9l3 of s. 4,992 OF Z. 3 46l of 8,
2o2i of 9. 2. 229 of TO- .064 of ii to II. 567 of
10 to 20 and $40 of 81 and over.
of the whole number of families in the
united States. 1863 per cent. contain per-
son only, 1888 per cent. from = to 6 per-
| sons, 20.97 per cent. from to 10 persons,
and 207 per cent. IL persons and over.
famiiies from to g persons contain 5S.4o
per cent. of the total population of the
united States, and families of Z to 10 per-
sons 81 10 per cent; but 6.66 per cent Of
| the total population is comprised in fam
| lies OF more than 10 persons.
Seattle had 764 families of person, I,O74
| of, 1.2H of g. 1l3l of 4. 1,O9i of 5. 733 of 6.
56S OF z. 400 of 5, 267 of 8. SIC of TO- l52 of IL
| to 10 76 of Is to 20. and 139 of 81 and over.
| Portland had 273 families of person, IA
| OF 2, 95S of 3. ,02S of 4, 92S of 5. 707 of &,
5Si of Z 3Sl of 8, 2s4 of 8. 297 of 10, 297 of II
to Is, 100 of 16 to 20, and 202 of p and over.
| Tacoma had 366 families of l person. 1913
| of ., 1895 of g. LOCI of 4. 92S of 5. Gil of 6,
ABB of I. 33S of s. 2l9 of 9, POO of 10. rs of Ii
to To- "A of Is to 20. and Ill of II and over.
| In the large cities families containing
| from two to six persons represent between
20 and SO per cent. of all families, the per
| cent. for the United States as q whole
being 1888. The largest percentages of
families having more than ten persons,
| and population represented by such fam
| lilies, are found in San Francisco. or 4.05
for families and 1882 for population; in
| Minneapolis, or S. rs for families and H. II
| for population; in Omaha, or L. 16 for fam
| lilies and 1894 for population in 81. Paul,
| or 3. 20 for families and 1881 for popula-
| ton; in Kansas City, Mo-, or 2.SS for tam
| lies and 1l.6S for population, ana III Dem
| yer. or 3 50 for families and Is 30 for popu-
| lation. In Boston is per cent of families
| have more than ten persons to a family
l nd "a nf fa In
ton, while in Washington City 2.S4 per
| cent. of families confirm more than ten
| persons and represent 1912 per cent. of its
population.
In New York city and in Brooklyn
| there are. on the average, more than two
| families to a dwelling, or Isl families for
| New York and los for Brooklyn. The
| average number of families to a dwelling
| in Cincinnati il 100. in Chicago l.72 in
| Boston Lao, IN ST. Louis 1.5l in Baltimore
10, and in Philadelphia 1.l0 Among
the smaller cities the highest averages are
| |. SIS for Jersey City, I67 tor Newark, and
| Leo for Providence.
Taking the results by wards for the first
cities named it is seen in New York city
! that in 8 wards only is the average num-
| Der of families To a dwelling less than two
| families, and i'll wards between two and
| three families; in Q wards the average II
| between three and four, in wards be-
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| 1--WE and SIX, IN 1 wards between six and
| seven. and in one ward it is very nearly
| eight, 7.S5 families TO dwelling. in
other words. in 10 wards out of "A in New
| York CITY the average number of families
| to dwelling is three or more. The high
| est average for any one ward in Chicago is
| 3Ol families, in Philadelphia 1.4S. IN
! BROOKLYN 3 -, in st. Louis ,. IS in Boston
| . t6 in Baltimore SO. and in Cincinnati
$50.
| In Chicago, ont of a total of 81 wards,
| average number Of families to O dwelling
| in u wards is between one and two, in o
| wards between two and three. and IN one
| ward three or more. In Philadelphia
| with "a wards and in Baltimore. with -
| wards, the average number OF iamiiles Is
| between one and two in each case. In
! BROOKLYN. with rs wards, the average
| number of families to dwelling Is between
| one and two in ii wards, between two and
! three in l. wards and three or more IN
| three wards In Cincinnati, with ~
! wards. IL wards have an average OF one to
| two families TO a Dwelling, Il wards an aV-
| erage OF two to three famisles ana three
wards an average of three ianltles or
| more In Boston l. wards ont OF - nave
! an average of one TO two iant!teS 10 q
/ dwelling, and eight wards an average OF
! two To three families. while IN 81 Louis,
| ont of A total OF IS wards, there are ~
| wards with from one to two fanilles TO a
| dwelling and four wards with from TWO TO
three families. -.
Dwellings containing three families or
| more are generally considered as tene-
| ment houses and include. In ADDITION TO
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