The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-30
MISSOURI RURAL
POPULATION LESS
FINAL CENSUS SHOWS 53.4 PER
CENT LIVE IN VILLAGES,
TOWNS AND CITIES.
ST. LOUIS INCREASE BIG
Ten Year Increase In Cities Of over
$500 Amounts to 22.3 Per Cent
While Remainder Of State
Decreases IS Per Cent

Washington. D. c. More than half
of the population Of Missouri lives in
tho villages. towns and cities.
The census bureaus complete bul.
Iotin upon the states 1910 enumcra-
ton shows the population of all in
iorporated places" to be l,575.6l6 or
J34 per cent. In 1900 the ncorpor.
ated places as they then existed had
l,437, 457. or 46.3 per cent of the total.
Conclusiyely, the story Of the last
Decades migration from the farm Is
again told However the census bu-
reau Classics the people in incorpor-
a'ed places Of less than $500 inhabit.
ants as residing in rural territory"
Put this way only 42.5 per cent of the
total is urban population
st Louis increased her population
n little more than three times as
rapidly as the state as a whole. the
group OF other cities outside Of St.
Louis having $500 inhabitants or
more, four times as rapidly, and tho
'roup Of cities having from 800 to
5000 inhabitants more than four
times as rapidly while the popua.
ton in rural territory decreased 3.5
per cent. II also appears that Of the
Dtal increase in the population Of the
state during the decade lSC,G70, more
,han four seventies, was in St Louis.
The siXty.two cities having $500 or
more contained l.39Ssl7 inhabitants
in 1910, and the remaing areas l..
>tS,5ls, or 57s per cent. The same
percentages in 1900 were 1868 and
81. respectively Therefore, the real.
Iy remarkable gain was in the sixty
lwo cities. In these communities the
lou-ycar increase amounted to 22.3
r"r cent, while the remainder Of the
state recorded a decrease OF 3.5 per
cent.
The final bulletin compares urban
aud rural population in detail; sets
'crth the general population figures
II the state for each census since
$50: gives the relative growth Of the
principal cities and states OF density
Ct population. The average Of per.
sons to III" square mile last year was
~ and the average for the cont.
Mortal United States was 800
or the relative distribution Of ur-
nau and rural population the census
bulletin says.
"Tln urban territory Of the state
In lHIp-'hat is the cities Of 800 in
hahaarts or more contained 1885,
III nhabilants or i2.5 per cent Of the
'gt.l population, while l.S9I SIS In.
1ral territory The urban territory
as it c.lstcd in 1900-that Is. the
ritios then having $500 inhabitants
nr mur"--contaiurd l,12Sl0i inhabit-
ants or G&.3 per cent Of the total pop.
uiatiun. while l.g1S,j6l inhabitants or
G&.7 per cent lived in rural territory.
There has thus been considerable
increase In the proportion of urban
populations For continental United
States rs whole. the urban popula-
ton constituted 1913 per cent of the
total population In 1910 and 40.5 per
cent OF the total population in 1900.
The COB incorporated places OF
less than $500 inhabitants each have
an aggregate population OF 35s,799,
representing 1903 per cent Of the total
population of the state. These places
comprise 104 having from 1000 to p
500 inhabitants each. with combined
population OF l6G,S93; 1856 having
from 500 TO 1000 inhabitants each,
with combined population Of 9G,145;
and 36i having less than zoo inhabit.
ants each with a combined population
If 95,67l. The population living In
incorporated territory represents 4G.G
per cent OF the total.
'In all Incorporated places, inclnd'
Ing those of less than $500 inhabt.
ants, there was in 1910 population
Of 1,75TGl6 or 534 per cent of the
population OF the state The popula.
ton OF all incorporated places, as
they existed in 1900. was iS7,457 or
1863 per cent OF the population OF the
state"
The population OF the state in 1910
was more than 1871 times as great as
In 1910, the earliest year for which
figures for the area are available,
while the population of continental
United States in 1919 was less than
thirteen times that in 1910.