The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-19
PULA7lON STATISTICS.
/, Showing Comparative Growth
of Different Sections.
|, INCREASE GREATER Than RURAL
u.,,h While the Reverse 10 True
\ :, the south--Laroo cities
Growing Fast

.,.or January ls.--The director of
~. today gave out statement re-
,hs growth Of urban population
I'd South, which shows the follow
bcg u..,,u
~ nearly twice as rapidly as the rest
rrtry; the per cent of the popula-
:, Northern States living In large
I. nearly three times as great as the
.ondlns percentage In the South; the
Ghu rate OF Increase no greater
a ~, n the South The large cities
North are growing much faster than
Il :, the same Size in the South, out
M. Adherence Is balanced by an ex-
4, rspld growth Of small towns and
- the South, and especially by the
-, ~ increase OF Southern rural pop
.,,tsment SAYS the results seem para.
AL but are correct.
.otor Melriam's statement is designed
e nl.in how the deduction that the
| ,or the hrst time, is now growing as
IN a. the North and yet harmonlLe
tbs vell.known facts that In the North
+ ,pulatiop OF Inhabitants living in cities
N larger than IN the South, and that
'tuls cities increase in population much
,sni1ly than country districts.
n siatenlcpt shows that In the North
4 ronortiol OF the population living in
~ cities Is more ia in three times as
az il is In the South. The population
in cities OF over 5000 Inhabitants
sed ii. per cent between 1880 and
"a MARTY by the growth OF the LA cities
'1[bi size in 1880 and partly by the ad.
"a during the following ten years Of
ID .siI other cities 10 the list.
M population OIL the country outside
cities Increased between 1850 and 1900
~ cent. The 100 cities OF the United
In each Of which had 5000 inhabi-
/H In 1900, Increased In population 81. 3
4 mi between 1872 and 1870. The rest
i1k United States, excluding Alaska and
4 n cent insular accesslons, Increased II.
<tent.
Il lac total population OF 75,994,575 in
Sthenta United States iS,l1S,312, or %. .
6nt, live In cities Of $1,000 inhabitants
7,1fre The proportion OF inhabitants Of
b fhree sections, the North, South and
|l& into which the census divides the
<|ted States, Is as follows: North, total
55btlon, 1850 $50; population of cities
<,l00 or more, It, l06,5S0, or "a per cent.
I'm, total 24,J23, 527; cities OF 1000 or
3I& 2,4SS, $50, or 10 per cent.
IN, total 4,09l, $40; cities OF $4,000 or
3X 1893, l79, or - per cent.
~ per cent Of Increase of population
III In places of sizes indicated from
SO 1900 by sections follows:
Rnty-fve thousand and over, North,
South, 80; West, ALB; In United
|1lS, 40.
h thousand to 5000, North, %. 7;
M 1853; West, 11.9; In United States,
i thousand to 5000, North, 81 6; South,
West, 50.7; in United States, 36.7.
Srporated places OF less thar 900.
27.e; South, II 4; West, 1915; IN
States, $50
%, North, 10; South, 17.o; West,
De United States. "a.
figures coBcludes the statement,
that the present growth OF popula-
Is resultant In the North Of very
growth Of large cities, slower
a cf small stiles and very slight
p 10 the country. and Is resultant in
futh Of rate Of growth Of large cities
the average for the couptry, balanced
ftriklng growth Of small eities and Gn
f<ase Of rural POPULATION twice as fast
H7f average for the United States.