Milford chronicle., 1911-08-11
or POPULATION.
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sarRnd iumber Of persous to
There en-. IS 1908; in 1900 and
rack on los = was "a and S57, respec-
rst Of lively. In density of population
~. Delaware ranks ninth among rhe
-. other States.
As respects total population, New
MI Castle county has the highest den
lg y sity of any county, namely, 283. 2
naiP persons per square mile, and Sussex
Nj county the lowest, namely, 5o8.
WI The urban territory of the State
ne IN l9Io contained o7,o85 inhabi-
10 tants, or 48 per cent. of the total
nee podulatiOu, while Io5,237 inhabi-
Nj tants, or 81 per cent, lived in rural
pey territory. The urban territory as
III, it existed in Iooo-that is, the cit
les and towns then having ? 500
, inhabitants or more - contained
NG 85,7I7 inhabitants, or 46 4 per cent.
.le of the total population; while 90.
ii oI8 inhabitants, or $50 per cent,
n lived in rural territory. There has
u, thus been a slight increase in the
resi- proportion of urban population.
M The proportion of urban population
,es outside the city of Wilmington, or
~ that in cities aud towns of 500
49, tots, 900 inhabitants, however, has
d decreased slightly since 1900.
The urban population OF the state
4 IN 1910 was contained in 4 places /.
comprising, as just stated coms
bined population Of 81 oS5, or 48 .
J per cent of the total population of
the state. Wilmington, the only
place in the State having over 500
inhabitants, had 90 per cent of the
urban population. The rural pop
ulation comprised 29,o27 persons
living in AZ incorporated towns of
less than 500 inhabitants each,
and 76,2Io persons living in unin
p - corporated towns of less than p 500
inhabitants each, and 10 2Io per-
sons living in unincorporated ter
TitOry.
The AZ incorporated places Of
4 less than $500 inhabitants COM
prise ten towns having from 900
Ito ?, 500 inhabitants, with a com
bned population OF 10 800; towns
having from 500 to 900 inhabi-
tants, with a combined population
of 5, 269; aud "a towns having less
than 500 inhabitants, with a COM u
bined population of $500
The comparison OF the total pop.
ulation in 1910 of places having rS
population of not less than ?, 500
each with the total population of @i
the same places in 1900, shows an
increase OF II, ,36S or 1875 per cent, ~
This represents the rate of growth ~
of urban communities as thus de-
fined. Similarly, in rural territory WI
there has been an increase during
the decade NOf6, 2Io, or 6. 3 per cent. N
The population of urban areas thus ia
increased a little more than twice
as fast as rural Of the total in toi
crease in urban population o5 Q per Ii
cent. was contributed by Whining
ton. Wis
As already stated, Delaware cou-
tains two cities and Al incorpora- ma
ted towns. These 40 places had Be-
IN 1910 an aggregate population of u, ma
I26,IG2, or 62.3 per cent. of the ny
total population Of the state. Of an'
the towns, 4 either were not incor-
porated at the time of the census
of 1900 OF were not returned separ- WI
ately at that census The popula-
ton in 1900 of the cities and towns ial a.
for which the population was re. ~
turned separately at that Census sPe'
and for which comparable figured WIS
can be given for 1910, was ITO, ,o4o
or 50. 9 per cent. Of the total popul
Iat1on of the state. These same Dl
. cities and towns had in 1910 potr Z NJ
faon Of I23, 2Z5, or 6o. .orper cSi'd Rail-