The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-16
DRIFT Of
THEPEOPLE
TO CITIES
CENSUS RETURNS SHOW
COUNTRY DISTRICTS
GROW SLOWLY
WHAT fl6UReS ON The
COUNTIES DEMONSTRATE
Increase In the Last Ten Years
Has GsnsTal|y Been Less
Than 10 Per Cent


Washington, D. G.. August 49,
Though the work OF the thirteenth
census SO far has revealed the present
population OF comparatively few cities
counties and states, the bureau of the
census already has made public
fisnres concerning enough localities
10 indicate clearly certain interesting
trends in the growth OF American pop
,.latlon. In reality the census bureau
is pushing the work rapidly all along
the line. bu Il IS being carried for
ward SO uniformly that, though the
end Is close at hand, complete returns
have been made In only one state and
complete returns from particular
counties aud cities in only twenty
three states.
The general Increase ln population
all over the county perhaps Is more
striking ip The Middle West, or even
in the Far West. The East is little
behind these sections. All along the
line are Increases In city population.
Rarely do these fall below 20 per ctU
for the last ten years. Often the in
crease In excess OF SO per cent Thus
bridgeport, Conn. shows a growth OF
437 per cent in the last ten years,
while in the Middle West Kansas City
has made a gain OF 5l.7 per cent. and
al the other end of the country Sacre-
Inento bar grown 526 per cent In tne
same time.
Little Increase in Country Districts.
This growth had been expected.
However, there probably will be some
surlgrIses 10 find how far the growth
OF the cities exceeds the increased
pJpulation OF the rural districts Here
except In few localities, the increase
there nearly always is slight in
crease generally is below 10 per cent
In The counties already listed. and
rarely does the increase reach the 20
per cent that practically is the mini
mum for city increases.
Data already available supply many
Instances OF this restricted growth.
ln Arkansas in the decade under con
sideratIon Howard county has grown
from i.00o to lG,9O0-less than 20
per- cent. Prairie county has added
1000 to it, original ll.901-less than
20 per cent. In Nebraska. Seward and
Buffalo counties OF l5.000 and 10000
Respectively, show practically no in
crease. while the only other county
recorded Ia the state Madison. shows
sn increase OF about 1000 on a first
population OF 1900 0--or about II per
cent.
A Few Show An Increase.
That Is abont how the country dis
fricts go. There are some striking
exceptions. however usually in sc
tion where development still is going
onward RAPIDLY Man, Texas coun'
ties show q population more than
double what they were ten years age
though even In that new state the
average Increase probably falls below
80 l-3 per cent OF course. many OF
the counties have towns within theil
borders and IN some cases the towns
may explain the apparent growth oi
The rural population.
The figures now available snow only
five communities that have actually
last In population. Montgomery, Cal.
has fallen from g.92e to 1883: Bon
lllm county. Texas. has dropped from
5Nis 20 i.S4I. Lamar county, Texas
from 1897 TO, 4e.54i In Wisconsin
the village of Pine River has lost
sixly.five OF IFS population In ten
years. and Madison county. Indiana
shows the greatest loss. falling from
-D,571 To C5.22i. Those reductions
come, II will De noted. either in rural
districts marked out by counties ~
on the very. small Villages.
The one state with complete re-
turns so far Is Rhole Island. That
state has increased It's population 26.C
nee cent In the last decade The only
other governmental division with com
TIete returns is the District of Column
which has increased 1873 per cent.