Evening journal., 1911-08-07
DENSITY OF
POPULATION
Wilmington Has 90 Per Cent.
Of Urban Population Of
State
SLIGHT INCREASE THIS
CENSUS In THE GROWTH

According TO the Government Cen
sus Bureau the total land area Of Del
aware is 1906 square miles. The
average number Of persons 10 a square
mile is 1903; in 1900 and 1890 it was
"a and s5.7. respectively. In density
OF population Delaware ranks ninth
among the other states.
AS respects total population New
Castle county has tho highest density
Of any county, namely, 2S3.2 persons
per square mile. and Sussex county,
the lowest, namely, SOS.
The urban territory Of the state in
1910 contained 97,OS5 inhabitants. or
AZ per cent of tho total population,
while 1O5,237 inhabitants. or 50 per
cent, lived in rural territory The
urban territory as It existed I'm 1900
that is, the cities and towns then
having $500 inhabitants or more
contained S5,717 inhabitants, or 46.4
per cent. of the total population, while
99,01S inhabitants, or 53.6 per cent,
lived In rural territory. There has
thus been a slight increase in the
proportion Of urban population. The
proportion OF urban population out
side the city OF Wilmington, OF that
in cities and towns of $500 TO 5000 in
habitants. however. has decreased
slightly since 1900.
The urban population of the state in
1910 was contained I'm places com
prising, as just stated, a combined
population of 97,OS5, or as per cent
of the total population Of the state
Wilmington. the only place in the
state having over 500 inhabitants, had
90 per cent. Of the urban population
The rural population comprised 29,027
persons living in 40 incorporated
towns Of less than $500 inhabitants
each. and 76,210 persons living in un-
incorporated territory
The AZ incorporated places OF less
than $500 Inhabitants comprise 10
towns having from 1000 10 $500 in
habitants, with a combined population
Of 1886; 8 towns having from 500
to 1000 inhabitants. with a combined
population of 5.269. and "a towns
having less than 500 inhabitants, with
a combined population of 6,892.
The comparison of the total popu-
lation In 1910 Of places having a pop
ulation Of not less than $500 each
with the total population of the same
places In 1900. shows an increase OF
n .36S. or 1873 per cent. This rep
resents the rate of growth Of urban
communities as thus defined SINH
lariy. in rural territory there has been
an increase during tho decade of
6,2i9, or 6.3 per cent Tho population
OF urban areas thus increased a lit
Ito more than twice as fast as rural
OF the'total increase in urban popula-
ton 95.9 per cent was contributed
by Wilmington.
AS already stated. Delaware con
tains . cities and IA incorporated
towns. These as places had in 1911
an aggregate population of l26,112, o.
623 per cent Of the total population
of the state OF the towns, II eithe
were not incorporated al the tim'
Of the census Of 1900 or we're not re
turned separately at that census. Th'
population in 1900 Of the cities anC
towns for which the population wal
returned separately at that census
and for which comparable figures car
be given for 1910, was 110O49, o
596 per cent OF the total population
OF the state. These same cities ant
towns had in 1910 a population o
1923. .275, or COS per cent. of the tota
population of the state. This repre-
sents an increase during the decad
OF 1926, or ~ per cent Outside thes
cities and towns the population in
creased 4,361, or SIS per cent.