The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-30
RESULTS or CENSUS
Population of Kansas Cities
Has Been Enumerated.
INCREASET THE RULE
Next to Kansas City Wichita
Shows Largest GAIN

Topeka. Kan, Aug. 29.-Kansas has 11s
cities and towns with 1000 inhabitants or
more, according to a compilation of the
assessors and county clerks official re-
turns for 1903. just completed by the state
board Of agriculture, as against Ia be-
longing to such list last year.
Eighty-two municipalities have gained
2s,774, Kansas City reporting the largest
fr crease, 6,2S4. Wichita made the second
largest increase. 1886. Topeka increased
bat $50 during the year. Kansas City,
Kan. is the largest city in the state, hav-
iTg a population of $3.50; Topeka is sec
old with 1888. so Topeka and her enum-
orators claim, and Wichita is third. with
a,549.
There are thirty-three towns which
have lost 5,oSS two remaining the same as
last year ond one, Atchison, made no re-
turns. st. John and Troy have fallen be-
low the loo mark. Pleasanton has again
entered the list and Philipsburg, with
gain of 10l, Medicine Lodge 1876, Kinsley
2l2, Yale 1893, and Gas City $50, have been
added. The population of Gas City in
1899 was 1O7, showing in four years net
increase OF !, 1852 inhabitants.
Parsons, with a gain of 701, passes the
10 900 mark making in all ten cities hav-
ing a population of LOCO or more and az
gregating 229 3l8 or 1925 per cent of the
STATES total. The relative rank of the
fourteen cities leading in population re-
mains the same as one year ago, except
Fort Scott goes from seventh to sixth,
changing places with Pittsburg. and Par
sons and lola forge ahead of Emporia,
retiring the latter to twelfth place. Win
field now ranks fifteenth instead Of sew
enteenth; Chanute with gain OF -,72s
precedes Coffeyville. Arkansas City, INDIE
pendence, Newton Galena and Argentine,
Arkansas City dropping from 18th to 18th.
Newton 18th to goth, Galena 18th to 21st.
and Argentine goth to 22nd. Cofeyville
passes from 18th to 18th. Independence
21st to 18th Manhattan 2sth to 18th,
changing places with ConcOrdia. Abilene
rises from 2Sth TO 9th place. Hoiton 18Th
10 18th. Cherryvale 30th to 18th, Roseoale
18th to 3fth. Some of the other cities
which have changed their rank are Usage
City, which leaves the 10th place for the
sSth. Dodge City 43rd for 10th, Columbus
z6th for 51st, Scammon 66th for e2Ea, and
HAYS 6sth for 62nd. Wamego goes PROM
70th TO 6Sth. Humboldt list to 63rd- Belle
vile 72nd to 65th, Anthony 73rd to esth
Fredonia shifts from the 74th TO list, Bur
iingame 18th to 74th. Cherokee S3rd to 18th.
Baldwin now ranks 18th instead Of Tooth.
Frankfort S5th instead of seth. La Harpe
SSth instead of 1CSth, Pratt Seth instead
of GOTH In 1902 Smith Center was 10ist.
IS now goth: St. Marys 102nd, now 96th;
Eoisington I11th, now 1O6th; Junction
Ci'y, Wellinl ION Ell Dorado, Olathe. Clay
Center. Baxter Springs. Kingman, Garden
Cf.v and Peabody make gains. but remain
unchanged in rank. Paola, Hiawatha,
Great Bend Girard. Lindsborg. Washing
ton. Sedan. Valley Fails, Blue Rapids.
Augusta. Erie. st. Paul and Downs in
crease in number Of inhabitants. but fall
in rank Harper drops from s1st to 91st,
Ellis 18th to 9th. Lincoln s4th to e5th,
Canev 18th tos7th. Ellsworth 67th to 18th.
Minneapolis 64th to 73rd, Lyons 6lst to
T2nd Frontenac 5eth to cath. Chetopa 49th
70 Seth. Oswego falls from 4Sth to seth,
Beloit 18th to 51st. Burlington 45th TO
9th. Girard 44th to 4eth, Great Bend 42nd
70 43rd Council Grove is 18th instead OF
Gst. Weir City end instead of seth, osa-
watomie S6th instead of 29th. and Horton
Both instead of 9th.
THIS YEARS POPULATION.
The following table gives the cities and
towns in Kansas having 1000 or more in
habitants March I. 1908. in the order Of
their rank, with the population of each.
together with its gain or loss;