The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
CITIES POPULATION
INTERESTING BULLETIN FROM
 CENSUS BUREAU.
Estimated That in 1908, Montgomery Contained 32,6S4 Inhabitants.
 Birmingham Leads the Ala
 bama Towns With 42, 2,o6Y.

bureau today issued a bulletin which gives the estimated population of the United States for 1sO8. exclutive of Alaska and the insular possessions of the United States at 7s.soo. sss. This is an increase of 3.s06.s14 since the census of 1900 The populations Is estimated on 43s cities in 1900 According to these estimates New York is now a city of 3.7l6.134 inhabitants; Chicago has 1,s73 SS0 inha abitants; Phila- delphia has 1.3s7.716; St. Louis has just passed Boston and has almost reached the six hundred thousand mark; Balti- more has 5sl. .313; Cleveland is now a con- siderable distance ahead of Cincinnati, which cities have Al, $50 and .ss2, ,ss4 respec- lively. Detroit, Milwaukee and New Or leans have just passed 300. 900. and Wash ington is close to that figure.
 In the number of towns and cities hay ing over 1,e0o inhabitants. Massachusetts is in the lead with 47, containing a total of 2,197,706 inhabitants. but this total of as that of New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Considered by States New York leads in population with more than 7,50O.- Ooo: Pennsylvania exceeds 6.500.000 and Illinois has passed 5000,00o; Texas has over 100000 having passed Missouri. But 22 States now have less than a mil lion inhabitants. and IA exceed 100000.
 The estimates are made in a bulletin giving estimates of population in 1901, 1902 and 1908 for all cities of 10000 inhab- itants or more in the United States. It shows that the number of incorporated cities. boroughs and villages and New England towns not having municipal cor pcrations within their limits are 43s, with a total population of 24,047,367. while their estimated population for 1903 is 25.06l ,ss7, a1 iy1rH nf f nro during the three years. The same cities between 1890 and 1900 increased in popu- lation g per cent. Part of the increase during the six years Is due to the inclu- sion of suburbs. The estimated population in 1903 in cities of 10000 or more is dis tributed as follows:
 The North Atlantic States in 1ss cities. F S1S.9eo North Central Division. 1a9 cities. s,272. .105; South Atlantic. es cities. 1.s41. .215: South Central, 37 cities 1,530. .s5S, and Western States. 2e cities. 1,3Is.s22. An offiical statement accompanying the bull letin says: .
 The Bureau of the Census has decided to make annual estimates of the popu- lation based on what is known as the arithmetical method. This rests upon the assumption that the annual increase for each year since the last census. will. be one-tenth of the decennial increase ber tween the last two censuses. The coun- try as whole and most of the States and cities are growing with a steadily de- creasing per cent. in increase. As this condition has obtained in the United States for the last twenty years it Is likely to hold good in the immediate fu- ture. Under such; conditions the arith- metical method has been proved more ac- curate than any alternative method.
 rA- AnAA the census population of 1880 and 1890 were made for the, 7S cities each of which had over 5000 inhabitants in 1900 and the re- suits compared with the census count. The estimates give these cities a total annual increase between 1890 and 1900 of 407,03s The count shows an actual aver age increase of 414.793, or closer than estimates based on votes cast or number of names in directory or local census of school children"
 Referring to the inclusion of suburbs in cities the bulletin says that of the 43S cities with 10000 or more population. 163 annexed territory between June 1, 1890, and June 1 1908. There are no cities credited with 25.0oO population in Missis- sippi, Oklahoma. South Dakota, Wyom- ing. Vermont and North Carolina. The following are the estimates of the popu- lation in 1903 of all cities given 25.0oO and upwards: =- .v4
 ma-Birmingham.. 42,Osi; Mobile, 4c6s6 Montgomery 2,ss4.
 Arkansas--Little Rock, 42,0S6.
 California-Los Angeles. il6.42o; Oak land, 7U.36s; Sacramento, 30,1b2; San Francisco. 355,S19.
 Colorado-Denver. 1A5ss Pueblo, 2e.2S7.
 Florida-Jacksonville. s1,7ss.
 Georgia-Atlanta. s.55o; Savannah, 64.- 562: Augusta, .41,2S3.
 Illinois-Aurora. 254S5: Chicago, 1,Sf3,- ssO; East St. Louis. 34,Oo7; Joliet. 3o.76e; Peoria 6, ,o94; Quincy, 37,6so; Rockford, 33,- 361; Springfield. 36, al.
 Indiana-Evansville. 61 ,4s2; Fort Wayne 4s, ,o3l; 'Indianapo 1s1,os3; South Bend. 4e.3s7; Terre Haute. 3S.6ll. -.t
 Iowa-Ceda Rapids. 2T,s42; Council Bluffs, 29.17; Davenport S7,76S; Des Moines, 65,754; Dubuque, 3S,Os4; Sioux City, 31 1.7O.
 Kansas-Kansas City. S5.s4s; Topeka. 35.- Sss ''' <-, -
 Kentueky-Covington, A.759; Lexington, 27, ,so9: Louisville. 215.402: Newport, 2s.315.
 Louislana-New Orleans SOo.s2S.
 Michigan-Bay City 275s5; Detroit 309.- e53; Grand Rapids. s1,63o: Jackson. 26,494; Kalamazoo 2S.252; Saginaw. A.15i.
 Minnesota-Duluth. .51,397 Minneapolis. 214.112; St. Paul, 172.0Ss.
 Missouri-Joplin. 3o,s47: Kansas City. 1F3,O64; St. Joseph, no,47s; St. Louis, 612,- 27s.
 Montana-Butte, 3s,lH
 Nebraska-Lincoln, .44,243; Omaha, 113,- 361: South Omaha. 3l.3SS.
 Ohio-Akron. 47.SS3; Canton. 32,o11; Gin cinnati 332, ,934; Cleveland 414.950: Colum- bus. s,4S7; Dayton. s1.5es: Hamilton. 25.-' s1s: Lima, 25.445; Springfield. 40,161; Toledo, 145. .901; Youngstown, 4s3S6. ..
 Oregon-Portland. 9s, ,655
 Pennsylvania-Allegha 13S.01S; Allen town. 3s.5T3; Altoona. 41.565; Chester 35.- 995: Easton. 36775; Erie. 56.364; Harris burg. 52S51; Johnstown. 9.O6s; Lancaster. A. 294; McKeesport., 3S274; Newcastle. 3D. 59S: Philadelphia. 1,367. .716: Pittsburg. S45.--' O43: Reading S5.o51; Scranton, 107.026; Wilkesbarre. 5s.s21; Williamsport, 2S.245; York. 3643s.
 Tennessee-Chattanoog 30 469; Knox vile. 34344; Memphis, 113.669; Nashville. S2.711
 Texas-Dallas, 44195; Fort Worth 271s2; Galveston. S2.742; Houston. 50. .76O: San An tonic, 5S.016.
 Utsh-salt Lake City. 57.13s.
 Washington-Seattle. 92.O20; Spokane. 4l927; Tacoma, 45.l02.
 West Nirginia-Wheeling. 40.1s6.
 Wisconsin-La Crosse 50. sos; Milwaukee S12. 7S6; Oshkosh. 29,919; Racine, 3l,529: Superior, S6S24