Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-29
SMALL CITIES WIN
HONOR IN CENSUS
Greatest Growth Is Noted in
Communities of Less
Than $4,000
ASSOCIATED Press)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Careful
though unofficial, analysis of the re-
turns from the thirteenth census on
cities thus far announced, reveals the
increased rate of urban growth for the
last decade over that of 1890 to 1900,
has been confined largely to places
having a population of less than so, 900.
While universally there has been a
healthy increase, in a large majority
of cities exceeding $4,000, the rate of
the previous decade has not been
maintained. In no instance so far has
an actual loss of population been
shown, and present comparisons are
only on the rate of growth.
The population of sixty three cities
of more than $4,000 has been officially
announced. These are somewhat more
than one-fourth of the estimated num-
ber of cities in the country. :
FIGURES IN LARGE CITIES
Four announcements cover cities of
more than 100000 people. They are ST.
Louis, with 687,029 or an increase of
1914 per cent as compared with an in
crease of 27.3 per cent as shown BY the
census of 1900; Pittsburg, with 533, ,905,
or an increase of 1872 per cent, as
against an increase in 1900 Of 31.3 per
cent; Buffalo, with 423, lis, an increase
of 202 per cent as compared with
37.8 in 1900, and Detroit, with 465, ,766,
an increase of $50 per cent, as COM
pared with 1873 per cent ten years ago.
A decidedly better average is shown
for the nine cities whose population
ranges between 100000 and 100000.
These are: Denver, 213,3S1; st. Paul,
214,744; Providence, 224,326; Kansas
city, 248,3S1; Persey city, 267,7 ,779; Wash
ington, 331, ,06S; Newark, 347 469 Gin
cinnati, 364,646, and Milwaukee, 37S,
S57.
For this group the average growth
amounted to 1873 as compared with 2t
per cent in 1S90-1900 epoch. But this
high average is due in large measure
to the exceptional showing made by
Denver and Kansas City, two of the
smallest cities of the class. Denver
scored Il growth Of almost so per cent,
os compared with little more than
25 per cent for the previous ten years
and Kansas City almost 90 per cent,
against less than "a per cent in 1900.
The mean for the ten cities of be-
tween 100000 and 100000 is favorable
to the 1S90-1900 period to the extent
of almost per cent, the average for
1900 being 35.7 per cent, and that for
1900-1910 80 per cent. But nOtwith-
standing this general falling off the
rate of growth was more evenly main
tanned in this than in any other class.
There were not so many extremes.
The advantage also was with 1900 in
the twenty-one places of from 10000
to 100000, the average gain being 416
per cent as against 391 in 1900. 1t
should be explained, however, that
Oklahoma City and Schenectady, n. Y,
have been excluded from this calcula-
tion. because of the abnormal increase
in both.
From the $4,000 to $4,000 grade, Mus
kogee, Okla, and Flint, Mich, are
eliminated for the same reason that
Oklahoma City and Schenectady are
taken out of the $4,000 to 100000 class.
Because Of their high figures they
would run the average up TO an un-
wonted extent With Flint and Ok
lahoma city out, the mean growth is
?most 48 per cent, while the increase
for the same places in 1S90-1900 was 25
per cent.