The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-01-13
Census Does Not Include
Little Brown Brothers"
of Philippines, Which
Would Make the Total
1O1,1OO,OOO.
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By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

- ClLueS AldShd, IOtlO hlCO anC
Hawaii, but excludes the Phil
ippines, Guam, Samoa and the Pana
ma canal zone. Including the Philip
pines according to the census of 1905
and an estimate of Guam, Samoa anG
the canal zone, the population for the
nation and its possessions is 101, 100,
600. The population of the United
States proper, exclusive of Alaska and
the island possessions, is 92,035,S74.
We now know how big we are. Hav
ing asked everybody about his birth
place and his wife's relations, we have
cast up the totals into long and head
achy columns of figures that proclaim
to the world our numerical greatness.
1t is quite showing-over 100000.
600 people for the United States proper
and more than 100000,00O if we in.
clude the United States improper, con-
sisting of the little brown brother of
the Philippines. | defy any human
being to form even the remotest CON
ception of what ninety millions mean,
but whatever it is we have it,
1t is some comfort to know that
never in human history has a nation
grown so rapidly. Since the republic
was founded, little more than a cen
fury ago, We have multiplied our popu-
lation by thirty. On an average we
have doubled our size every twenty
five years. If Senator Hoar was right
in declaring that a column of figures
could move an American to tears, the
whole nation should fairly boo-hoo
over the 1910 census.
Cities Growth Increasing.
The one big fact that stands out of
the result is that most of the growth
in the last decade has been in the
cities. Some of the country districts
have actually gone backward. One
agricultural state, Iowa, has shown a
decrease. Some of the very small
towns and villages have shown the
same tendency. But the cities from
10000 upward have almost all adj
vanced some of them enormously. In
the list of the worlds ten largest
cities the United States has three.
We have one city exceeding 100000
in population, two exceeding 1000, 900,
three exceeding 100000, or four if the
environs of Boston were included in
that city; eight exceeding 100000,
eighteen exceeding 100000, twenty
eight exceeding 100000 and fifty ex-
ceeding 100000. These fifty are dis
tributed through twenty-siX states.
New York, Massachusetts and Ohio
each has five; Pennsylvania, Califor-
mia and New Jersey each contains
three; Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota,
Connecticut and Tennessee can boast
two each, and the other fifteen range
from Rhode Island to Oregon At the
head of these forty-nine cities stands,
of course, New York, at the foot Al
bany.
OF cities between $4,000 and 100000
there are 175, with the list yet incOm
plete. These are distributed through
thirty-seven states. Massachusetts
heads the list with twenty; Pennsylva-
mia comes next with seventeen; New
York follows with sixteen; New Jer-
sey and Illinois have eleven each: Ohio |
has nine; Texas and Iowa each have !
eight; Michigan and Wisconsin each |
boasts seven; California and Connect |
cut each claims five; Indiana, Virginia |
and Rhode Island each contains four;
Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kan !
sas follow with three each, while there |
are twelve states with two each and |
six with one each. OF cities below +
25,Q00 the number is legion. In this !
class the returns as yet are scattering
Smaller Cities Grow.
On the whole, the smaller cities have
grown more rapidly than the larger
ones. The rate of increase in those
above 100000 has been 31S per cent.
while the showing is 1874 per cent in
those between $4,000 and 100000 Six
teen of these smaller cities have more
than doubled their population in the
decade. The largest grOwths have
been that of Oklahoma City, which
has the enormous percentage of 1897
Increase to its credit. Muskogee, in
The same state, is but little behind.
Other cities in this group that have
.rebled or doubled their growth are
Pasadena, Berkeley and San Diego,
Jal.; Flint, Mich; Fort Worth, Ell
oaso and Dallas, Tex; Tampa and
Jacksonville, Fla; Huntington, w.
IA; Schenectady, N. Y; Tacoma,
Wash; Wichita, Kan, and Waterloo,
a.
The largest growth in cities of over
10000 is that of Birmingham, Ala,
which increased at the rate of 245.4
'er cent Los Angeles was q close
ecOnd with 211.3 per cent. Seattle !
ad 1914 per cent. Other cities in this
lass that more than doubled their
opulation were Portland, Ore; Spo-
ane, Wash, and Oakland, Cal. Notable
aims were also made by Cleveland,
Detroit, Minneapolis, Denver, Atlanta
nd Richmond.
One most gratifying feature Of the
eturns is the growth of the south,
specially of southern cities. Charlotte,
c.; Chattanooga, Tenn; Lynchburg,
a; Macon, Ga; Norfolk, Va; Ports !
Iouth, Va; Roanoke, Va; Shreveport, ,
a., and several other cities, in addi-
on to those already mentioned, show :
'mething of the advance movement !
the new south.
San Francisco Undaunted.
pleasing fact is that despite
II disastrous earthquake and fire San
rancisco has increased from 342, 7S2
1900 to 416,912 in 1910. Oakland
ID Berkeley are virtually parts of =,