New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-18
NEW ORLEANS 18th CITY
Has Population of 329.O75, an
Increase of 1871
drops FROM 18TH PLACE
Little Change II the Rate OF In
crease in Population Of Cities
in Two Decades.

washington. Sept I7.-AccordinS 70 an
announcement issued by the Census Bureau
,o-7av the population of New Orleans Is
- a.. an Increase OF 51,97L or Isl per
,1~- as compared with 2S7l94 in l9te
while New Orleans growth during the
sz<- decade was only slightly below her
.,e-rentage Of Increase Of the previous dec
81 -he Crescent CITY, through the mere
-e-fd growth OF other cities in the 100000
Lass loses its position OF twelfth in the
s. = the countTv's biggest cities. and now
,--71pics fifteenth. Detroit. with a 6 Der
,s7r increase. Milwaukee with 81 per
,a,t and Newark \ +. with 81 per cent
ca have i1-uped ahead Of New Orleans
- tic number OF inhabitants. and now oo-
r,;pv twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth
Yos1tionS respectively.
Tle population OF Holyoke, Mass. as
riven BIZ Census Bureau statistics is 57,-
- AT increase Of I2.ol6. Or e6.5 per cent,
= compared with SIP in 1893.
Lowell Mass. has Ie5.e9 persons. an in
erase Of 1l.S25. or 11.s per cent, as conf
-s-e5 with p. s69 in 1900
Pittsleld. Mass, has 80, II persons, an IL
crease Of l0.s55. or 40 per cent, as COM
rared vith 2L7es IN faao.
Tie second bulletin Of the census bureau
showing the growth Of cities was issued to
ear Of the tflirty-eighU cities which in
.an had 2 population OF IA49o and more
r--e-r~-fo,lr are given. and 10 these are
added I'VE which have attained the Zoe coo
-,s~lz during the last decade The aggre-
este population Of these Twenty-Five cities
now IS l3-lss-S1e IS against 1o,S76,o1e in
7ale and 7ae4.I4e in 1890. The absolute
Increase between 1870 and 1900 amounted
n
Sooo.Sq--
The percentages Of 1rcrease Tor TINS
aggregate population show very little
change in the rate Of growth during the
f-o decades, being for the earlier one 51-3
per cent and fer tie later 81 per cent The
sacr Is noted thar the high rate Of increase
j. not confined To any one geographical sec
-.c- OF the seven cities whose rate ex-
ceade6 70 Der cent -wo, Newark, =. -,
e-1 bridgeport. Conn, are Eastern: one.
Atlanta. IS Southern and four. Detroit.
Tsr-sr. Kansas City and Columbus, arc
Western. q the THO cities with The lowest
gate, one Is Eastern and The other Is west
e-r
RerarbtnE upon tae facts presented, the
huue-iu SAYS The rates OF increase for
Atlanta Detroit. Denver and Kansas City
-7Iet Ice regarded as pleuorne1lalIv high
but even more extraordinary is rhe high
percentage for New York. which exceeds tilg
s~arzge for rTve1Il.--lEft cities ~ the
group br IL per cent. and y Itself eN-
leecec only 1- the rates Of seven cities
-Ti4.- New York Ctr- rate. moreover nas
Ff+-sr maintained T- lis present high point
.4f-- no decades and may therefore ne re
Es-le1 as 4 normal rate Tor that city"
F.f-r-fGur cities of between 25.aGg and
1a-se1 are given, showing &n aggregate
reputation CT >. .-s.z3S a. against f.o0Z 7E6
-a 1900. a gain Of 49, per cent. d rate OF
growth which inc Census Bureau pro
ngLnc=s -'plenor-enailz- high" OF these
fl----fCUr f-,r5es -lirt--DTle show higher
rate OF i1cresse Tor tn. last decade -naU
for +he previous one. So tar no decrease Is
.Ioraf "a arv Of The cities