Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-09-28

what the Census Shows Of the Past
Ten Years.

discussion has derineu URBAN PvpuiA
ton as that residing in cities ana
other incorporated places Of 2,5OO
Inhabitants or more and rural pop
ulation as that residing outside oil
such incorporated places.
The urban territory Of Kansas In
1910 contained 493,7sO Inhabitants
or 29.2 per cent Of the total popula-
ton, while 1,197159 inhabitants or
7O.s per cent lived in rural territory.
The urban territory as 1t existed In
| 1sO0--that is, the cities then hay
ing $500 inhabitats or more-con-
tanned SSO,9OS inhabitants or 22.e
per cent Of the total population
while 1852 inhabitants or ITO
per cent lived in rural TERRITORY.
There has thus been considerable
increase in the proportion OF urban
nopulation. There was also slight
increase in the proportion Of urban
population in the state from 1881
to 1900.
There we're 36 counties having q
larger proportion and q counties
smaller proportion OF urban popu-
| lation in 1910 than in 1900, while
az counties were wholly rural at botn
censuses. In each Of 6 counties IN
1910 the urban population constr
tuted 50 per cent or more OF the total
population. :"
A comparison of the total popuia-
ton in 1910 Of the cities having q
population of not less than z'ooV
each with the total population OF the
same places in 1900, shows an In
crease of 80 per cent. This repre-
sents the race Of growth OF urban
communities as thus defined.
During the same period the rura
population, comprising the remand
er of the state, increased 7.S per cent
Urban population thus increased
considerably more than twice as rap
idly as that Of the state as whole
and more than five times as rapidly
as rural population. There are =
counties In which the rural popuia
tion decreased but only 6 In which
there was decrease Of urban popula
ton.
A table in the bulletin shows FOL
1910 and 1900 the combined popu
lation Of the cities having in 1915
95 900 Inhabitants or more, the com
bined population Of cities having II
1910 from $500 to $4,000 inhabi'
tants, and the population OF the re-
mainder Of the state.
From this table it appears that the
incubation in each group OF urpal
| communities increased much more
ranidly than IL at Of the state as
whole, The rate Of increase for th'
group of cities having from 2'OVO u
96 900 inhabitants was little more
than twice that for the state as
u,ho,p The rate Of increase 1dr
rural territory, however, was oni'
about one-half the rate for the state
In 1890 there we're two cities II
Kanaas--Kansas iCty and Topeka
with more than $4,000 inhabitants
each. their combined population com
prising 40 per cent Of the total pop
r,ot,on of the state. In 1900 thes'
c,t,ea contained 5.s per cent OF tn
total population. BY 1910 Wicnit'
had Joined Kansas City and TopeA'
IN the group of cities having owe
as 900 population in 1910 OF tnes'
three cities comprising 1915 per cen
population In 1910 of these tnre'
cities comprising 100 per cent .
the total population OF the s'"Vo' -
proportion of the total population
~ the state in the combined group
Of cities having between 2'oOO an
OK 600 inhabitants increased iron
14,2 per cent in 1890 to 1871 pc
cent in 1900 and to 1875 per cen
! in 1910.
Cities.
Kansas has All cities, which com
prise all the incorporated territor
Of the state. Kansas City, the larg
st city, has a population Of S2,SS1
and Wichita and Topeka, the sec
ond and third cities in the state
have a population of 52,45O an,
1884, respectively. OF the remain
Ing cities, 3 have from 1900 .
10000 9 from 10000 to $4,000, /,
from 5000 to 10000, 2s from $50