The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-25
GROWTH OF STATE SEEN IN FIGURES
 OF THE CENSUS
Prof. Bailey Points Out More Rapid Increase in Last Ten Years Than Any Previous De- cade

The complete census returns for the State of Connecticut, which were pub
 ished in the Farmer yesterday, show a total population of 1.114,756. which is an increase of 2O6, 33S, or 22.7 per cent. over 1900 when the figures were 90s, APO. Between 1890 and 1900 the in crease was but 21.7 per cent.
 Of the eight counties in the State Holland and Windham have shown years.
 The State population by decades since 1900 follows: 180O-251, ,O62; 1810- 261, ,942; 1S2O-275,2 ,248; 183O-297, ,675; 1S40- 537, ,454; 188O-622, 700; 189O-746, ,258; 19O0- 908, APO; 191o-1,1 ,114,756.
 Prof. William B. Bailey, of Yale. di- rector of the census, gave the follow ing interesting statement regarding Connecticut's growth:
 The rate of increase of the popula- tion of Connecticut during the past decade has been 22.7 per cent. with the single exception of the decade of 1850 to 186O when the increase was 241 per cent; the increase during the than at any other decade since a fed era1 census has been taken. In fact, from 17e0 to 1840 the increase durin g any decade never equal1ed ten per cent. Since that date it has but twice ex- celled twenty per cent.
 That the increase since 1900 has been well distributed is evidenced by the fact that every county. shows an in in crease. The census of 1850 was the first to show an increase in the fig ures for every county over those of the previous decade. From 1890 to 1900 Holland county lost in numbers, while the combined increase of Mid dlesex and Windham counties was un- der 4,000- Litchfield was the only county in which the actual increase from 1900 to 1910 did not surpass the figures for actual increases during the previous decade.
 The census of 179O showed Litchfield State, with New Haven county in fifth place. Tn 1910, New Haven was in fourth place. having passed New Lon don county. Eighteen hundred and thirty found Hartford county in the lead, followed by Fairfield and New Haven in order. Litchfield had now dropped to fourth place. The order of the leaders was unchanged until 1850, when New Haven passed Fairfield, but Hartford still led by a small margin. In 1860 New Haven took the lead, which it has not lost since. Hart ford has always been ahead of Fair field county, except at the census of 1890.
 The increase of some of the Con necticut cities since 1900 has been re- markable. Waterbury gained 595 per cent; a rate of increase which ex- ceeds that of any other city in New England. with population of over 43.7 per cent. and this is more rapid than that of any other city in New England, with over 1O0, 900 inhabitants. The increase of the city of New Ha ven was 23-7 per cent. from 1900 to 1910, compared with 25.5 per cent. dur ing the decade 189O-190O. But it must be borne in mind that at the census of 1910 only those students of Yale University who claimed this city as a place of residence were added to the population of New Haven. In 1900 all of the students were returned as residents of New Haven. Had this practice been followed in 1910 the in crease during, the decade 190O-1910 would have surpassed that of the pre- vious decade.