The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-08

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April THE city OF In
dianapois had a population of 19l0a in
the year 1903. The same rate of gain as
compared with 1902 when the figures ag-
gregated 1S3 9l0, should make her popula-
tion 10000 by the end Of the present year.
The population in 1900 was 16e,764. The
nineteen leading cities in Indiana have
gained more than $1,000 during the three
years since the decennial census of 1900.
In a number of instances the growth OF
some of the smaller cities is not important,
but fair progress was made in all of the
half-dozen foremost cities of the State.
The figures are brought in a report just
made public by the Census Bureau, being
estimates on the growth of cities through
out the country and other facts regarding
cities and the increase of their wealth.
which will be made public from time TO
time
The second city in Indiana. Evansville.
increased from 59O07 in 1900 TO 81 ,4S2 in 1903.
Fort Wayne has made a gain of from 45. .112
I'm 1900 TO 4s.OS1 Anderson. 20.17s to 23O10;
Elkhart, 1874 10 $3.50; Elwood, 1880 to
1897: Hammond. 1886 TO 1425S; Jefferson
Vile, 10.774 to 10s0T; Kokomo, 10,609 to
11.3l4; Lafayette. 1916 to 1857: Logaps-
port, 6.204 TO 17.O6S; Marion 1887 to 199OS;
Michigan City, $50 TO 1901; Muncie, 20.942
to 24.4s2: New Albany. .42s to 2O499: Rich
mond, 1926 to 1s,712; South Bend, s99 to
4O.s27; Terre Haute. 1858 to SS.611. Vim
cennes. 1929 TO 1869.
POPULATION OF COUNTRY.
The bulletin gives the estimated popuIa-
tion of the United States for 1903, exclusive
of Alaska and the insular possession of
increase Of 3.9O5.sl4 since the census of 1900
The population is estimated for 43S cities
having 10000 or more inhabitants in 1900.
According to these estimates New York is
a city of 3.716.139 inhabitants; Chica-
60 is rapidly approaching the two-million
mark. having 1.S73SsO inhabitants; Phila-
delphia has 1.367.716: ST. Louis has just
passed and Boston has almost reached the
10000 mark; Baltimore has 531 3l3: Cleve-
land Is now considerable distance ahead of
Cincinnati, which cities have $50 and 332,
S34 respectively. Buffalo also has consid-
erably increased its population, being cred
tied with 3Sl. .403 inhabitants San Francisco
sna sor are ,s S f6 the
Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans have
just passed 100000. and Washington is close
to that figure.
In the number of towns and cities having
over 10000 Inhabitants Massachusetts is in
the lead. with forty-seven, containing
z,lJ f.tO
of urban population. of course. is not as
large that of New York, Pennsylvania
anG Illinois.
NEW YORK LEADS.
Considered by States. New York leads in
population, with more than seven and a
half millions; Pennsylvania exceeds six and
a half millions, and Illinois has passed five
millions: Texas has over three millions
having passed Missouri. But twenty-five
States now have less than a million inhab-
itsnts. and fourteen exceed two millions.
The estimates are made in a bulletin Civ
ing population in 1901. 1902 and 1903 for all
cities of 10000 inhabitants or more i'm the
United States. 1t shows that the number
of Incorporated places having a population
of 10000 inhabitants Or more in 1900 includ-
Ing cities. boroughs and villages and New
England towns not having municipal cor
poratiOns within their limits is 4SS with a
total population of 24.047 ,367. while their
estimated population for 1903 is p s)6 gS7
an increase of 1.759620. or over per cent
during the three years. The same CITIES
bstween 1890 and 1900. increased i'm popula-
ton over 81 per cent. Part of the Increase
during the three years is due to the inclu-
sion OF suburbs.
The estimated population in 1903 in cities
Of 10000 or more is distributed follows: !:
The North Atlantic States. 1SS cities u Sis
$50; North Central division, l49 cities. S272-
l0S; South Atlantic 81 cities. 1.Sn.2l5 South
Central, 81 cities. !, ,5So.S55. and Western
States. IS cities, 1.3i3.S22
An official statement accompanying the
bulletin says: The bureau of the census
has decided 10 make annual estimates of
population based upon what is known as
the arithmetical method. This rests ON
the assumption that the annual Increase
each year since the last census will be
one-tenth of the decenniai increase between
the last two Censuses. The country as a
whole and most of the states and cities are
growing with a steadily decreasing per
cent, of increase AS this condition has
obtained in the United States for the last
twenty years IL is likely To hold good i'm
the immediate future. Under such condi-
tions the arithmetical method has been
proved more accurate than any alternative
method Estimates by this method based
on the census population OF 1880 and 1890
We're made for the seventy-eight cities. each
OF which had over 500O0 inhabitants i'm
ls'. and the results compared with the
census count. The estimates give these
ahd 100" OF f01.0.S. The count showed am
actual average increase OF i14.793, or closer
than estimates based on votes cast or
number Of names in a directory or a local
census Of school children. OF course. i'm a
number OF individual cases the estimates
whlch have been made will ultimately be
proved 10 be wide of the truth. but even
IN such cases the bureau of the census be-
neves that they will be of value for the
only purpose for which they have actually
been prepared. namely to establish basis
1for the computation of death and birth
rates, etc After correspondence with all
the cities reported. very careful computa-
tons Have been made of changes in munic-
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