The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-30
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,rryl ls1A. Aetlas Census Director
Falkner issasd today statement Wy
mg interesting additional advance ae'
,als N which the more important re-
late to the states urban aud rarai
incubation. The information was tak
eu from the arst state pousation hulie
tiu for New Jersey, nor In press, pre-
nared under the supervision Of Mr.
William g. Hunt, chief statistieian tor
nopnlation. This bulletin Will give
The population figures hy counties ami
minor civil divisions, with comHara-
tive statements of population where
nossible. and statement, by coin-
ties. Of the population living in urban
and rural territory.
pfonortion Of Urban and Rural Popu-
iaton.
The Census Bureau, for purposes 0,
discussion has defined urban popula
ton as that residing in incorporate
places Of over $500 inhabitants, and
rural population as that residing out
s,Ge of such Incorporated places.
The urban territory OF the state, as
ii existed in 1919, contained 1,907,21
inhabitants. or 1852 per cent OF the
total population, while 629,975 inhabi-
taats. or 24.S per cent, lived in rural
territory.
A considerable increase In the pro.
portion Of urban population in 1910 Is
apparent.
The bulletin shows IA counties hay.
ing larger proportion and counties
i smaller proportion OF urban popula,
ton in 1910 than in 1900, while for
county the PROPORTION is the same,
aud 2 counties are wholly rural.
Ii also aDpears that there were 5
places which in 1910 had each more
than 100000 inhabitants and COM
prised 29.2 per cent of the total popu-
lation Of the state. There were IA
places Of $4,000 or more inhabitants.
which had combined population in
1919 OF 1,363,927, or 53.S per cent of
the aggregate population OF the state.
Of the 24.8 per cent in 1910, classed
as rural, So per cent are contained in
ia incorporated places of less than
$500 POPULATION each and 1879 per cent
In unlncorporated communities. The
la places have an aggregate of $780,.
305 inhbitants These comprise GA
pces of 1000 to $500, containing 1885,
l09 inhabitants. "a Of 5a1 to 1000
containing 1888 inhabitants, and 46
of less than 500. containing 1890 in.
habitants.
Increase In Urban and Rural PopuIa-
ton.
A comparison of the population liv.
ing In places Of over $500 inhabitants
in 1910 with the population living in
\ the same places in 1900 shows that
there has been an increase during the
decade of 1919 per cent in the aggre.
gate population or these urban places
Similarly. in rural territory there
has been an increase during the de,
Gale Of 21.t per cent Urban ponula.
ton TINS Increased q gittlo less than
twice as fast as rural
There were two COMMITTEES in whicn
the population living in rnraI terri.
tory decreased bnt mona IN which
there was a decrease in urban nopu.
lation.
The nlcas Of 5Do n Ok ooo and of
25.000 to 100000 in tq1o Increased IN
population more ran;dlv than the
state as whole while Tho rate re IN
crese in rural TERRITORY was but LITTLE
aare than Maze ~, III. WI az a4o,a
OF the decennial Increase in nonu
lation namely AKA aos !, uttla rooro
than one-sixth was IN ru,aI territory
ana more than one.half was in n,aces