The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-21

All hut Two of the Sixty-six Conn
ties show GrRtifytnE Increase.
Growth In several Counties Was
Above 80 Per Ccnt.-PopuIatioR by
Counties. aud That OF cities with
More Than 2.OOO Not heretofore
Reported.
Washington. oct 0-Thc Census Bu-
roau has made public the returns OF pop
ulation "a Alabama.
The population o. tho state in 1900 Il
l.s2S.6 .697 as against iN3oi7 in 1890 repre-
senung an increase since 1890 Of Sl5.6so. or
COS per cent
THIS rate of Increase r. slightly greater
than that for the decade from lSso 20 1880,
when Il was 1873 per cent. but somewhat
less than that for the decade from 1870
90 1850 when 1t was $50 per cent. From
1870 TO 1870. the first decennial period IN
she history OF the state. i,s population in
ereascd lt2 per cent. and IN tho following
decade 80 per cent. but subsequently tho
raie Of increase declined until the decade
from 1850 to 1870. when Il was only "a per
cent
more than fourteen tlmes as large a. the
population given FOR 1870. the nrst cen
sus taken after It's organization as a state.
In 1873
The total land surface OF Alabama IL.
approximately. 5t.54o square miles. the av-
erage number OF persons 60 the square
mile az the censuses Of 1890 and 1900 being
- s.Ifc.-.. geaa % 2 . taca ~
Population ny Counties.
The population Of the state by Counties
Il as follows. the first figures IN each case
being for 800 and tho second for is9l.
Autauga. n 9i5 1880.
Baldwin. l2 lal Ssn. Barbour. 35i62 a..
SIS. Blob 1888. 70 s24. Dlount. q iis. 2i.sg7.
Bunoch. q .sta. = 03. Butler 8 iei. p Gfi
Calhoun JiSH. 33S5. Chambers ~ a.
93l9. Cherokee q 80. o45a. Chnton. ls.-
80. 1859. ChOctaw. 1915. iT-2i. Clarke
q 7so 22.62i. Clay. 1909. tS.765; Ciebourre
is Ns i3Us. Coffee. 2lg72. i2.7o. cob r.
2. 81. 9nis9: Couecuh. l758 iAb2i. Coosa
is.iAL l5a6 Covinston 1890. 7 s.. Cren-
shaw. 70. .6sS lb 425. Cullman. iT.sia. 3.429
Dale. alSe. l725. Dallas. 5Le57. q. 20:
Dekalb. y 55S q Id
E.more. 30sa. A.T12. Escambia, 1880.
s. ss. Etowah 27.s6i 2l.s2s
Feyette. hl22. 1889. Franklin. H.5il.
i0ssl.
Geneva. 1905. 1850. Greene 2aIa. a.
007.
HALE. si.on. 1851: Henry ssi7. 2iss7.
Jackson. so.5os &.o2s: jefferson. ito42o.
S.s0i
Lamar. 1904, His7. I.auderdale 2d 80.
23.l2e. Lawrence 2o.i2t 2o.T25, Lee. 81 So.
@.Gi. Limestone. 2.Ss7. 2l.eoi: Lowndes.
25s5l 1850.
Macon 2s.l2s iSps: Madison. la.7o2. a.
ii9; Marenso, 9.3i5 22.oe5. Marion. A49i.
il.3f7. Marshall. 2g9. 1855. Mo-
bile, 627io bi.5N. Monroe. "a
eos. 1890. Montgomery. 72.Of. 6.i12.
Morgan. 2s.soo. 2tos9
Perry. MIS-; 29232. Pickens. 2i.402: %
40 Pike, 2i72. 2l423
Randolph. 2l.67. 1919. Russell. z7.oS3.
2t09s
81 Clear. 1925: 1883 shelby. 2a.GSl.
~, SO Sumter. s2.7iO. 2967f
Talladcga, 35713. - $40. Tallapoosa. %
GO: - ieo Tuscaloosa. 3iE. 3o252
Walker. 25.lG2. i6.0N. Washington H.
l2i: 1895. Wilcox. S5.G3l. 30sl6. Winston
s.55i. e.552
Increase In AN Hut Two.
OF the slxty-slx counties Ia ths state
all but two have increased Ia population
during tho decade. the counties showing
more than 80 per cent. Of increase being
Covingtou. 1915 per cent. Geneva. Ts.6 per
cent. Coffee 723 per cent. Jefferson, CSC
per cent: Walker. 5Gf per cent. and
Franklin. 5i5 per cent. jefferson county
shows The hrgest numerical increase. but
nearly ono-fourth Of this Increase ~ duo
20 the increase IN the population OF the
city OF Birmingham.
The two counties showing a decrease in
population are Cleburne ana Lawrence.
cities of More Than 1000.
There are 20i Incorporated cities. towns
and villages In Alabama. for which the
population IA 1890 Is separately returned.
Of these there are only thirty-two that
has population of over 2.oO. and only
nine OF these have a population in excess
OF 500
The cities OF over 700 are rs follows
the first figures IN each case being for
1860 and the second for 1890.
Alabama city, 2.Z76; -. Admission.
1886: 9ge. Avondalc. 5000. iGi..
Bessemer. sass. 4At
Decatur. 3li4. 2.765 Demopols. 23s:
ISIS. Dothan. s.275: 2i7.
Enslcy. 2.ioo: --- Eufaula. 4ss2. AG9L
Florence. G.i7s: e.0i2
Gadsden. 42s2: 2eoi. Girard. 3sD: --
3 ss.
Huntsville soes. 1895
New Decatur. 4fs7: $685.
Opelika. A245. 371a
Phoenix. i.is3. 800 Pratt City. s.lss.
1916
Selma. s7i3. 7e22 Sheffield. 3.1z5. 2.57i
TaliadeEa. 2esl; 203 Troy f09T 3tis.
Tuscaloosa. 509i. A2l5. Tuscumhia. 23s:
2.isi Tuskegee. 2iT0: iso3
Union Springs 2G3i. 2a9. Unioutown. L.
OF. ~
Woodlawn, SIS: i.i0S
The three cities having n population OF
over 500 are Birmingham. Mobile and
Montgomery. which have previously been