The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-23
CENSUS TABLES
BEING MADE UP
VAST WORK STILL REMAINS FOB
STATE BUREAU.
One Table Will Show Military Popu1a-
ton, Another Children Of School Age
Sex Classification Being Made
Native Minnesotans Being Traced
Cities Retain Same Rank.

Altho the official figures of the state
census have been made public, the real
work Of the state census bureau is
\rdly half done.
Z lie entire enumeration Of the state
has now to be gone over by a corps of
clerks and various additional tabula-
lions made. Rhe most tedious of the
the preparing Of the "military CEN
sus.'t No one in the census bureau
seemed to know that military strength
census was called for by the state law
until a short time ago when an out
slider called attention to the matter.
But it is in the law in black and white,
and altho it will be of very little ben
eft compared with the work involved,
the census bureau must now ascertain
the number of males between the ages
of IS and As years in every civil di-
vision Of the state.
Clerks are already busy on prepar-
ing sex classification. This will show
how those enumerated in all districts
are divided as to sex. There is also to
be a classification made to show the
number of children in the state Of
school age, that is, from to Is years.
A third classification to c . plete the
age divisions, will be made of all in
-habitants of the state of over 40 years
of age.
Census Supervisor Wright is espe-
cially interested in an investigation his
clerks are now making as to the length
of time Of settlement of the people IN
the various counties. He is rather OF
the opinion that altho the southern Min
nesota counties show something of a
falling off in inhabitants, this falling
off does not necessarily mean they have
left the state, but have moved to north
ern Minnesota and have settled on wild
lands, which are to be had exceedingly
cheap compared to the high price of
trict counties. Investigation along this
line has already gone far enough to
show some surprising things. For in
stance, in Waseca county, but one civil
division in the county shows any gain
for the past five years. In Dodge coun-
| ty three showed gain, in Olmsted only
four, and in Sibley but five. In great
contrast are the facts in some of the
northern counties. In st. Louis county
gains; in Clearwater county but three
out Of twenty-five showed a decrease.
In Aitkin, fifty out of sixty civil divi-
sions increased in population. In Bel
trami, ffty-fve out Of sixty increased.
In all, of 1925 civil division in the en-
tire state, 900, practically all in south
ern Minnesota, developed decreases in
population.
Another interesting feature of the
census figures is the fact that the
eleven largest cities have retained their
relative positions in regard to popula-
ton for ten years past. These are, in
order: Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth,
Winona, Saltwater, Mankato, St. Cloud,
Faribault, Red Wing, Brainerd, Rochesi
ter.
Some Of the northern Minnesota
! towns show boom growths. Hibbing,
ten years ago in eighty-ninth place
relative to size, now jumps to thir-
| teenth' place, with an increase of over
i 200 per cent. Cloquet increased. 10a
per cent; Virginia, los per cent.