Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-04-12
GAIN IN POPULATION
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW MARVEL
Gus GROWTH IN SIX YEARS.
Nearly syooo.o COO More People in United
States in 1906 Than in 1890
New York stiii Largest
City. Chicago Second.

Washington. - The population OF
continental United States. according
TO the estlmates of the census bureau,
was Ss,sii-5i0 in 1906, This is 1916
sas NOR. than the population IN isv"'
The estimated population OF ihe
United States. Including Alaska and
insaiaF possessions. in 1906 Sas ss.'
iss.sfo. The growth in population In
continental Uniied States from iso'
10 1906 VAS i,ssJ,5iS.
The population Of continental
unitai States in 1895 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 s..5sS.is3. an
iner.as. over 1900 of G.s5s.Gio. or 81
per cent
Computed on the basis Of the esii
mate III. density Of population OF con
tinsnial United States in 1906 Was y
persons per square mile. as compared
with &c in 1900,
Chicago remains the second city In
the union ia point Of population. New
York being FIRST with t.lia!oi5, Tn.
figures for chieasn are ..o's.isS- In
1900 u was i.sss.S.S, The gain In SIX
years therefor. Is 5se.Gio. NcS York
Il t~ie" as large as Chicago. sh
years ago Its population VAS a.s1s.-o-.
80 that It's Increase has been SsS.s'i.
Philadelphia has i.tti.s5s. against
1893. co. six years aso. 81. Louis has
passed Boston In the race. the MIS-
souri, metropolis having s's.5.o In
1906 aud sI5..5s In 1900. Six years
ago Boston had sss.oss. Will. In 1906
the bean eaters city had so:.:.s.
Illinois Is the third state of the
unIon In paln, OF population. In 1906
the census bureau estimates that II
vas populated by 5.'is.sso persons
"a against i.ssi,s;o In 1900. New
York IL leader with s,::s.sso: then
comes Pennsylvania with s.s:S.s's:
Ohio. i.ttS.6.s: Indiana. :.1io.ses.
Th. rapid growth OF urban popnia'
,Ian "a noteworthy. The total cs,I.
mated population Of Incorporated
places having 5000 or NOR. inhabii.
ants. exclusive OF san Francisco and
Los Angeles. Cal. is :s.iss.s:i for
1906. an Increase over 1900 Of 5.si:..
1873. or is.9 per cent. while the csii'
mated population OF the United S,aica
exclusive OF these cities showed m
Increase of i.iso.oo5. or only SIS per
cent.
The SIS cities with an estimated
population OF $4,000 or more in 1906
had n total estimated population OF
ls.77i.i67. an increase OF s.is6.s6j. or
l5.s per cent. over that reported at
the twelfth census.
The states that took census In
1905 are Florida. Iowa. Kansas. Mas
sachusctis. 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 -"
The population returns for these
states was 26.e63.sI7. IN increase
since 1900 OF 1.90i.5T2 or rs per cent.
For the remaining states and terri
tories the population for 1905 as de-
tcrmined by the method adopted by
the bureau was 56.eS3,o5e. an increase
over 1900 OF i.37i.oi0. or s.i per cent.
The population OF the ~ states max
ing an enumeration. II estimated In
the same manner. would be e6.e0i. .162.
a difference of only o. per cent. from
the actual returns.