The Washington bee., 1907-04-13
GAIN IN POPULATION
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW MARVEL
Gus GROWTH IN SIX YEARS.
Nearly 100000 More People in United
States in 1906 Than in 1900
New York Still Largest
City, Chicago Second.

washington. 49, The population OF
continental United States. according
IN tba estimates of the census bureau,
was s3.941.510 in 1906. This is 7,946,-
935 more than the population in 1900.
The estimated population OF the
United States, including Alaska and
insuIar possessions, in 1906 was SS,-
1920. The growth in population in
continental United States from 1905
to 1906 was 1,367,3l5.
The population of continental
United States in 1905 as obtained by
adding to the returns of the states
which took a census in that year the
estimated population of the remaining
states and territories is S2,575, ,195, an
increase over 1900 of 6.579,61O, or 81
per cent.
Computed on the basis OF the estl-
mate the density of population OF con
tinentaI United States in 1906 was 2S
persons per square mile, as compared
with 26 in 1900.
Chicago remains the second city IN
the union in point of population, New
York being frs with 4,l13,O43. The
figures for Chicago are 2,049, ,1S5. In
1900 it was 1,69S,575. The gain in six
years therefore is $50. .610. New York
is twice as large as Chicago. Six
years age its population was 3,437,2O
so that its increase has been 665,S4l.
PHILADELPHIA has 1,441,735, against
! ,293. .697 six years ago. ST. Louis has
passed Boston in the race, the Mis-
souri, metropolis having 649,S20 in
1906 and 575.23S in 1900. Six years
ago Boston had 595, ,0S3. while in 1906
the bean eaters city had 602,27S.
Illinois is the third state of the
union in point of population. In 1906
the census bureau estimates that 1t
was populated by 5,41S,670 persons.
as against 4.S21.55O in 1900. New
York is leader with 8,226,99O; then
comes Pennsylvania with 5,928,575;
Ohio. 4.44S.677: Indiana, 2,71O,89S.
The rapid growth of urban pOpula-
ton is noteworthy. The total esti-
mated population of incorporated
places having 5000 or more inhabit-
ants. exclusive of San Francisco and
Los Angeles, Cal, is 2S,466,624 for
1906, an increase over 1900 Of 1872
1888, or 15.9 per cent, while the esti-
mated population of the United States
| exclusive Of these cities showed an
Increase of 4.4S0.003. OF only 8.8 per
cent.
The IS cities with an estimated
population of $4,000 or more in 1906
had a total estimated population Of
19.771.167. an increase Of 2,766,S63, or
1913 per cent. over that reported at
the twelfth census.
The states that took a census in
| 1905 are FlOriGa. wa. Kansas, Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York. North Dakota, Oregon,
Rhode Island. South Dakota, WiscOn-
sin and Wyoming. In Michigan the
| census is taken in the years ending
with a Il"
The population returns for these
states was 26.263.S77, an increase
since 1900 of 1 .901 .572, or rs per cent.
For the remaining states and terri
tories the population for 1905 as de-
termined by the method adopted by
the bureau was 56.283,059, an increase
over 1900 of 4,374,O4O, or "a per cent.
The population of the IA states max
| ing an enumeration, if estimated in
the same manner, would be 26,204, ,762,
a difference of only OF per cent. from
| the actual returns.