The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06
POPULATION OF LOUISIANA.
Census Bureau Bulletin Gives Inter
esting Statistics Based on Emu
meration of fe1o--Ascension Par
ish Shows Decrease of III Per
Cent in Past Decade.

mSFatlOh OF l9fU-AScenSion Par
1 ish Shows Decrease of III Pei
Cent in Past Decade.
/ The United States Census Bureau
has issued a bulletin giving the
! population of Louisiana as enumer
ated at the thirteenth census. taker
4 IN April of 1910, with comparative
statements of population, where
possible, and statement, by par
1shes, of the population living in
urban and in rural territory. The
statistics are given in three general
tables.
/ Table / shows the population OF
Louisiana, distributed according to
parishes and minor civil divisions
at the last three censuses, namely,
those of 1910, 1900 and 1890.
Table 2 shows the cities and the
incorporated towns and villages il
Louisiana, alphabetically arranged
with their population in 1910, 1900
and 1890
| Table 8 shows the population of
| Louisiana, by parishes, at each of
| the last five censuses, from 1870 to
|
the last two decades; the density of
the total and the rural population
at the census of 1910; and the
distribution of the population at
the last two censuses according to
urban and rural districts. The Cen
sus Bureau, for purposes of discus
sion, has defined urban population
as that residing in cities anda other
incorporated places Of $500 pinhab-
itants or more, and rural population
as that residing outside of such in
corporated places.
The total population of the state
is 1,656,388, as compared with 1851,
525 in 1900, an increase during the
last decade of 274,763, or 1919 per
cent. During the same period the
population of continental United
States increased q per cent. The
rate of growth Of Louisiana during
the decade was less rapid than dur
ing the preceding decade, 100000,
when the rate was 23.5s per cent.
Principal Cities.
Louisiana has Il cities. New Or
leans, the largest city, has a popu-5
5lation Of 33o,075, and the next
la laassest IS hgsy port Of
2s,015. BatonsIaosfge Lake Charles
Alexandria, and Monroe, with A.
tS97, IL, ,449, II, ,213, and 1O,209 inhab-
itants, respectively, are the other
cities in the state having over 10,-
900 Inhabitants. There are also 8
cities having from 5000 to 10000 and
2 having less than $500 Inhabitants.
Alexandria shows the highest rate
of increase during the last decade,
a8.5 per cent, and New Orleans the
lowest, 1871 per cent Alexandria,
Baton Rouge, Monroe, and Shreve-
port show higher percentages of in
crease for the last decade than for
the preceding decade.
Parishes.
Louisiana has go parishes. New
Orleans city is coextensive with Or
leans parish The population Of
.s1lese parishes ranges from 1888 in
Cameron to 339, ,o75 in Orleans.
Forty-nine parishes and the one
combination of parishes increased
in population during the last decade.
while parishes decreased in popu- |
lation The rates of increase for
he 49 parishes which showed an
range from % pei. cent in
East Carroll to 1868 pei. cent in Cal
aasieu, and the absolute increases of
he same group of parishes range
from 246 in ST. Bernard to 51.9T /
IN Orleans. The combined parishes
IF La Sale and Catahoula increased /
21.2 per cent in population. The
rates OF decrease for the 8 parishes
which showed a decrease range from
IL per cent in Ascension to 1873 per
cent in West Feliciana, and the alb
solute decreases of the same group
IF parishes range from las in Red
River to 2545 in West Feliciana.
Density of Population.
The total land area of the state
S As, 400 square miles. The average
number of persons to the square
nile in 1910 was 36.5; in 1900 and
500 it was 3O.4 and 24.6, respective
Y. The average number per square
nile for continental United States
Is a whole in 1910 was 800.
Galcasieu parish, with 1868 square
2iles, has the largest area, and Or
cans parish, with 200 square miles,
las the smallest area. Orleans,
which is co-extensive with New Or
cans city, has the highest density
# any parish, namely, 1884 persons
,er square mile, while Cameron, with
80 persons per square. mile, has the |
oWest density.
The urban territory Of the state
!. 1910-that is, the cities and ineof-
,orated towns of $500 inhabitants
II more-eontained 496,516 inhabi- |
arts, or 80 per cent Of the total I
population, while 1,159,s72 inhabi-I
ants, or 70 per cent, lived in rural |
erritory.
Population of Ascension
The population Of Ascension par
sh by wards, as shown by the CEN
uses of 1910, 1900 and 1890, is given
s follows:
Ward 1.. 1864 SPA 4222I
Or