Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
POPULATION OF u. S.
RECENT CENSUS OFTERITORIES
CITIES AMI STATES.
New York Leads Cities With 4,113,o43
People-Seventy Cities Have Over
Gain in rporatlons-London by
Far Worlds Largest City.

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Interesting figures showing the in
crease in population of various Amer
lean cities during the last three years
have just been issued by the census
department at Washington. For the
three years 1904, 1905 and 1906 the
first five cities in the Union have re-
manned as follows: New York. Chi
cago, Philadelphia, st. Louis and Bos
ton. The following figures are inter
esting as showing the rate of increase
in population of each:
= 1904. 1905. 1906
New York 1887, 762 4,OOo,4O9 4,119,04S
Chicago .1,932,315 1,90O,75o 2.049. 1875
Phila. ....1,S92,3S9 1,417O62 1,441,7 35
st. Louis 624,626 636,973 649,S20
Boston -. 5SS,4S2 595,3S0 62O,27S
The interesting feature about these
figures is the fact, according to the ex-
perts of the census bureau, that at the
present rate of increase no other city
will ever be able to overtake New
York.
On the other hand, looking ahead
to the time when New York shall be
the greatest city in the world in point
of population, the same experts say
that assuming the present rate of in
crease is maintained it will take until
the year 2071 for New York to over
take London In 1910 it is estimated
that the population of New York will
be about 4,563,6 while that of Lon
don will be about 7,4S4, t81.
There are 70 cities in the United
States with a population of more than
10000, evansville, Ind, bringing up
the rear with population in 1906 of
ees.957.
New York leads in the local popula-
ton in chartered places in 1905, with
6,471,7S0, or S0.2 per cent of the total
population of the state, Massachusetts
being second, with 2,024,325. The COM
parison is hardly fair to Massachu-
sets. its towns being chartered entire
as cities, of which there are only 33.
New Jersey is third, with 1,7O9,174
in it's 225 interpretations, Wyoming be-
ing last. with eS,521 population in its
81 incorporated places.
The state showing the greatest in
crease in interpretations is North Da-
kota, which has gained 63.6 per cent,
tn number of such places having in
creased from rs to 124, and the popu-
lation from II ,14S to 16,407.
In number of incorporated places of
less than 1000, Iowa leads, having 606,
Minnesota being second, with 4S4. In
places of from 1000 to 5000 New York
leads, with 234, Iowa being second,
with 1866.
In places of 5000 to $4,000 New York
is first. with So, Michigan second, with
81. and Wisconsin third, with IA.
In those places of $4,000 to 100, 900
Massachusetts again leads, with 4,
New York following with 8, and New
..-rsey with 4. In places of 100000
eopulauon and upward New York
leads with 4, and is followed by Mas
sachusetts and New Jersey, with 3
each.
The total estimated population in
1906 Of the Sal places in the table, ex-
GLIDING San Francisco and Los An
gees, Cal, is 2S,466,624 these same
places had in 1900 population of "a
554.436. an increase of 3,912,1SS, or
1879 per cent This is more than liz
of the percentage increase in CONT
mental United States from 1900 to
1906. which was 7,946,935, or 1913 per
cent.
It is evident that if these cities con-
tinue to increase at the same rate they
will have increased in 1910 more than
continental United States, exclusive
of these cities. This indicates in
striking manner the rapid growth OF
urban population.
The following table gives the pres
ent population of the United States
and all her outlying territory, with
n glance into the future:
1900. 1906. 1910.
II S. ..S4,S15,937 9S,1S2, 24O 9S,S54, So;
Contin.
U. s..75,994,575 SS,941,51O Ss,15S,79:
Alaska 1882 S2,516 1913:
Outlying territory
Guam 5000 9,64S 1905
ssawaii. 154,OO1 1s2,4O7 21S,O1'
IsIds. 76s5,426 7,s12.59S S,2S2.14
p. Rico. 953,243 1,03702S 1,OSS,5S
Samoa. 6,1GO 6,5SS s,S3
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