Evening star., 1901-06-08
Population in Incorporated Places in
the Country.
INCREASE In THE LAST DECADE
Figures Made by Chief Statisti-
clan Hunt.
IN y f \ Il b y s 7 A 7 E s

William r Merriam director or the
twelfth census. issued today a bulletin
prepared under the direction of William C,
Hunt. chief statisticiau for population
which gives the population of all incorpo-
rated cities towns. villages and boroughs
in the United States.
At the census of 1890. in presenting the
population of states and territories by
minor civil divisions attempt was made
To state separately the population of all
places. Incorporated and unincorporated,
having a certain number of inhabitants.
the limit Of population ranging higher or
lower according to the conditions of set
tIeruent in the various sections Of the
country 80 complete summary of the
population Of these Incorporated and unin-
Curppratcd places is given in the report
population for iS9o but a table is present
ed giving the population of places having
1.'sp inhabitants or more, including towns
Of like population in the New England
states. with the exception of Connecticut.
where slightly different plan was" pur-
sued. There were i'll Isgo, including the
New England towns 3,115 such places.
Increase in Large Cities.
The bulletin sets forth that if cities
with a population of 100000 or more
taken to represent the large cities of the
country there were - such cities in 1870
compared with - in ls9n. Of the - large
cities in 1870 . contain upward of 1,OOO.OO0
Inhabitants, the same in 1880 while for
cities having between 10000 and 1,0W.oO0
Inhabitants those in 1900 numbered 3.
against / only in 1s9O. There were no
cities in l!np containing between 100000
ami I'p.BD inhabitants, but at the census
uf I>.u there. were of this class on the
other hand. there were - cities in 1900 with
population If between :iuu. 900 and 400, 600,
but I'm 1N!] there We're cities coming be-
tween these limits of population. The
cities having between 2opta1 and 300. 900
Inhabitants numbered in 1870. as against
- In ISM. while for cities of from 1oD, 900
t. @pH" inhabitants there were IL in 1900.
compared with II in 1s.p. The cities
having l~'tTn inhabitants in 1900 follow:
New York y. Y: Chicago. H: Philadel-
Tht1. ia St Louis Mo; Boston. Mass;
E.titim"re: Nd: Cleveland. Ohio; Buffalo,
pEt", Pi,tShurg Pa: New Orleans. La:
Detroit, Mich: Milwaukee, Wis. Washing
ton = G.. Newark. n j; Jersey City. n.
J Louisville. Ky: Minneapolis. Mimi;
frHyl l-r'e. K. l.: Indianapolis. Ind: Kan
sIs cry. No: St Paul. MINI; Rochester
y. y Denver. col; Toledo. Ohio: Alle-
Mass. Syracuse. N Y; New Haven Conn:
Paterson. y J.: Fail River. Mass: St Jo-
s-ph. Mo. Omaha. Neb-: Los Angeles, Cal:
Memphis. Tenn. Scranton, Pa.
Increase in Maryland and Virginia.
The number of Incorporated places in
Maryland is lop against I3 in 1880. OF
these one exceeds 2pU.10 population, one
Is bf-lNCeD lp.pIp ana -b.Fp, nine between
ln"0 and 1j.o0 and two between 500
and lp.'pp. In Virginia the number of in
Cu-pDrdted places is 1916 against rs in 1890
one Is within the class of cities having be-
tween JO.W9 and 1OO.uOo inhabitants: one
between 25.'sp and ~ $50; six between la.-
~" and 21,Uno: one between 1o.oOo AMI 15,-
on and che between 5000 and 1O.UV-
In Maryl nd the number OF persons iiv-
ing in Incorporated places is 64S.359.
5i.6 Of the population of the state. whJ-l
IS i.les+i The percentage in 1890 was
sci
Aside from the District OF Columbia.
which IS considered for census purposes to
b. c0rxtensive with the city of Washing
ton. New York has the largest percentage
OF its population living in Incorporated
places. that Is to say. out of a total popu-
latipn in 1879 of 1.26S,s94 in that state
s.G42;@e. or I7-6 per cent. lived in incorpo-
rated places as compared with 6g4 per
cent in 1850 More than three-ffths of the
population of Incorporated places in New
York IN 1870 IS found in the city of New
York. which alone contains 3. .431 ,2O2 inhab-
itants and constitutes 47-3 per cent of the
present population of that state.
N"w Jersey has very nearly the same
proportion tiG-2 per cent? of its population
IN 1%n living in Incorporated places as in
N" York state, equivalent in these two
states To more than three-fourths of their
entire popula In six other states,
namely NasSa chusetts Illinois Rhode
Island Pennsylvania, Colorado and Connec-
urUt. from thrce-fifthS to somewhat more
than tw"-thirds OF the total population
Ev- in Incorporated places. while in seven
states. namely. Delaware. Utah. Califor-
u-J ohio. Maryland. Washington and Mich
* IAN. there is between - and 80 per cent of
tn population in 1890 living in INCORPORATED
places.
Low Percentage in some Places.
Mississippi has the smallest percentage
of population living in Incorporated places
IL I:"o. being but I47 per cent, and is
closely followed by New Mexico with 15.2
p"T cent Seven other states and terrific
ri-s have less than one-fifth Of their total
population in Incorporated places. namely
Arkansas. Il per cent; Oklahoma. III per
cont Alabama. IL per cent: North Caro-
lima. IL? per cent; Indian territory, l91
per cent. South Carolina. 1y.5 per cent.
and Tennessee. IJS per cent.
AuaIyziug thu results for the United
States according To the proportion of the
ertir~ population found in Incorporated
places "f various sizes. ii appears that the
1"l cities having 21"D inhabitants or more
IN l:H5 contain an aggregate Of 1877 .61S
PERSONS. and that this number of persons
constitutes 80 per cent of the total popu-
latIpu considered
Incorporated places having between 5000
and 2i,o1 inhabitants in 1900 number :SJG
aud comprise. in the aggregate a popula-
tion Of iJi6c9l. equivalent to 6J per cent
OF the entire population Places of similar
character and size In 1870 numbered 292 and
contained 3.9lT.2S3 persons. or 6.3 per cent
OF the total population.
Incorporated Places in Maryland.
Inc population or Incorporated places in
Maryland is given as follows: Aberdeen.
6o: Annapolis. s525: Baltimore. 5Os,957;
Belair. S6l: Berlin. 1246: BishopvilIe. 2i3:
BIad~nshurg 4f3: Bloomington, 800: Boons-
boro'. 700: Bowie. 443; Bridgetown. 80;
Brookeville. 15s: Brunswick 24T1: Burkitts-
Vile. -. Cambridge, J.1i1: Cecilton AT;
Centerville- 1.23l; Charlestown, 24i;
ChesdI'eake: .1i2; Chestertown. 3.GOS;
Church Iiill. 3is. Clear Spring. 4T4; Cris-
neld. 3it1; Crumpton. 2D7: Cumberland
1t,l2s. Damascus. las: Darlington $50;
Deer Park. st3; Delmar. go; Denton. 800;
East New Market, 2S2; Easton, 3,oIl
Elkton. 2.5i2; Ellicott City. 1881; EN-
mittsburg. Si9: fredericksburg. 539. Fred
erick. 9.'6; Frostburg. 5.274: Funks-
town. JJ9; Gaithersburg. 54I: Galena
2l: Garrett Park. 175: Girdletree.
1886: Grantsville. 175. Greensboro, GAL;
Hagerstown. 1851: Hampstead. 4s0: Han
cock. S24: Havre de Grace 3.i2.}: Hilsboro
1S6: Hurlock. 80: Hyattstown. 81; Hyatts-
willie. l22; Keedysville 426: Kensington.
Az: Laurel. 2.o79; Laytonsville. 14s: Leon
ardtown. 1863; Loeb Lynn Heights. 215:
Homecoming 2.1s1; Manchester. GJ3; Middle
town. 6sz5, MiIlington. 4o6; Mountain Lake