The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-14
SLOW BUT SURE.
Kansas Shows Increase of
39.54O in Population.
Mr.. COburn's Figures Given Out
Today.
GROWTH OF CITIES.
Nearly All But Oil Towns Show
a Gain.
western Kansas Counties Make
Excellant Showing.

assessors through their county clerks
re- Ine state board of agriculture. This
Is the largest population ever report
ed Tor the state. By far the larger
percentages of increase are in the
western counties. Seventy-four coun-
tleS snow an aggregate gain of 49,
200 ana 80 a loss, altogether, of 1926.
AS the officials in Atchfson county
again ignored and fnuIHfed the law
and made only such partial returns
as suited their convenience, giving
the county but 1852 population, the
figures returned for 1905 have been
used in this years computations.
Each OF the 80 counties lying west
OF the 99th meridian shows a gain
over last year, except Phillips and
Ness whose losses, however. total
net gain of 20,532, or Ills per cent.
Their net increase is 54.6 per cent of
that for the entire state. Cheyenne.
wallace, Hamilton, Greeley, Stanton
IRENE western counties bordering
Colorado, show an aggregate gain of
&c per cent.
The largest increase reported is in
ed 3,940, followed by Wyandotte with
1870, Crawford with 2,757, Finney
with 2.441 and Leavenworth with g.
O96. The smallest increase is in Os-
borne county, which gained 2. The
largest decrease is in Usage county,
whose officials certify to a falling off
OF 1888. Neosho, johnson, Jackson
and Chautauqua, as named, show the
next largest decreases
Statements of the percentages of in
crease convey a good idea of the ratio
of growth of the counties showing
gains. The largest per cent of in
crease in any county east of the 99th
meridian is per cent, in Montgom
cry. Among the western counties,
Kearny shows gain of 1885 per cent,
Stevens 100 per cent, Seward 102 per
cent, Greeley II, Grant SIS, Stanton
"a, Finney 52.9 and Wallace 35 per
is per cent inrOsage county. OF the
80 counties showing decreases FL re-
port a falling off of only 1 per cent,
or less.
The rank of the five counties lead
ing in population this year. is with
two notable exceptions, the same as
last. Shawnee county has dropped
from second stolthiBd place and Mont
gomery has advanced from third to
second eco The, leading five counties in
Shawnee. Sedgwick.s and Crawford, in
the order named.
A comparison of the = population
statistics for 1907 with those of ten
years previous shows some very re-
markable increases. There were 1884,
542, or EOS per cent, more Inhabitants
this year than in 1897. Eighty-eight
counties show increases in the ten
years and II counties Gall in the east
ern half of the state) show decreases.
has gained over 1876 per cent. Wyan-
dotte "a per cent, Finney 10 per
cent, Allen 112 per cent. Comanche
SO, Edwards 106, Ford 81, Cove 11e.
Grant SO, and Gray 1856 per cent. The
increase in Greeley is 1876 per cent,
Haskell 147 per cent, Kearny 2O4,
Logan 1872, Meade 119, Scott 169,
Seward 355. Sheridan 1O2, Stevens
1876 and Trego 80 per cent.
Urban Population Increasing.
Urban population of Kansas is on
the increase. This year the state has
1872 cities and towns with 1000 in |
habitants or more, as against 100 one
year ago. In these 1872 municipalities |
found 631.8OS inhabit-
ants, an increase of more than per |
cent over last year, and amounting to
over 38 per cent of the states popu- |
lation. Their net increase is 24,43S, or
61.S per cent of the increase (39,540) |
for the entire state. Ninety-three mu-
29,564, and 81 a decrease of 4,575. |
Yates Center neither gained nor lost, |
and Atchison failed to make complete |
returns, necessitating the use of the |
1905 population figures for that city.
Kansas City, as In the year proceed |
ing, shows the largest increase, 2,61O |
followed by Independence with gain |
Of 1881, Leayenwofth l,6So, Garden
1857. and Hutchinson 1,044. Clay |
Center shows the smallest increase. |
The largest decrease is $50, in Sedan
There are now IA, as against 3 cities |
each. Emporia entering the |
list, and their combined population |
represents 20 per cent of the popula- |
ton of the state. Seven new towns |
appear in the 1000 or over class. They |
are: Almena, which gained 285 in the |
year, Curranville. which increased 1874, |
with 12S more. Kfowa las, |
Strong City 80, Oskaloosa ZIG, ana |
Liberal 3S4. OF these Oskaloosa and |
Strong City re-entered the list after an |
absence of a year. Five towns, Yale, |
Plainville, Solomon. Wilson and ST. |
Paul, have dropped below the 1000 |
mark.
With some exceptions the rank of the |
80 leading cities is the same. Kansas |
City, Of course, continues with a wide |
margin the states metropolis, having |
well toward twice as many inhabitants
as Topeka, its closest competitor The |
first shift in rank was occasioned by |
the advance of Independence from 10Th |
place to 9th place, changing places with |
Fort Scott which was 9th last year. |
Salina and Chanute have also changed /
advancing to 18th place. Newton, |
which was 21st last year has exchanged |
places with Galena, which was goth. /
and Concordia have. changed |
places, Wellington this year being 26th |
and Concordia 9th Ell Dorado has |
gained a point in rank, now being 30th |
and Horton lost point. Garden City /
has advanced phenomenally in rank in |
the past two years. OF from Tooth to |
56th in 1906. and to 34th place in 1907. |
the gain in population the past year |
to 63 per cent Other note |
worthy changes IN rank are shown by /
Harrington, which has jumped from AID |
place in 1906 to 32d place in 1907, Caney,
which has advanced from 44th to. 18th |
place. Fredonia from .57th to 4Sth place, |
Weir 9th to 9th place, Oswego list to |