The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-19
FLocKING TO THE CITIES.
Census Statement Shows Urban Pop
ulation is Growing RAPIDLY.

ulatlon IS GIoWlng Rapidly.
Washington Jal. 1S.-The director Of
the census today gaze ou- a statement
regarding the grow IN of urban popu-
'ddOn north and south, which shows
the following facts.
The large cities, taken collectively,
are growing nearly twice as rapidly as
the rest of the country: the percentage
y the population of northern states
living in large cities is nearly three
times as great as the corresponding
per cert In the south; the north has a
rate o. increase no greater than that
of the south.
The la &c cities i'm the north are
growing much faster than those Of the
same size n the south, but this differ
ence is balanced by an accordingly
rapid growth of small towns and citi~S
IN the south and especially by the 70, 2
OF Increase Of southern rural popula-
ton. The statement says these results
7esm paradoxical. but are correct.
Director Nerriam's statement is de-
signed TO explain how the deduction
that the south, for the first time. is
low growing as. rapidly as the north,
Gs'mou yes with the well known facts
tnaj in the north the proportion Of in
habitntS living in cities is much
larger than it is i'm the south, and that
as a rule. cities increase in population
much more rapidly than country dis
tricts.
TIE statement shows that I'm the
north the proportion of the population
Ewing I'm large cities is more than three
times as great as il IS in the south.
Ihe population living in cities of over
10000 Inhabitants inc~e Sc Al per
cent between 1890 and 1900, partly by
The growth Of the 124 cities of that size
IN 'NO. and partly by the addition dur
ing the following ten years Of thirty
SLY other cities 10 the list. The pop
uau0n of the country outside these
cities iuCreascG between 1890 and 1900
l+s per cent The 100 cities of the
United states. each Of which had over
No1 inhabitants in 1900. increased in
population &2.5 per cent between 1890
and 1880, the rest os the United states,
excluding Alaska ana the recent in
Sn.7r aocessious, increased Ill per
cent.
or tho total population Of 75994,575
In Continental United states. 19,71S,3l2,
Or -1F per cent live in cities of $4,000
lHh8ofants or more. The proportion ~
m5fotanJs of the three sections. the
north. south and west. into which the
census divides the United States fol-
lows.
Nor-1-Total population. 4I.3Is699:
POPULATION of cities OF $4,000 or more,
lhI6.7,1. or "a per cent,
Nolth-Total. 2i.523.52I. cities Of $4,000
or mo-a. .fSS.553. or 10 per cent
Nest-TotaL 4.62t $40. cities of $4,000
or more. Lo33119, or p per cent.
Toe percentage OF increase Of popU-
a.on living in places of sizes indicat-
from 1890 to 1900 by sections, fol-
lows $4,000 and over. north, 42.2;
,..u'l. 81. west. 47.3; i'm United states.
g. 5000 On $4,000 north. 22.5; south.
,,o.ss:. vest. 17.9; in United States. 2S.i.
. & 5000, north. 27.6; south, S7.3;
500. IN United States. S6.7.
az, '.porlted places of less than
~ North. 27.9. south. 444; west,
N t6o entire United States. s.
cue ngures. concludes the statement,
rI,. mat the present growth of pop
y'R Is result I'm the north of a
er, RAPID growth of large cities. a
~. growth of small cities. and a
s,sRi Erowth IN the country. and
g-o,..Ial IN the south Of the rate Of
sgs OF large cities below the aver
s'-n,s- me country. balanced by a
mus growth OF small cities and an
fssi OF rural population twice as
stats inc average Tor the United