New-York tribune., 1910-11-24
NEW YORK'S GROWTH BY.
DECADES.
From The Tribune Bureau ]


Washington, Nov. 23.-The population
OF New York State is 9.113.279. accord
ing to the official figures made public to-
day by E Dana Durand. Director OF the
Census. This is a gain in the last dec
ade of 1,S4,3s5. or 254 per cent In the
preceding decade the increase was l.
1.041. or 21.2 per cent. =
New York easily retains it's place as
the first state in the Union IN popula-
ton On the basis of the present ratio
of representation in the House Of Repre-
sentatives 194, 1872 the Empire State
would be entitled to forty-seven Repre-
sentati Under the apportionment OF
ten years ago New York State increased
it's mem bership in the House from thirty
four to thirty-seven.
The upstate increase in population in
the last decade did not keep pace with
the increase in greater New York. The
gain in New York City in the last ten
years was !, 1,139.6 and the gain out
side Of the city was 515. 704. The per-
centage OF gain in the city was 3Si,
while the gain for the entire state wa.
254 per cent. The percentage OF gam
for the state compares favorably, how
ever with records in former decennial
census periods. This gain was greater
in the last ten years than in any other
ten year period since 1850. when the per
centage Of increase was 27.5-
Of the sixty-one counties in New York
gains were made by all except fifteen
The following showed losses as COM
pared with the census Of ten years ago:
AIlegany, SO; Chenargo. 9e3; Delaware,
S3S Greene, 1894; Hamilton, 6O1; Lewis,
2,57S; Madison. 1856; Otsego, 1,723; St
Lawrence, 78; Schoharie, 1899; Schuy-
Ter, 1,SO7; Seneca, 1,142; Tioga, 1927:
Tompkins, 1s3, and Yates, 1916
In ten Of the New York counties the
gains over the census OF ten years ago
were less than one thousand. These
counties are Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Che
rnung, Clinton, Columbia, Livingston,
Oswego, Putnam, Saratoga and Steuben.
Although New York City has uniform
Iy held the rank of the premier city OF
the country in point Of population, II
was not until the fourth census that
New York State took first rank among
the states. At the first census, taken
in 1890, New York was fifth in popula-
ton. Virginia being first, Pennsylvania
second, North Carolina third and Mas
sachusetts fourth. Ten years later New
York was in third place, Virginia and
Pennsylvania being first and second, re-
spectiveIy. In 1910 New York was in
second place Virginia holding its place
as the first state. In 1920 New York
took the lead and has held it ever since.
North Carolina, which was third IN 1890.
was in eighteenth place ten years ago,
while Virginia, the first state from 1890
to 1920, was in sixteenth place ten years
ago. Pennsylvania has been the second
state in population since 1890
citys Remarkable Growth.
New York City for the first time has
become greater in point Of population
than all the remainder of the state.
While this is the most striking feature
Of the figures, almost as remarkable is
the rate Of growth Of the state Since
1870 II has doubled in population. This
increase is largely attributable 10 the
growth of the cities, and is believed by
the census officials to be due to the de-
gelopn1ent Of manufacturing interests
md to foreign immigration.
With this increase in population will !
come z larger representation in the lower |
branch of Congress, where New York |
-Cw has rhirty-seven members. The |
.xact number Of new Represent tatives |
will be ten if the present ratio Of ap-
1urtionment is retained by Congress.
should the ratio be increased, this num-
2er would be cut down. but il is con-
,eded that the state will have an in
.reased representation in Congress.
Of the 91132I9 persons in the state.
/. .766. .SS3 are IN New York City and |
:}46, 1896 outside the city. making the
.itv 400, 4s7 the greater in population.
n 1900 New York City contained 394.-
80 inha bitants less than the state out
;ide the city. the population of the city
,eing :, 3,437. POP, compared with 1881. .692
n tie remainder OF the state
The population of the state by counties