The St. Johns herald., 1900-03-03
CITIES IN THE CENSUS
Pcsitisn of Several Likely ts Ds
 Changed in 1900.
StaaAfnR eR the Leading Cities in Posat of fPopulation-Iatere Facts Cleaned from the
 Last Census,

There were only seven cities in the United States that by the federal cen
 sus of 1890 had more than 40O, ,ooo inhab- itants, New York, Chicago, Philadel. phia, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Boston and Baltimore, in the order named. Be.
 tween 3OOO00 and 400, ,OoO, a measure ot population quite frequent in European countries there was none in the United States, those most nearly approaching the 100000 mark being San Francisco and Cincinnati, each having almost the same population, and Cleveland and Buffalo following with more than 25O,- 900. Since the census of 1890, Brooklyn has been absorbed into the Greater New York, the boundaries of Chicago have been enlarged, and the growth in pop ulation of other American cities has not been so uniform as to make it proba ble that each will retain the position it held in the census often years ago.
 New York, which is now a city of 3,6oO, ,0oe, will, of course, remain at the
 head and so far at the head that any
 serious thought of actual rivalry from
 any 7other city may be dismissed. Chi cago has now claimed population" of
 1,sO0, ,0O0, s00,0oo more than it had at the last federal census and one-half as large as the present population of New York. Whether Chicago has now as large 8 population as some of it's in- habitants assert, or whether it is like ly to have such population in June, if somewhat short of the mark at present, Is not matter of much concern, in view of the fact that no other American city so nearly approaches it, and hence the position of Chicago as the second in population'in the United States and the first in Illinois is secure.
 Philadelphia, as in Benjamin Frank lin's time, retains position of prom thence among American cities, and it is now third on the list with popula- tion of 1,5OO,o00. Philadelphia, which long enjoyed distinction as the greatest city in the country territori- ally, has forfeited that position since the last United States census, New York having an area of more than 300 square miles, Chicago of 1ss and Phil adelphia of only 13O. The position of fourth city on the list among American municipalities, formerly occupied by Brooklyn, cannot be fixed in advance of the official census in June. Two cities expect it, Baltimore and St. Louis. By the census of 1890 the population of St. Louis was 450,0O0 and of Baltimore 434,000. St. Louis is now claiming 623,- 900 and Baltimore 626,0C0, an imma- terial difference when it is considered that both estimates are to some ex- tent conjectural, being based upon es- inmates rather than upon ascertained results. To most persons it would seem probable that St. Louis in the thriving region of the west has been increasing more rapidly in population during the last ten years than conservative and substantial Baltimore. In the presiden- tial election of 1896 the total vote of Baltimore was 106,574 and of St. Louis 116,9S9, which would seem to indi- cate, other things being equal, that St. Louis, with more than 10000 voting population in excess of Baltimore, had at tAC CSloU1lSuCu IdtlO OA OthOl hhiCA- ican cities, comparing the number of voters to the number of inhabitants, 5O,O00 or 6o,o0o more population than Baltimore.
 Whatever may be the claims of rival cities as to fourth and fifth places, in the census of 1900, Boston is secure in sixth place with population of 55o.0oO, the other important cities being San Francisco, with claimed population of $50. 900; Cincinnati. 400, 900: Pittsburgh, 325 1000; Cleveland, 100000; Buffalo, 10000; New Orleans, 50O,O0o; Detroit. 35o,O0o; Washington, 250.0O0; Mill waukee, 25o.o00; Louisville, e25,000; l Newark, 25o,00o; St. Paul, POO 900; Dem yer, 16o,0o0; Minneapolis, 100000; In- dianapolis, 200, ,o0e-or nearly that.
 Generally speaking, eastern cities have gained more through annexation and absorption of territory than those in the west, a. circumstance which ac- counts to some extent for the greater growth of some of the older cities.-N. Y. Sun.