The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-09
Show a Greater Rate Of Pop
ulation Increase Than
Do the Cites.

Ilation Increase Than
Do the Cities.
WAsE9RSGToN, D. c., Dot. S.
While the urban population OF West !.
IN the last ten years shoWed1
far greater percentage Of increase
IN population than the rural pouIa-
tton and one of the cities In West
Virginia Increased from A to 161 /
per cent, at the same time neatly
two-thirds OF the total increase OF
the total population of the state BEL
tween 1900 and 1910 was in the
country districts. From the first re-
ports Of the census bureau it APP
peared that the growth of the state
was principally in the cities; but
the figures just given out by the
census bureau indicate that after
all the greatest growth In West
Virginia in the last ten years was
in the country districts.
1T is true the cities of West Vir-
ginia made enormous increases in
population in the ten years from
-r9OO to 1910. Morgantown showed
an Increase of 3S2.s per cent and
other increases for the ten largest
cities were as follows: BlueheId
1909, Charleston 1912. Clarksburg
1872, Fairmont TIT, Huntington
1914, Martinsburg fla, Morgan
town $685., Moundsville $50, Par
kersburg SIS, Wheeling IL. And
as whole the urban population OF
the state-that included in cities OF
$500 or more-increased Sc per
cent, while that of the country dis
tricts increased but 2O.9. And yet
while the total increase OF popula-
ton of West Virginia in the last
decade was 262 1919 the increase In
the urban population was about
! 9O,77S while that in the rest of the
state was 1854, or almost two
thirds OF the total increase of the
state.
Several other matters concerning
the last census of West virginia are
brought out in compilation of tile
census returns OF the state just is
sued by the census bureau. During.
the ten years from 1900 to 1910.
the increase in population in West
Virginia was 27.4 per cent, while the
increase in the United States as al
whole was but 81 per cent. So IT.
is apparent that the increase In the
population of West Virginia isl
greater than the average increase
for the United States.
in the forty years since the first
census OF West Virginia was 4aen
the population of the has multi
piled nearly three times. IN 1870
the population of the state was
442, OLA, in 1880 it was 6rS, 457, in
1890 it was 762 ,794, in 1900 1t was
95s, 500 and 1910 it was 1921, 1 10.
The percentages of increase have
been as follows compared with the
percentages of increase for the en-I
tire country: In 1880 the percent
age of increase in West Virginia
was 1913 compared with 3O.1 in the
United States: in 1890 it was 23.S,
compared with 25J5 in the United
States; in 1900 it was 1851, com
pared with 2O7 in the United States
and in 1910 it was ga, compared
with 21.O in the United States.
OF the ten most important cities
in the state Morgantown shows the
greatest growth in the last decade.
tt increased 3s2.s in population.
Wheeling with an increase of but
IL per cent, shows the smallest in
crease in population. The high rate
shown by Morgantown is partly due,
according to the census bureau, to
the annexation of three towns dur
ing the decade. The low rate for
Wheeling is we'll understood to be
because of the territory within the
city limits having been solidly built
up prior to 1900, so there was no
room for increase in the last decade
or the ten most important cities
in the state, enumerated above as
Bluefeld, Charleston. Clarksburg,
Fairmont, Huntington, Martinsburg'
Morgantown, Moundsville. Parkers-
burg and wheeling, but two have
ever shown decrease in population
in any census. They are Fairmont.
which in 1870, showed decrease OF
"a in population from the 1870 hg-
ures, and Morgantown, which in
1850 showed showed a decrease OF
30 from 1870. Continuous growth
has been the history of all the others