Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-24


clcdes Alaska, Porto Rico and
Hawaii, but excludes the Phil.
ippines. Guam, Samoa and the Pana.
ma canal zone. Including the Philip,
pines according 10 the census OF 1909
and an estimate OF Guam, Samoa and
she canal zone, the population for the
nation and its possessions Ia 101. .l00.-
oO0 The population OF the United
States proper, exclusive OF Alaska and
the island possessions, IL e2035,ST4.
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
aehy columns Of figures. that proclaim
to the world our numerical greatness.
II II quite a showing--over 10000
600 people for the United States proper,
and more than 1OO.OO0,000 II we In
clude the United States improper, CON
slsting Of the little brown brother OF
the Philippines. ! defy any human
being to form even the remotest con-
csption OF what ninety millions mean.
but Whatever 1t is we have II.
1t is some comfort to know that
never in human history has nation
grown 30 rapidly. Since the republic
was founded, little more than a-cen-
tury ago, we have multiplied our popu-
lation by thirty. On an average we
have doubled our size every twenty
Eve years. II 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 I'm the
cities. Some OF the country districts
have actually gone backward. One
agricultural state. Iowa, has shown a
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 2,000,0oO
three exceeding 1000. 900. or four II the
environs of Boston 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 twenty-slx states.
New York, Massachusetts and Ohio
each has Ave; Pennsylvania. Califor-
mia aud New Jersey each contains
three; Missouri. Michigan. Minnesota
Connecticut and Tennessee can boast
two each, and the other fifteen ron
from Rhode Island to Oregon. Al
head Of these forty-nine cities staI
of course, New York, at the foot
bany.
OF cities between 25.O00 and 100000
there are Ito. 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 Connecti'
cut each claims ave; 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. or cities below
2He0O 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
above 100000 has been 31.8 per cent.
while the showing Is S0.4 per cent In
those between $4,000 and 100000 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 639.7
increase to its credit. Muskogee. IN
the same state. Is but little behind.
Other cities In this group that have
trebied 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. "; Tacoma
Wash; wichita. Kan. and Waterloo.
In.
The largest growth In cities OF over
100000 rs that Of Birmingham, Ala.
sThich increased at the rate OF 246.4
Der cent Los Angeles was close
second with 211.8 per cent Seattle
had io4 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 IL the growth OF the south,
especially OF southern cities. Charlotte.