Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-06
THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN
CITIES.


The census reports show that most
of the American cities have made a.
creditable gain in population in the
past ten years OF 113 cities contain
ing from $4,000 to 10O, 900 people, only
five have shown a decrease; and of
101 in this group for which the 1910
count has been completed the aggre-
gate is 5,329.3S6. The same cities had
AN aggregate population in 1900 of
3,S13,446. The increase during the dec
ade is, therefore, 1,515,940, or 1913 per
cent
Omitting two cities, Muskogee and
Niagara Falls. not included in the data
for 1890 the aggregate population of
the remaining los cities in 1910 is
5.273, $50; in 1900 these cities had
population of S,7S9,735; and in 1890
2sS55,077. The absolute increase dur
ing the decade 1900 to 1910 was, there
fore, 1,4S3,92S, and during the decade
1890 to 1900, 934,65S; and the percent
age of increase from 1900 to 1910 was
1872 as compared with percentage of
1927 in the previous decade.
OF the los cities for which compar-
alive figures are given. seventy three
show greater absolute increase in
the decade 1900 to 1910 than in the
preceding decade and forty nine show
also a higher percentage of increase.
With the data for both groups of
cities approaching completeness it is
noticeable that the smaller cities, as
a group, seem to have maintained dur
ing the decade 1900 to 1910 rate of
growth considerably above that main
tanned by the larger cities. the rate
, for the aggregate population of the
smaller cities being 1913 per cent, and
that for the larger 30.4 per cent. There
was no such contrast in the decade
1890 to 1900, during which the smaller
cities increased in the aggregate 1921
per cent. and the later 33.1 per cent.
AS regards rates of increase, the
cities between $4,000 and 100000 for
which the 1910 population is announced
are distributed as follows
cities show rates of 100 or more
per cent.
4 cities show rates from 80 to 80
per cent.
cities show rates from so to SO
cities show rates from 70 to 70
per cent.
cities shows rates from so to SO
per cent.
u cities show rates from so to SO
per cent
10 cities show rates from 40 to 40
per cent.
II cities show rates from 80 to 80
per cent.
20 cities show rates from 20 to 30
per cent.
. cities show rates under 10 per cent.
2 cities decreased
There are AZ cities exceeding 100 600
in population. The 1910 count has
been completed for thirty mine of these
forty seven cities. OF these thirty
nine cities, twenty five made a greater
absolute increase of population during
the decade 1900 to 1910 than during the
preceding decade. and sixteen made al
so a greater percentage increase.
The aggregate population given to
these thirty nine cities by the 1910
count is 17,977052 In 1900 these same
cities had an aggregate population of
13, 7S6,O20; in 1890, of 1886, 164. The
absolute increase between 1890 and
1900 amounted to 3,429,856; between
1900 and 1910, to 4,191,G32, the per-
centages of increase for this aggre-
gate population being for the earlier
decade 331 and for the last decade
30.4 per cent. For the thirty eight
cities, exclusive of New York, the cor
responding percentages are 31.9 from
1890 to 1900. and 27.6 from 1900 to 1910.
Upon the whole the cities have made
a satisfactory increase if little
smaller per cent than in the preceding
census period.