The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-19
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inhabitants increased in population about one and one-half times as fast as the population of the state as a whole, while the group comprising places having from 2.500 to 25000 in habitants increased somewhat more slowly. Of the decennial increase in pop pulation, namely, 206,336, more than three-fifths was in cities and towns of 25.000 inhabitants. Population of State and United States
 Compared.
 The population of Connecticut is 1,- 114,756. Compared with a. popula- ton of 90s,42O in 1900, this repre- sents an increase during the past de- cade of 206,336. or 22.7 per cent. During the same period the total pop ulation of continental United States increased 21 per cent. The percent age of increase for the state during this decade is larger than that shown at any census since 1860.
 ception CISCO. showed a somewhat smaller rate of increase of popula- tfon for the state than have the later ones. From 17S0 to 1840 the av- craze rate of increase per decade was 5.4 pc rcent; since 1s4o the average rate Of increase has been 20.1 per cent. During the go years from 1790 to 1880, the absolute increase in the population of the state was 3S4,754, while during the 30 years since 1880 the gain has been 492,O56.
 A comparison of the rates of in- crease for the state with those for continental United States, shows that from 1790 to 1890 the increase dur ing each decade was less rapid for the state than for the country as a whole. From 1890 to 1910 the state grew in a whole. The population of the state in 1910 was little less than five times as large as in 1790, when the First Census was taken, while the population of continental United States in 1910 was more than twenty three times that in 1790.
 Cities.
 Connecticut has IS cities. Seven of the cities have population of 25,- 900 or more. New Haven, the larg- est city, has a population of 133,6O5 while Bridgeport, the second city, has a population of 102,054. There are cities having from 50,000 to 100000 inha bitants, and 3 from 5000 to 5O,- 900. There are 6 cities having from 10000 to 25,O00 inhabitants.
 Of the Is cities previously mention ed,' New Britain shows the highest percentage of increase during the last decade namely 68.9 per cent. and New London the lowest, 12 per cent. New Haven, while having an absolute in crease in population from 1900 to 1910 of 25,578, has lower percentage of increase than for two previous de- cades. Bridgeport also shows a re- duced percentage of increase, the rate during the past decade being less than for any other since 1870. Of the IS cities considered, there are on- ly for which the rate of increase during the past decade exceeded that during the preceding decade namely. Danbury, New Britain, and Norwich
 COUNTIES.
 Connecticut has eight counties. The population of these counties range from 26,459 in Holland County to SS7. .2S2 in New Haven County.
 Every county in the state has in- creased in population during the last decade, the percentages of increase ranging from 3.2 per cent in Wind nam County to 33:2 per cent in Fair field County; and the absolute in- creases from 1,500 in Windham Coun- ty to 68,119 in New Haven County, which contains the city of New Ha- ven. In the case of three counties the percentages of increase are Iarg- which, as before stated, was 22.7 per cent Four counties show a higher rate of increase for this decade than for the preceding decade.
 Density of Population
 The total land area of the state is SEQ square miles. The average number of persons to the square mile is 231.3; in 1900 and 1890 it was 1885 and 154.8 respectively
 In density of population Connecti- cut ranks fourth among the states, being surpassed bY Rhode Island. and New Jersey, in the order named.
 New Haven County has the highest density, namely, 559.3 persons per square mile, and Holland County the lowest. namely, 65.5. Litchfield Coun- ty has the largest land area (925 square miles, while Middlesex Coun- ty has the smallest land area (3G9 square miles) of the counties in the state.