Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-09
Phenomenal Growth Of Cities.

Forecasting the census Of 1900. the
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat has evolved
an interesting statistical study of ur-
ban growth at the expense OF rural
population. The three American cit
les which will be above the 100000
mark are New York, Chicago and
Philadelphia, and two Of them Will be
far above It. The census will show
that New YORK has In the neighbor-
hod of 95O0,0O0 population, while
Chicago is likely to have 100000 or
thereabouts. Philadelphia, which has
a comparatively slow growth, is likely
to have between 100000 and 1,300,-
900 inhabitants. The United States
will have the second largest city in the
world in population. No other coun-
try in the world has more than one
city of 100000 inhabitants or up
ward.
Americas growth ,proportionate and
absolute, in urban population, has been
says the Glcbe-Democrat, one of the
marvels of the century. or the 4,OOO,-
900 population OF the United States, in
round figures, in 1870, only 10000 re-
sided in cities of 5000 inhabitants or
over. In 1890, of the $4,000, 900 inhab-
itants of the country as a whole, 49,
600, 900 livel in cities of 5000 or more
inhabitants. The city population Of
the United States, which was in the
neighborhood OF 1886 per cent CT the
aggregate inhabitants of the country
in 1890, was 1920 per cent in 1890.
proportionate as well as absolute, has
been continuous for the past hundred
years, and has shown a tendency to
increase in the past three of four de-
cades. the chances are that the returns
of 1900 will show that more than 33
per cent of the aggregate population
Of the contiguous portion of the
United States reside in cities. The
proportion. of course, Of city popula-
tion is much greater than this in most
of the large countries of Europe. AS
the general tendency in nearly all
growing countries is for the cities to
increase faster than the rural districts
the urban population is necessarily
greater in the older nations than in
the younger communities. About 62
per cent of the population of England
and Wales reside in towns of 10000
inhabitants or over.
The coming census will show, in the
Judgment OF the Globe-Democrat, sew
eral cities in the United States which
are working well UP toward the 1000,
900 mark. A recent bulletin of the
Department of Labor in Washington
made an estimate of the population OF
the different cities in the country, and
placed st. Louis total in 1899 at 632, ,000
inhabitants. st. Louis stands fourth
on the list Of cities in population
ranking next below Philadelphia
Boston was given $4,000 inhabitants
by that estimate, and Baltimore SAL
900. These are the only towns whose
inhabitants will be above the 100000
mark this year. Cincinnati will come
next to Baltimore, with $1,000 accord
ing to this computation, and Buffalo
with 100000 beating Cleveland 10000
which was 5000 ahead of Buffalo in
1890.
The steady gain OF urban upon rura
population which is under way in the
United States and in all the ether
great nations the Globe-Democrat re-
CARDS as an interesting phenomenon
which will, possibly, furnish new prob
lens for the political philosophers anC
the statesmen of the future.
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