Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-08-12


Urban. 1910. te623.3S2; lsee.
3O.7S0.S75; 1890. 2?,7OS,430.
Rural. rae. ie,24S,SS3, 1899,
45.el3.7oo: lSee t0,2c9.2S4
Total per cent distribution. 1870,
ioo.O; 1900. 1909; 1890. l0o.o,
Urban, 1910. ts.G; 1909, i0.5;
1870. 261.
Rural. le,o. $50 1899, ss.5,
1880. $50
The total population of continental
/ United states. according 10 the CEN
sus OF 1910. is Pl,s72 266, but of
this population. uader the definitions
OF the Census Bureau i2.623.SS3, or
i6.3 FER cent, lived In urban terri
tory. and lo.2iS.SS3, or 81 : per cent
lived in rural territory The terri
tory In 1909 and In 1899 similarly
classified as urban that is, the
cities and other places az each GEN.
sus having $500 Inhabitants or more
contained lO5 and SCI pr cent.
respectively. of the total population
OF the country. There has thus
been very considerable increase in
the proportion % urban population IN
continental United States taken as n
whole. hut the proportions vary
greatly Tor the individual states and
| for IN different sections Of the coun-
try.
In the New England division more
than four-fifths OF the population In
1910 lived In urban territory, as de-
fined by the Census Bureau, Yer
mont is the only state in this division
IN which the population classified as
urban Is less than half the total pos
ulation of the state, while in Rhode
island and Massachusetts, more than
lninc-tenths, and In Connecticut very
nearly niHe-tenths Of the total pop
ulation in l9lo o. classified as ur'
han
In the Middle Atlantic division the
urban population constituted more
than seven-tenths OF the total popu-
lation hut the proportion ~ the state
Of New York alone was very nearly
fcur-iltths, and that for New Jersey
fllly tlTee-fourths
lr IA Eas, NorCh Central and the
Pacific divisions the urban territory
In each case contained more than
! half the total population in lelo, hut
/ In the former division there wer,
three states Indiana, Michigan, and
! Wisconsin and In the latter dNi
sion one state Oregon In each OF
which the urban population compris.
ed less than half but more than a.
per cent cf the total population.
The urban population in lNlc, fo'
continental United States, is further
distributed amonc cities and otliel
places grouped according to specific
limits OF population the proportion
Of the total population contained II
each croup nj that census rs also Civ
en- " comparison with similar pro
portions for the two preceding cen
suses
, Tho proportion of the population ~
zach group Of urban communitie
was larger IN 1910 than il was II
I goo and In 1870 With two cVcep
uCYe the groups comprising place
from $50. GOO to 800 600 nhabitant
and from roo GOO to 25c,oo0 inhabi
tants. which were slightly greater
the proportions In 1890 were les
than in 1900
lncrca"c In Urban and Rural
Population.
In order to compare the rate q
growth in urban and rural communi
ties Il Is necessary In each case, a
, previously explained, to consider IN
same territory and 10 note IN
changes in population which hav
occurred In that territory from on
decennial census TO another Wit
this end in view. another classified
ton Of places rs urban or rural {
, made upon the basis OF population Il
lQ1O.
For continental United States as
, whole. II appears from this that Ia
total population In 1910 ci thos
, cities and other places which at tina
, time had population of not less tha
, e.5o0 each was l9.623,3S9; and tha
! in le0o the total population Of thes
! same places was 3l5ST5i2 I, vii
be noted that the latter figure Is con
, siderpbly larger thar the figure Pre-
/ viously given for the total populate
q In 1909 Of those places which at tina
time had over $500 each, namely
ID 30,7S0,S75 The differences (20G
G67l Is the net result of the change
i. which have occurred in the scvera
, states and territories. arising, frs
from the passage OF places classc
% as rural In 1900 into the urban rrou
g In 1919, either rs separate commun
ties or by annexation 90 cities whit
a In l9Oo had over 2.500 inhabitant
g but which now have less than tina
n number of inhabitants.
A COMPARISON Of the figures "a
continental United States. rs In.
given, shows an increase since ls0
l. In the population living In urba
?. territory Of ll.OS5,S4l, or Si9 p,
cent. The total population living /
rural territory In 1910 that Is. /
the remainder of continental Unite
States outside of urban communiti,
was i9,Sts,SSS, as compared wit
n totat nnnn1ation uvfpo Ia th. 80.