The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-05
ALL ON The move
Kansas Towns Show a Big Gain
in Population.
Topeka Advances FOrty-twO
Hundred in Year.
is NEAR AZ THOUSAND
Kansas City Leads With Nearly
7S Thousand People.
Wichita StiIl Over Five Thou
sand Below Topeka.

The towns of Kansas are growing
faster than the country districts, ac-
cording to the municipal population
report given out Tuesday by F. D.
Coburn, secretary of the Kansas state
board of agriculture.
The total increase in population in
the state was 66,492, and of this
amount, 4e,54S. or 74.5 per cent, is the
increase of cities and towns having
more than 1000 population. There
are 128 cities of more than 1000 pop
ulation this year, as compared with
30 in 1905. The compilation of sta
tistics now going on under the super
vision of Secretary Coburn reveals
that SO municipalities show an aggre-
gate gain of 1896, and 27 show an
aggregate decrease of 1922. Oakland
enters the list this year as a newly in
corporated town, and last years fig
ures of population are used for Atch-
ison owing to the failure of the county
clerk to make any return.
Kansas City shows the largest in
crease, 10,298, followed by Wichita
with a gain of 4.431, Topeka 4,245,
Parsons 1858, Coffeyville 3,271 and
Independence 2,29S. Winfield shows
the smallest Increase. The largest
decrease is 4S4, in Weir
The net increase for these 12S towns
and cities this year is 49,543, or 74.5
per cent of the increase (66.492) for
the entire state. Their aggregate pop
ulation is 37.4 per cent of the popula-
ton of the state in 1906.
There are thirteen cities having TO-
600 or more inhabitants. and their
combined population represents 1873
per cent of the population of the state
Every city or town in the list, with
the exception of eighteen, has changed
rank this year. Eleven new towns ap-
pear IN the 1000 or over class. They
are Solomon, which enters the list
with an increase of 90, Plainville
which gained 2O4, Wilson, with 81
more inhabitants Jewell 262. Mound
valley 464, Oakland, newly incorpor-
ated, and Altoona with an increase Of
462. Three towns, Oskaloosa. Scran-
ton ana Strong City, have fallen below
the 1000 mark.
The rank Of the fifteen leading cities
IS the same. with some few exceptfons-
Kansas City. Topeka. Wichita. Ileaven-
worth and Atchison. as named. rank
the same as last year. CoffevvilIe.
which was seventh last year is now
SIXTH changing places with Pittsburp
which was sixth last year. Parsons
and Fort Scott have also changed
places. Parsons, which was ninth last
year, advancing to eighth place Inde-
pendence. which was twelfth last year
which was tenth. Emporia and Cha
mute have changed places, Chanute this
year being fifteenth and Emporia four
teenth.
Some of the changes in rank most
worthy of note are shown in Garden
City. which has jumped from Tooth
place in 1905 to fifty-sixth in 1905.
Norton, which has advanced from
eighty-fifth to ffty-ninth place. Good
land from eighty-eighth to sixty-third
place, Beloit from ifty-eighth to forty
sixth place and Smith Center from
ninety-f1fth to eighty-fifth place. Weir
has dropped from forty-eighth place
to sixty-seventh, Oswego from fifty
sixth to seventy-first. Sedan from fifty
seventh to SEVENTEEN, Chetopa from
seventeen to eighty-sixth and Lincoln
from ninety second to 119th
While statements in regard to the
relative rank of the various munich
palities convey some idea of the notable
gains, it is in percentage of increase
that the changes are most remarkable
For example: Garden City gained II
per cent, Mound Valley entered the list
with a 10 per cent gain, as did Colby
with an increase of 46 per cent and
Altoona with SO per cent. Norton and
Goodland each gained 81 per cent. and
thirty-five other cities each show in
creases ranging from 10 to S5 per cent.
There are twenty-five towns in the
state with a population of 5000. They
are, with the population, gains and
Ioazns for the x-aa