Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-29

"hE pOpuldllOu VI the united
States is 3,402, 151. This in
clGdes Alaska. Porto Rico and
Hawaii, but excludes the Phil
ippines, Guam, Samoa and the Pana
ma canal zone Including the Philip
pines according to the census Of 1905
and an estimate of Guam, Samoa and
the canal zone. the population for the
nation snd its possessions Is 10l 100,
600. The population of tho United
States proper. exclusive Of Alaska and
the island possessions, is 92035, S74.
We now know how big we are. Hav.
ing asked everybody about his birth.
place and his wife's relations. we have
cast up the totals into long and head.
achy columns Of figures that proclaim
to the world our numerical greatness.
1t is quite a showing-OVer 10000,
600 people for the United States proper
and more than 100000, 600 If we in
clude the United States improper, CON
sisting Of the little brown brother of
the Philippines. | defy any human
being 20 form even the remotest con
ception Of what ninety millions mean,
but whatever II Is we have it,
IL is some comfort TO know that
never in human history has a nation
grown so rapidly. Since the republic
was founded, a little more than cen
tury ago, we have multiplied our popu-
lation by thirty. On an average we
have doubled our size every twenty
five years If Senator Hoar was right
in declaring that a column Of figures
could move an American to tears, the
whole nation should fairly boo-hoo
over the 1910 census.
Cities Growth Increasing.
The one big fact that stands out of
the result IS that most Of the growth
In the last decade has been In the
cities. Some of the country districts
have actually gone backward One
agricultural state, Iowa, has shown a
decrease Some Of the very small
towns and villages have shown the
same tendency. But the cities from
10000 upward have almost all ad-
vanced, some Of them enormously. In
the list of the worlds ten largest
cities the United States has three
We have one city exceeding 100000
In population, two exceeding 1000, 900,
three exceeding 100000, or four If the
environs Of Boston were included in
that city; eight exceeding 10000,
eighteen exceeding 100000, twenty
eight exceeding 100000 and fifty ex-
ceeding 100000. These fifty are dis
tributed through twenty-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 cities stands,
Of course. New York. at the foot Al
bany
(. OF cities between 25,0OO and 100000
there are 175, with the list yet incom.
plete. These are distributed through
thirty-seven states. Massachusetts
heads the list with twenty; 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 Connect
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
1000 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.S per cent.
while the showing is 304 per cent I'm
those between $4,000 and 100000. Six
teen Of these smaller cities have moro
than doubled their population in the
decade The largest growths have
been that Of Oklahoma City, which
has the enormous percentage Of J29.7
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the same state, Is but little behind
Other cities I'm this group that have
trebled or doubled their growth are
Pasadena, Berkeley and San Diego,
Cal; Flint, Mich; Fort Worth, El
Paso and Dallas, Tex; Tampa and
Jacksonville, Fla; Huntington, W.
Va; Schenectady, n. Y; Tacoma,
Wash; Wichita, Kan, and Waterloo,
Ia.
The largest growth in cities Of over
100000 IL that Of Birmingham, Ala,
which increased at the rate of 245.4
per cent. Los Angeles was a 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,
Dofroit Minneanolie Denver Atlanta