The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-13
NEW JERSEY CENSUS.

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The semi-decennial census of New ser
sew for the year 1895 is completed and
the work of compilation is going en- SO
RAPIDLY that the full result will be known
in a few months. The work is not SO
comprehensive as the national census
and was not intended to be. 1t IS not
desirable that a state census should so
into minute particulars. A review OF the
progress OF manufacturing and of the re-
lisious. social and political condition OF
the country once in ten years is as much
as IS needed. OF a State census Nttie
more than an enumeration of the people
and their nationality is expected.
Nevertheless some interesting facts are
brought ont by the New Jersey census
One of the most important OF these Is
the evidence given hat the urban
growth of population that. was shown SO
clearly in the census of 1890 is still go
ing on. Every city in the State with a
population of over 10000 Inhabitants
shows an increase over five years ago.
The growth in some cases Is large, New
ark. which had a population of 1S1,SSO IN
1870. has now a population of 2l5.672, an
Increase OF 80, S42. or at the average rate
of 6.76S a year. This IS a larger yearly
Increase than hat city made between
1880 and 1890. the average then having
been 4.51e. Jersey City and Paterson
each show a growth in population of
about 90, COO, and Camden and Trenton an
increase of about 5000 each. In fact, all
the towns and cities of the State with
a population of 1000 and over show an
increase with the exception of Borden
town. Woodbury., Boonton and Beverly.
Newark being the largest city in the
State and the most extensively engaged
in manufacturing, the facts concerning
t are among the most interesting. The
native born residents number 1913 n
the foreign born 1850. a smaller per-
,entage OF foreign born than might be
expected in a large manufacturing city
in the east. Excluding four districts
from which the classifcations are not
complete the total males are 9o,S9S, of
whom IS. $50 are native born. and the
total females are 104. $685.. of whom II,
f6S are native born. Considering the
,lass of manufacturing carried on in
Newark. and the demand for female
over male population Is NOT large. There
Is IN excess of females over males in all
aationalities with the exception OF the
1erman. The total number of families
is 1853 and the number of dwellings
Is 27,s7s, showing an average membership,
of Ala 20 each family. and an average
Of 7.a7 persons to each dwelling.
This steady growth in population will
Sc gratifying 10 the people Of New Jer-
sey. It shows that the State has pros
oerea during the past five years and the
increase of the urban population. espec-
ally shows that its manufacturing m
:erests are expanding. In the rivalry
af States 70 retain and increase popula-
ton, New Jersey has been fortunate:
The national censuses have, shown that
while thousands OF people born IN tina
state have ~aInigrated TO other states
he number has been more than OFFSET
w the emigration of people. born in other
states to New Jersey. Only one person
has gone from New Jersey 70 New York
where two persons have emigrated from
tf;e latter. to the former State. In the
5,ase Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey has
NOT been so fortunate.
The total popt,iation of the State WI
certainly exceed 1000, 600, althoEgh the
exact niuiHer Is not vet known. II It
reaches /. $40 600 it will show an increase
If oyer 2eo. 600 in five years: or an aver,
ne an annual increase larger by neariy
iyn0o than was made between 1'sp anr
1890, the average then being 3l.3Sl and
ne tctal increase for the ten years be-
.,~ 90 ef7