The Monticellonian., 1907-04-11
GAIN IN POPULATION
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW MARVEL. GUS GROWTH IN SIX YEARS.
Nearly s,ooo,ooo More People in United States in 1906 Than in tsoo- New York Still Largest
 City, Chicago Second.

Washington - The population ot continental United States, according
 to the estimates of the census bureau. was S3.941.5f0 in I906. This Is .9i6,
 935 more than the population in 1900.
 The estimated population of ths
 United States, including Alaska and
 insular possessions, in 1906 was g.
 1S2 240. The growth in population in
 continental United States from 1905 to 1906 was 1 .567315.
 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 S2,515, i95. an
 increase over 1900 of 6.559,6l0, or S.7
 per cent.
 Computed on the basis of the esti-
 mate the density of population of con tinental 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
 fork being first with 4.ll3.0i3. Tho
 figures for Chicago are 2.0f9 1S5. In
 1900 1t was 169s.575. The gain in six
 years therefore is 350.6t0. New York
 Is twice as large as Chicago. Six
 years ago it's population was S.437 POP. so that its increase has heen 6bo ,s4l-f Philadelphia has 1.i41.I againsti 293, ,697 six years ago. St. Louis has
 passed Boston in the race. the Mis-
 souri metropolis having 649.32O in | 1906 and 575,23S in 1900 Six years
 ago Boston had 595.0sS, while in 1906 the bean caters city had 602,2Is. Illinois is the third state of the
 union in point of population. In 1905 the census bureau estimates that it.
 was populated by 5,i1s,670 persons,l
 as against 4.S21,55o in 1900. New
 York is leader with S.226. .990; then
 comes Pennsylvania with 5.92S,5I5.l
 Ohio. 4.44s,6T7; Indiana, 2,7t0,s9S.
 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 anfl
 Los Angeles. Cal. is 2s466.h24 for l 1906, an increase over 1900 of 3.9l2.1 | 1SS, or l59 per cent. while the esti-
 mated population of the United States | exclusive of these cities showed an
 increase of 4tS0,903. or only s.s per cent
 The SS cities with an estimate3' population of 50.O00 or more in 1905
 had a total estimated population of | 19.771, ,l67, an increase of 2,166,S63, or | 163 per cent. over that reported at. | the twelfth census.
 The states that took census in | 1905 are Florida. Iowa. 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 "4."
 The population returns for these states was 26,263,877, an increase since 1900 of 1.901 .572. or IS per cent. For the remaining states and terri | tories the population for 1905 as de- | termined by the method adopted by the bureau was 56,2S3,059 an increase | over 1900 of 4.3374 .040. .or S.4 per cent | The population of the II states mak- | ing an enumeration, if estimated i1 | the same manner. would be 26.204, ,761, | difference of only 0.2 per cent. from l the actual returns.