The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-26

WASHINGTON. Oct q - The census
bureau IN a bulletin issued today, sum
rnarizes the returns Of population OF
elites haviag 25,oon inhabitants or more
In 1900. the Individual census OF each OF
these cities having been officially an
nouuced heretofore There are ias OF
these. and the bulletin shows that the
percentage of increase In their population
from $50 to 1900 was a2a as against ~ 5
for the same cities In the previous de-
cade.
Of these cities from 1870 to 1890 was 4, S39-
is5 or s2.496 less than the absolute in
crease from 1850 TO 1850, when IL was 4.92i-
5ss
The lsa cities combined have a popuia-
ton In 1900 on ~ 6gf sss against Il. S55 $50
tn 1880 and e,93s s27 In 1850
OF ,hese lss c, ~ 80 divided nd nfp four
100 900 and under 900 900. forty had 5000
and under 10000 and 81 had 5.oco and un-
der 50,0oo
which contained more than 10000 In
hahitants but In 1870 this number had tn
creased 10 Is, and In 1900 TO 81
In 1900 there are - cities OF 5000 in
hanstants or more, as compared with s.
In 1850 and 20 in 1880
The combined population IN 1900 Of the
nineteen cities Of the first-ciass Is H.
ms 500 az against o population IN 1890 OF
sssTtB representing an increase during
the ten years OF s.sie. 7D4. or s2s per cent.
The same cities showed an increase from
The nineteen cities Of the frst-elass
comprise New York. which. with more
than 5000 Ofo inhabitants properly stands
by itself, two cities Chicago and Phil
In excess OF a million, three cities ST.
Louis Boston and Baltimore. which have
a population OF half million each, ave
cities. Cleveland, Buffalo san Francisco.
Cincinnati and PittsburE which have
population 81 between @a. 90 and 80 na1
each and eight cities New Orleans, d.
-
Kansas city, Louisville and Minneapolis,
which have n population Of between s1a.-
N10 aud 800 1oa each.
Greater New York.
New York under the act az consolida-
ton which became effective January !.
lsaS has grown to be city of nearly
$3.50 oo Inhabitants in lpoe az compared
with a population for what was formerly
New York city. - lNtls more than
Lyoeo n ls'a and suesta,ntially $4,000
now cnmprised Within the present limits
Of New York waa approximately $50 30
IN 800, ana i.sooo IN issa Il Is the
population. a position which u hiss uni
ferrniy held az each 1ccgnEsai census
since and Including iise ....
chicago. with practically 1.fea SO inhah-
rants. and phiiadeiphis. with no, quite
so 80 Inhabitants hold the sscoud and
third places In 100. the same as In 1850
,,sna we've rev-fssi phnadeluffa thsn
hrSirx nearlv ~ ~ inhn hitanss. as com
cared With nos much more than aN,ao for
"a louis. Boston ard Rsltlrnore. the
newt largest cities have NOS changed their
relative rank N fen
Material Gains.
Cleveland nnd Buffalo have both in-
creased materially in population aurirg
the last ter years RnA nnw take Nreog-
aanrs over san FrNuc.sca ans Cincinnati
In tS8 Tor the Sevenfh And eighth piaees
ln point ~ population Fattrbgrw also
isao ans - now he eleventh largest city
m the country. haviax exchanged places
~, r,s,s ,nS rsoss notable changes ia The
rsnk ~ cities which have falstu place iu
fsas as rafnrsrsf with fssN may he men
tianai that ~ Seattle. which has ad-
yancea from TIE IfHh g tae ssth ri.ce
p{arf. ruiggh from the i&fh fn tas ri
place, kansas CITY, Kan. from The 1871
n ire 7eth place. ma Portland. Or, from
ne iieth 70 the 90 place 2tasr aeace-
ehie change Pr rank from tssa &C. ieN gre
Tacoma. frou t1sth 70 issd. and Spokane.
me fciicwinr named states ard territa-
RES Ia 1907 % uet rgntain anv GtY eith
a population ~ 5asa ~ more Artx1ne
IAah0. fndtan ,errisse.fy Mtsslsslpp. NJ
vada. New Mextcu. North Carolina, North
nnko,a. Cklahnna Somth Dakota. Yer
fuoet ans wyoming
~ the whniF nUmhtr 81 cities having
q - frhahftanfs SO more tn is1a seventy
are faura o. the North Atlantic division.
fertv-cight "a che North Csntral division,
eightern M the south Central division.
Twelve 81 she Western diTisf0r aH4 eleven
in the Sogth Atlantic GiVtssaa-
Massachusetts, has TIRE largest number
~ sssrh elites rawelt. twenty and is
followed hy Pennsylvania with eighteen
ari New vNrE with twelve
WHshinEteR wonders.
The most significant growth Of cities f.
that FOR the cities Ga thc state ag Wash
fngton. namely Seattle. Spokane and Ia
cama These three cities combined bad
oalv faSl inhabitants in fSS. bu; their
incubation had Increased 20 s., is IN lNs3.
and 10 l55 ~ IN 1900 - Increase during