The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1910-12-30
Census Does Not Include
Little Brown Brothers"
OF Philippines, Which
Would Make the Total
1O1,1OO,OOO.
BY JAMES a. EDGERTON.
.HE population of the United
States is 93, iO2, iJl. This In.
ciGdcS Alaska, Porto Rico and

1<hE lSpuiatlOn OF the United
States is %. i02, i5l. This in
ciIdeS Alaska, Porto Rico and
Hawaii, but excludes the Phil
1ppines, Guam. Samoa and the parp.
rna canal zone. Including the pni,ip.
pines according tu the census uI ioO3
ahd an estimate of Guam, Samoa and
fhc canal zone. the population for he
nation ana is POSSESSIONS * lOl.l D.
po. The population Of the Uni, 4
states proper, exclusive of AlaSka au,,
the island possessions, is 92.O%5.SI4
w" now know how biz We are Hay.
anS asked everybody about his birth.
place and his wifc'S relations. we have
cast up the totals into long and head
hchN columns Of figures that proclaim
10 IN" world our numerical greatness.
IL ~ quite showing over 10000
wv people for the United States proper.
and more than lOO,00O.UOO if we In.
cludc the United States Improper. con
UistInG of the little brown brother Of
fhc Philippines. defy any human
oeinE to form even the rcrnotcSt con.
cepti"n Of what ninety millions mean
Out whafcveI' ii Is We have it,
III * some comfort to know that
never in human history has n nation
grown so rapidly. Since the republic
was iouided. Il little more than n cen
Jury ago. We have multiplied our popu.
'a'ion 10y thirty. On an average we
nave doubled our size every twenty
nve 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 i'm the
cities. Some OF the country districts
nave actually gone backward One
agricultural sthte. Iowa, has shown
decrease. Sbme Of the very small
Towns and Villages have shown the
same tsedepcy. But the cities from
tba,,, I'd have almost all ad-
o-them enormously. In
us u sa!he worlds ten largest
--.ies the Un..ed States has three
We have one city exceeding 4, ,OOO, 900
IN population. two exceeding 2,OOO.O 600.
khree exceeding 1000 900, or four If the
environs OF Boston were included in
that city; eight exceeding 100000.
eighteen exceeding 100000, twenty
eight exceeding 100000 and fifty ex-
feeding 100000. These fifty are dis
tributed through twenty-six states.
New York. Massachusetts and Ohio
zach has i've: Pennsylvania, Califor-
mia and New Jersey each contains
three; Missouri. Michigan. Minnesota,
COnnecticut and Tennessee can boast
kwo each, and the other fifteen range
rom Rhode Island to Oregon At the
mead Of these forty-nine cities stands.
OF course. New York. at the foot Al
bany.
or cities between 25.OOO and 100000
There are 113. with the list yet incOm
pietc. 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
DOaStS seven; California and Connect
gut each claims five: Indiana, Virginia
iand Rhode Island each contains four:
Georgia. Kentucky, Missouri and Kan
6as follow with three each, while there
arc twelve states with two each and
six with one each or cities below
I25.OOO 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
Zones. The rate OF Increase in those
above 100000 has been 318 per cent,
while The showing is 39.4 per cent I'm
those between $1,000 and 100000. Six
teen OF these smaller cities have more |
than doubled their population In the
decade. The largest growths have
roeen that OF Oklahoma City, which
mas The enormous percentage of 539.7
increase to it's credit. MuskOgee, in
he same state, is but little behind.
Other cities in this group that have |
Itrebled or doubled their growth are
I'asadcna. Berkeley and San Diego.
iCaL; 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. |
pa.
The largest growth in cities Of over
l1OO.OO is that of birmingham, Ala, |
~h"h Increased at the rate Of 2i5.4 .
per cent. Los Angeles was close
second with bib per cent. Seattle
had 1911 per cent. Other cities in this
tiass that more than doubled their