Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-13

Washington, ID. e.. 2E2l, -'N a.
TPitrsburg passed Cincinnati; Milwaukee
passed Detroit, and Detroit passed New
Orleans.
Considered by states, New York leads
in population, with more than .,5oo,ooo'
Pennsylvania exceeds G,500,000, and
Illinois has passed 5000, 900: Texas has
over 5000, 900. having passed Missouri
Only twenty-five states now have less
than 1000, 000 inhabitants, and fourteen
exceed 2,000,G
The estimated population in 1908 in
as follows:
The north Atlantic states. lSS cities
l2.S1S, $50: north central division. IA!
cities, S,2.2lG5; south Atlantic, IS
cities. l,Sil.ol5: south central 3, cities
l.5,3O.S55; and western states, 2G cities
1,342,S22
An official statement accompanying
the bulletin says:
The bureau of the census has decih-
ed to make annual estimates of pOpula
| ton based upon what is known as the
arithmetical method. This rests upor
| the assumption that the annual in
crease for each year since the last cen
sllS ill he one-ten;h of the decennia
increase between the last two censuseS
| The country as Il whole and most of The
| states and cities are growing with I:
steadily decreasing per cent. OF in,
crease As this condition has obtained
in the United States for the last TWEEN.
| immediate future. Under such condi.
tions the arithmetical method has beef
proved more accurate than amy alter.
native method"
Referring to the inclusion of suburbs
in cities. the bulletin says that of tn,
i3S cities with 10000 or more popula
tion., lG2 annexed territory Detweel
June |. 1890, and June !. 1903. Their
larc no cities credited with 5000 pupu
lation in Mississippi. oklahoma, Sou;l
Dakota. Wyoming, Vermont and Nortl
Carolina.
TIL" New York Sun says:
| IL is interesting to compare some o
these estimates with the figures givel
by the last census. For instance, In.
state of New York. which in 1900 hat
| 1.26S. A94 inhabitants, is now credite'
with more than 1,J00.000. The popu
lation Of Pennsylvania is computed t,
have increased within three years from
G."u@.l55 to more than G,50O,0oO. Hi
nois. which in 1900 had 4.S2l.550 is nov
believed to have more than 5000 ,OOC
Texas. which three years ago had abOu
$4,000 fewer inhabitants than Missouri
il asserted to have outstripped the lls
named state.
I'm respect Of urban population, III
three states which rank highest ar
New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois
i'm the order named. New York cit,
alone is estimated to have 3.1lG.139 in
| habitantS, or about 2H0.000 more than
had three years ago. To Chicago. whicl
in 1900 contained l.69S.5lJ inhabitants
| 1,Sl3S0O are at present attributed
The growth of Philadelphia is suppose
to be relatively slow, the gain over tn
figures of 1900 not being put highe
than 14.019.
st. Louis. which had 515,23S in 1906
has since managed to pass the G00.0
mark, and Boston has nearly reached i
with 594.61S-tbout $4,000 more than
had three years ago. If such suburban
towns as Cambridge (9S.i4D and Som
erlille (6S.030) We're incorporated Wit
the city. tn" population of BOstol
would be not far from S00.00O. Man
persons will be surprised to learn tina
of cities and towns containing ut leas
10000 inhabitants Massachusetts ha
more than any other state. to wit. forty
seven. ON the other hand. there is no
one city credited by the Census Bureau
with $4,000 inhabitants in Mississippi