The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-19
Census Year

Following the preliminary an
 aouncements which have been made -hy tha Census Bureau from time to all places in the state of Connecticut, hs enumerated at the Thirteenth Cen s,,s taken as of April 15, 1910, Gen. kus Director Durand has issued a 6tatement giving interesting addition al advance details, of which the more Hmportant relate to the states urban And rural population. The informa- fticn was taken from the first state tpopulation bulletin for Connecticut, tnow in press prepared under the su- epervision of MT. William c. Hunt, Ghief statistician for population. This Ebullstin will give the population fig lures by counties and minor civil divis- tfcns, with comparative statements of tpopulation, where possible, and a )etatement, by counties, of the popula- |tion living in urban and rural terri ttory.
 Definition of Urban Population. Tho Census Bureau, for purposes Of Ediscuesion. has defined urban popula- rinn generally as that residing in cit lies end other incorporated places of f2.5o0 inhabitants or more. In the fNew England States in addition to fcfdee having this population. all stowns having a population of 2,500 or kmore have also been classed as UT fban. without regard to the population bpf the villages (whether incorporated kresult is that the urban areas" in EEew England include some population (which in other sections of the Unit led States would be segregated as ''ru- fral." This departure from thet gen. teral rule. rendered necessary by To- fably makes no great change in the proportions of urban and rural popu- llation in those sections where popu- Nation is dense and generally devoted Ito manufacturing.
 Rural Population.
 Urban population being thus defln- led. the remainder of the state or tcounty is chased as rural In the lNew England States, therefore, the brural. population consists of the pop fulation outside of towns and cities thaving 2.5OO inhabitants or more In yurban population is located wholly in towns, there being no city in the state (which is not part of . town.
 Proportion of Urban and Rural Pop ulation.
 The population of the state classi- sf1ed as urban in 1910 is contained in t72 towns, 16 of which include the Icontains cities. within their corpo- lrate limits. The rural territory of 1.-the state consists of 96 towns of less lthan 2,5oO inhabitants
 The territory of the state classified tas urban in 1910 contained 999,S39 in habitants. or 89.7 per cent. of the to- tai population, while 114,917 inhabi- tants. or 1O.3 per cent. lived in rural .territory. The territory in 1900 sim Hlarly classified as urban-that is, the kcities and towns then having 2,5o0 in- Ina abftants or more-contained 792,595 tdnhabitants, or SIP per cent of the ttotal population, while 115,825 inhab- ,itants, or 12.8 per cent. lived in ru- sral territory. There has thus been a lslight increase in the proportion of iurban population.
 There has been a marked increase , in the proportion of the population in the combined groups comprising cit lies of 10000 inha bitants or more ,21.1 per cent in 1910-and there have been fluctuations in the proportions lin the three groups comprising cities land towns of 10000 to 100000 inhab- titants, while a decrease has occurred in the proportions in each group Of is1naller urban laces as we'll as in rural territory.
 Increase in Urban and Rural Popu-
 lation.
 The comparison of the total popu- ylation in 1910 of places having a pop lulation of not less than 2,5OO each with the total population of the same places in 1900 shows an increase of lz5-9 per cent. During the same pe- iTiod the rural population, comprising tthat of the remainder of the state in tcreased eighth-tenths of 1 per cent. Urban population thus increased much more rapidly than rural. There were three counties in which the population living in rural territory decreased, and none in which there was a decrease lin urban population.
 The group comprising the two cit sies of 100000 and over, New Haven and Bridgeport, and the group or places having from z5,00O to 100, 900