Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-31
POPULATION OF U. S.
,fcFNTCENsus OFTERlTORIES
~ CITIES AND STATES.
,k Leads cities With 4'11s'o4s
~, p.opls--sevsOty Cities Have over
sOoOO-North Dakota Has e''a'1''
~. IN IncorporatiOns-London by
"a, Worlds Largest CITY,

Interesting figures sno"ins
:. nonulation of various Amer
''s'' titles during the last three years
icaA o ,,st been issued by the census
ha'e .t at washington. For cne
depai'n lars 1904. 1905 and 1905 The
three cities in the Union have re-
nis' ~ &c follows: New York, Chi
lu Sno philadelphia, st. Louis and Dos
Vas' The following figures are inter
WI '.,r0 as showing the rate OF increase
- nopulatien of each;
1904. 1905. 1906
New YouEs8.SS77e2 1000 4oS 4 'd a-lo slS
NEW Ne,ooeo Il, 9S2,S15 1.so0,75O 2,o4s,1S5
D Uun" 1892, SS9 1,417,062 L AL 735
ra'r. o,sv 624,626 G36,975 64s,S2O
o. nO' 5SS,4s2 595,SsO 625, 2TS
DV TSa interesting fesnure about these
su lr ',s the fact, according to the ex-
nerts of the census bureau, thatat the
prassnt rate of increase no other city
p ~,,, over be aDfe to 'oFertalfe New
York. us
4. .ho time when New York shall be
,So greatest city IN the world in poiat
Of population, the sape exports say
that assuming the present rate OF IN
oroose is maintained it will make until
,ho wear 7071 fox New YORK. to over
,,ovo London. la 1919 it is estimated
that the population Of New York WIFI
hoaabout t.563! 6lj4, while that of LON
don will be aboEt 7 4S4, 181-
| There are 20 cities in 1.-THE United
States with q population 81 more Jhan
$4,000 evansville, ind, bringing UT
the rear with Il population in 1906 OF
$685.
New York leads in the local pODula
tou in chartered places in 1905, with
71.7Se, or PD.2 'per cent OF. the Nota
population of the state. Massachusetts
being second, with 2,024,325. Theecom
parison is hardly fair TO ,Massaohu
sets, its towns being chartered entir'
as cities, of which there are only 33
New Jersey is third, with 1,709,17
in its 225 interpretations, Wyoming be
ing last, with 63521 population in 1t
81 incorpora ted places
Inc state showing the greatest II
crease In interpretations is North Ds
kota, which mas gained 63.6 perccen
tn humber of such places having II
creased from rs to 124, and the popl
lation from II 14S to 116,407-
In number of incorporated places c
less than 1000, Ggwa leads, having 60l
Minnesota being second, with i4S4.
places of from 1900 to 5000 New Yor
leads, with 23A, Iowa being ssecon'
with 1856
In places of $3.50 to $4,000 New Yor
is first with So, Michigan second, wit
q, and Wisconsin, third, with IA.
In those places of $4,000 to 10000
Massachusetts again leads, with
New York following with 5, and Ne
Jersey with 4. Ia places of 10000
ppuiadon and upward New 'Yol
leads with 4, and is followed by Ma
saehusetts and New Jersey, with
each.
The total estimated population
1905 Of the SAL places in the table, q
Guiding San Francisco and Los "A
gees, Cal, is rs, 466,624; these san
places had in 1890 a population of q
ooi'4Se, an increase of 3,S12,1SS, 4
10y per cent. This is more than 1
vi The percentage increase in ooM
mental United States from 1900
lsO6' which was 7,94e,935, or 10.5 p
cent.
II Is evident that If these cities co
unue to increase at the same rate thu
Will nave increased in 1910 more tn;
eonnnental United States, exclusi'
VI these cities. This indicates in
suNlhg manner the rapid growth
Urban population.
Inc following table gives the pre-
ent population of the United Stat
anu all her outlying territory, wi
glance into the future:
1900. 1906. 1910.
I o. ..4,S15,937 sS,1S2,240 9S,s54, 5
u, s."75,Ss4,575 1884, $40 ss,15s,7
AiSska 6S,592 s2,51e s5,1
. outlying territory
r Hgan lou 5000 s,64S 100
9 pS,Ma;. l54,OO1 1s2,4O7 21s,o
!. iS n, 7e35,42s 7,s12,5ss s,2s2,1
; ssm raco' s5S,24S 1,O37,O2S 1,0SS,E
+ '@uOa.. 6,1OO 6.53s e,s
i MINES AND MINING.
X EColds. unlon forces have won out
D. 1,.uneid, Neb, on the no-card svste