The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-22

BIG POPULATION
7,665,lll People In The
Keystone State
FACTS ABOUT
WAYNE COUNTY, 1O.1 PER
CENT. OF COUNTY'S POPULA-
TION IN THE TOWN-LAND
AREA $50 SQUARE MILES.

CENT. OF COUNI1'S POPULA-
TION IN THE TOWN-LAND
AREA 739 SQUARE MILES.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 1S.-In-
teresting details not heretofore pub
lished as to the population of Penn
sylvania and its distribution are Civ
en- in a bulletin of the thirteenth
census, just issued by the census
bureau.
In this bulletin the official figures
of the total population of the state
is given as 7,665,111. Compared
with a population of 6,902,115 in
1900, this represents an increase
during the last decade of 1852, 1876,
or PIG per cent, slightly higher
percentage of increase than that
shown for the preceding decade.
During the same period the total
population of continental United
States increased 81 per cent. The
relative decennial increase in the
population of the state has varied
little during the last five decades.
The population of the state, by
decades, since 1890, has been as fol-
lows: 1890, 434,373; 1900, 602,S65;
1910, S10,O91; 1920, 1,049, ,45S;
1880, 1,34S,233; 1S40, 1,724,033;
1850, 2,311,786; 1860, 2,9O6,215;
1870, 3,521,951; 1880, 4,2S2,S91;
1890, 5,25S,113; 1900, 6,302,115;
1910, 1865, Ill.
OF the 29 cities in Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Scran-
ton, the first, second and third cit
les in the state, have 1,549,0OS,
533,9O5 and 129,S67 inhabitants, re-
spectively. Of the remaining cities,
seven have each a population rang
ing from $4,000 to 100000, eight
from $4,000 to $4,000, six from
10000 to $4,000 and five from s.
600 to 10000 inhabitants. The ag-
gregate population in 1910 of the 29
cities was 3,096,701, or 4O.4 per
cent. of the total population of the
state. Pennsylvania has 81 counties.
Philadelphia city is coextensive with
Philadelphia county. The popula-
tion of these counties ranges from
7,644 in Cameron county to 1,549,-
0OS in Philadelphia county. The
second and third largest counties in
population are Allegheny and Lu-
zerne, respectfully.
Lycoming county, with l,220
square miles, has the largest area
and Montour county, with 13O square
miles, mas Ine SllldlltSI oil ca lii
adelphia county, coeXtensive with
Philadelphia city, has the highest
density of any county, namely, H.
646.7 persons per square mile, while
Pike county, with 14.S persons per
square mile, has the lowest density.
Allegheny county, which contains
the city of Pittsburg, has 1,404.S
persons per square mile. Delaware
county, the third in density in the
state, has 637.3 persons per square
mile. ...
A comparison of the total popula-
ton in 1910 of places having pop
ulation of not less than $500 each
with the total population OF the
same places in 1900 shows an in
crease of 2S.9 per cent. This repre-
sents the rate of growth of urban
communities as thus defined. Dur
! ing the same period the rural popu-
lation, comprising that of the re-
mainder of the state, increased i 2
per cent. The population of the ur-
| ban areas thus increased more than
twice as rapidly as that of the rural
territory. For continental United
States as a whole, urban population
| increased 349 per cent. in the last
decade, and rural population 11.2
per cent. There were 25 counties in
which the population living in rural
territory decreased and only in
which there was a decrease in urban
population.
The population of places having
from $500 to $4,000 inhabitants in
creased more than one-half as fast as
the population of the state as a
whole.
OF the increase in the total pop
ulation of the state during the de-
! cade, namely, 1,362,996, nearly one
| fifth was contributed by the city OF
Philadelphia and considerably more
than one-third by the group oi
places having from $500 to 25,OUt
! inhabitants.
Facts About Wayne County.
The land area of Wayne county Is
! 739 square miles, with a population
! of 1915 per square mile and rura
population of 1915 per square mile.
The urban territory of the state IL
191O-that is, the incorporated
places of $500 inhabitants or more
contained 4,630,669 inhabitants,
or 6U.4 per cent. of the total popula
ton, while 3,O34,4 ,442 inhabitants, ol
39.6 per cent, lived in rural terri
tory. The urban territory as it exist
ed in 19OO-that is, the incorporates
places then having $500 inhabitants
or more-contained 3,448,610 in
habitants, or 45.3 per cent, lived IL
rural territory. There has thu
been a considerable increase in thu
proportion of urban population. Fol
continental United States as whole
the urban population constituted
46.3 per cent. of the total population
in 1910 and 4O.5 per cent. of the to
al population in 1900.
In urban territory in Wayne coun
ty in 1910 there were 2,945 people
while in 1900 the number was onl.
2,S64, an increase of 2.S per cent
In rural territory in Wayne count.
in 1910 the population was 26,291
while in 1900 it was 27,307, an in
crease of 81 per cent. Thus ther
are 10.1 per cent. of Wayne's popu
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