The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-24
CHITTENDEN MOST DENSE
Interesting Analysis Of vermont's Popu-
lation Is Made by the United States
Census Bureau In Report Just
Published.

state OF vermont, rs enumerated AZ lit
thirteenth census, taken az Of April Is,
1910, Acting Census Director Falkner
has issued statement giving interest.
ing additional advance details, of which
the more important relate to the states
urban and rural population The in
formation was taken from the first state
population bulletin for Vermont, now
in press, prepared under the supervision
Of Mr. William O. Hunt, chief stats
tician for population This bulletin
win give the population figures by
counties and minor civil divisions, with
comparative statements of population
where possible, and a statement, by
counties, Of the population living in
urban and rural territory
Proportion Of Urban and Rural Popu-
lation
The census bureau, for the purposes
of discussion. has defined urban popu.
lation generally as that residing in
cities and other incorporated places Of
over 1900 inhabitants In the New
England states, in addition to cities
having this population, all towns hav-
\ ing population of over $500 nhabi-
tants have also been classed as urban,
without regard 10 the population of
the villages whether incorporated as
such or mott which they may contain
In Massachusetts, and Rhode Island po-
litical divisions OF lesser area than the
town do not exist; in New Hampshire
there are only two such divisions; and
4 in each OF the three remaining states,
although many such villages within
4 town limits have been incorporated,
| they do not include all the actual VIII
| lagos in the state. For this reason il is
not practicable in the New England
states to make statistical separation
Of the actual villages from the towns
I in which they are located. The result
Is that he urban areas" in New Eng
land include some population which in
other sections of the United States
would be segregated as rural" This
departure from the general rule, rem
dered necessary By local conditions in
New England, probably makes no great
4 change in the proportions of urban
and rural in those sections where
population Is dense and generally de.
voted to manufacturing In other sec
tons considerable variation doubtless
| results. but there is no reason TO sup
| pose that il materially affects the dis
| tinulishing characteristics OF urban and
/ rural population as defined by census
statistics
Urban population being thus defined,
the remainder OF the state or county is
classed as rural In the New Eng
land states, therefore, the rural popu-
lation consists Of the population out
side Of towns and cities having over
$500 inhabitants
The comparisons of the urban and
rural population in 1910 with that al
earlier enumerations may be made
either with respect to the varying pro-
portions of the two classes at success
i've enumerations or with respect to the
increase between enumerations. In
order to contrast the proportion of the
total population living in urban or
rural territory at the census of 1910
with the proportion urban or rural at
the preceding census, it is not necessary
to classify the territory according to
the conditions as they existed at the
period Of each census On the other
hand, in order to present fairly the con-
trast between urban and rural COM
munities as regards their rate of
growth, II is necessary to consider the
changes in population for the same ter
ritorv which have occurred from one
decenniaI census census TO another. For
this purpose the territory which in 1910
was urban or rural, as the case may be,
Is taken as the basis, and the population
in 1900 for the same territory is pre-
sented, even though part of the terri
tory may, on the basis of its popula
ton at the earlier census have then
been in a different class This avoids
the disturbing effect on comparison
which would arise from the passage, for
example. of communities formerly
classed as rural into the urban group.
These two distinct forms of COMPARE
son are made in table for the state
as a whole and for each county separ-
ately for the past two censuses.
Population Of State and United States
Compared.
The population of Vermont is S55,956.
Compared with population of 343,64l
in 1000. this represents an increase
during the past decade of 1895, or SO
per cent During the same period the
total population of continental United
states increased Fl per cent The per-
centage of increase for the state dur
ing this decade, though comparatively
small. is larger than that shown by
any census since 1870.
A comparison of the rates of in
crease for the state with those for con-
tinental United States shows that the
increase for the whole country during
the decade from 1900 to 1910 was al
most six times the rate of increase
for the state, and that at every cen
sus since 1910 the rate Of growth for
the state has been much lower than
for the country as a whole The
population Of the state in 1910 is
little more than four times as large as
in 1890. when the first census was
taken, while the population of conti-
mental United States in 1910 is more
than twenty-three times that in 1900
Vermont has six cities, Of which the
largest, Burlington. has a population Of
20 46s. and the smallest, Vergennes,
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