The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
Cities Show Heavy Growth
=, =, and Agricultural States
: Corresponding Decline.
Many Remarkable In
creases Noted. s r.

III pOpuldLlOu. Two eACCCuiuS L,VUU,UUU,
three exceeding 200, ,OoO, ,sor four if the
environs of Bosten were included in
that city; eight exceeding 100000,
eighteen exceeding 100000, twenty
eight exceeding 100000 and fifty ex-
ceeding 100000. These fifty are dis
tributed through twelity-six states.
New York. Massachusetts and Ohio
each has five; Pennsylvania, CalifOr-
MIA and New Jersey each contains
three; Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota,
Connecticut and Tennessee can boast
two each, and the other fifteen range
from Rhode Island to Oregon. At the
head of these forty-nine cities stands,
of course. New York, at the foot Al
bany. E. b.. l.. ~
OF cities between 25,0oo and 100000
there are 175, with the Hist vet incom-
plete. These are distributed through
thirty=seven< states. Massachusetts
heads the list with twelity; Pennsylva-
MIA comes next with seventeen; New
York follows with sixteen; New Jer-
sey and Illinois have eleven each; Ohio
has nine: Texas and Iowa. each have
eight: Michigan and Wisconsin each
boasts seven; California and Connecti-
cut each claims FIVE; Indiana, Virginia
and Rhode Island each contains four;
Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kan
sas follow with three each, while there
are twelve. states with two each and
six with one each OF cities below
$4,000 the number is legion. In this
class the returns as yet are scattering.
Smaller Cities Grow.
On the whole, the smaller cities have
grown more rapidly than the larger
ones The rate Of increase in those
above 100000 has been 31.8 per cent,
while the showing is 394 per cent III
those sbetweene25o 600 ahaaf00. .0O0: Six
teen Of these smaller cities have more
than doubled their population in the
decade. The largest growths have
been that of Oklahoma City, which
has the enormous percentage of 1897
increase to it's credit. Muskogee, in
the same state, is but little behind.
Other cities in this group that have
trebled or doubled their growth are
Pasadena, Berkeley and San Diego,
CAL; Flint, Mich; Fort Worth, 81
Paso and Dallas, Tex; Tampa and
Jacksonville, Fla: Huntington, w
Va; Schenectady, N. Y; Tacoma
Was h.; Wichita. Kan, and Waterloo
Ia.
The largest growth in cities Of ove,
100000 is that of Birmingham, Ala,
which increased at the rate of 1854
per cent. Los Angeles was close
second with 211.3 per cent. Seattle
had 1914 per cent. Other cities in this
class that more than doubled their
population were Portland, Ore; Spo-
kane, Wash, and Oakland, Cal. Notable
gains were also made by Cleveland,
Detroit, Minneapolis, Denver, Atlanta
and Richmond. -. - - =.
One most gratifying feature Of the
returns is the growth of the south,
especially of southern cities. Charlotte,
N. c.; Chattanooga, Tenn; Lynchburg,
Va; Macon, Ga; Norfolk, Va; Ports
mouth, Va; Roanoke, Va; Shreveport,
La, and several other cities, in addi-
tion to those already mentioned, show
something Of the advance movement
In the new south. r.,
San Francisco Undaunted.
Another pleasing fact is that despite
her disastrous earthquake and fire San
Francisco has increased from 342,7S2
in 1900 to 416,912 in 1910. Oakland
and Berkeley are virtually parts Of
San Francisco, and both have grown
prodigiously. If the two be added to
the larger city the total population Is
increased to more than 100000. More
over, the enormous increase Of Los
Angeles and other California cities
shows something of the growth that
might have taken place in San Fran
cisco had 1t not been for her disaster.
Taking the cities OF Los Angeles, Oak
land, Berkeley, Sacramento, San Die
go, San Jose and Pasadena, they show
an aggregate increase from 260,252 in
1900 to 653,317 in l910,' or 151 per
cent. If San Francisco had enjoyed a
like growth she would have had in
1910 total Of $50, 1888.
While it is too much to claim that
but for her calamity she might have
reached this result. since a large city
is not apt to show as great a percent
age of increase as a small one under
similar conditions. it is entirely within
bounds to say that the city beside the
Golden Gate would have gone up to
half million or 100000 but for her
disaster. The more force Is lent to
this contention by the fact that some
of the increase in other California
cities is due to the fugitivss from San
Francisco.
Boston's Suburbs Separate.
The Boston;ans claim that the cen.
sus figures represent only a part Of
the population Of their city. since .Bos-
ton actually includes Cambridge and a
number of other cities that are return
ed separately. II there were a greater
Boston, as there is a greater New
York, her population would be 1,206,-
s79l instead Sof the 67O.6S5 now re-