The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-14

~ states Is 03,4O2, 101. This In
clcdes Alaska, Porto Rico an,
Hawaii, but excludes the Phi
ippines, Guam, Samoa and the Pana
ma canal zone Including the PhiliI
pines according to the census Of 100
aud an estimate of Guam. Samoa an,
the canal zone, the population for tn
nation and its possessions is 101, 100,
900. The population of the Unite,
States proper, exclusive of Alaska ant
the island possessions, is 92.035,SI4.
We now know how big we are. Hav
Ing asked everybody about his birth
place and his wife's relations. we hav,
cast up the totals into long and head
achy columns Of figures that proclaim
to the world our numerical greatness.
II is quite a showlng-over 10000.
600 people for the United States proper
and more than 1O0OO0,0OO IL we in
clude the United States improper, con
sisting of the little brown brother ol
tho Philippines. defy any human
being to form even the remotest con
ception Of what ninety millions mean
but whatever 1t Is we have II.
II Is some comfort to know that
never in human history has n nation
grown so rapidly. Since the republic
was founded, little more than n cen
tury ago, we have multiplied our popu
lation by thirty. On an average we
have doubled our size every twenty
five yenrs. If Senator Hoar was right
in declaring that a column of figures
could move an American to tears, the
whole nation should fairly boo-hoC
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 In the
cities. Some of the country districts
have actually gone backward. One
agricultural state, Iowa. has shown a
decrease. Some of the very small
towns and villages have shown the
same tendency. But the cities from
10000 upward have almost all adj
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 100000
three exceeding 100000 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.
ceedlng 100000. These fifty are dis
tributed through twenty-slx states
New York. Massachusetts and Ohio
each has FIVE; Pennsylvania, CalifOr.
mia and New Jersey each contains
three; Missouri. Michigan, Minnesota
Connecticut and Tennessee can boast
two each, and the other fifteen range
from Rhode Island TO Oregon. At the
head of these forty-nine cities stands
of course. New York. at the foot Al
bany.
or cities between 25,O00 and 100000
there are 175. with the list vet incom
plete. These are distributed through
thlrty-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 eacl
boasts seven; California and Connecti
cut each claims five; Indiana. VlrginiI
and Rhode Island each contains four
nnaRorfo KAnNnnIrts NIfgcnnrf anh n N
sas follow with three each. while there
are twelve states with two each and
six with one each. OF cities below
25,0O0 the number Is legion. In this
class the returns az yet are scattering
rr Smaller Cities Grow.
On the whole, the smaller cities have
grown more rapidly than the larger
ones. The rate of increase In thOs,
above 100000 has been 31.S per cent
while the showing is 39.4 per cent IL
those between 25,OO0 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 $780,
Increase TO its credit. Muskogee. II
the same state, is but little behind
Other cities in this group that have
trebled or doubled their growth arr
Pasadena, Berkeley and San Diego
Cal; Flint, Mich; Fort Worth, f.
Paso and Dallas. Tex; Tampa ant
Jacksonville, Fla; Huntington, w
Va; Schenectady. n. Y; Tacoma
Wash; Wichita, Kan, and Waterloo
Ia.
The largest growth in cities OF owe
100000 Is that of Birmingham. Ala.
which increased at the rate Of 245.e
per cent Los Angeles was a. clos'