The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-29
NEW YORK |S NOW AHEAD OF LONDON Largest Organized Munich Pality in the World pality in the World Director Durand Gives Out 1nfOr- nation Showing That London
 Must Now Take Sec
 Ond Place
pality in the World

Washington, October 2s.-0 0Speclal'p- New York city is now the largest or ganized municipality in the world, Cen sus Director Durand stated today Ills assertion is based on a statement pre- pared for him by MT. Charles S Sloane, georgrapher for the bureau of the cen
 sus. and also secretary of the United states board on geographic names The l facts are given as follows:
 1 The question as to the city or munich pality which includes within it's corpor- ate limits the greatest number of in- 1 habitants has for centuries been an- | swered London" In one sense, at least. this honor has now been trans 1 ferred to New York.
 The twelfth enumeration of Great
 Britain, in 1911, furnishes new figures Of population both for the administra- tive county of London and for what is termed Greater London. The thirteenth census of the United States, in 1910, also furnished substantially comparable figures both for New York city as at present constituted and for what Is taken by the census bureau to form
 the metropolitan district of New York. Comparison of Two Cities New York city, covering an area Of 2S7 square miles. can be compared with the administrative county of London, covering an area of IT square miles, with approximate fairness to both cities, since New York city comprises Richmond and Queens counties, both of which contain thinly settled areas that are practically farming districts. while all of London county Is densely populated. For comparison with Greater London, territory adjoining New York city in the states of New York and New Jersey. has been added to the city to form what Is termed the metropolitan district of New York. closely approx mating the area of Greater London
 A comparison of the latest census fig ures for these areas shows that in popu- lation New York city has passed the ad- la;nistrative County of London. and thas in a few years Greater London will con tain fewer inhabitants than the metro pohtan district of New York. As Great CT London can scarcely be considered d
 municipality, having no political orsanl- zation save for the fact that the na- t.onal government controls the police Ill
 it's area, it is proper to say that New York is now the largest organized muhcl- pality in the world.
 According to the last federal census, New York city contained in 1910 popuia- ton of 4,766, sS3, and, according to the last English census. the administrative Coun- ty of London had in 1911 q population or 4ss22 961. The increase in the population Of New York city from 1900 to 1910 was 1, ,S29. .6S1. or SS.7 per cent, while during the ten years from 1901 to 1911 the population of the administrative County of London decreased 13,30G. or o.S per cent.
 Increase Since 1900
 According to the returns of the second census. taken in 1S00, New York city, in the 2S1 square miles now comprised with in it's limits, had 79.216 inhabitants, and the present area of the administrative County of London, at the first English census, taken in 1891, included a popula- ton of 959, ,3l0 or nearly 900.0o0 more peo- ole than in New York city. During the decade 1901 to 1S11, the percentage of in crease during any decade Of the past cen tury was PIP per cent, from 1S41 to lS51 From 1901 to 1911 there was an actual de crease in population of 0.3 per cent.
 New York increased from 1S0o to 1S10, 511 per cent and it's highest rate of in- crease during any decade since that time was 77s per cent from 1S4o to 1850. Since the decade 1S60-1s7O, when it increased at the rate of 25S per cent, il has grown at steadily increasing rate, and during the last decade, 1900-1910, it increased 3S.7 per cent.
 in the case of the American city. and from 1861 in the case of London county, are shown in the following table: