The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-04
TUB CITY HAS INCREASED BY
27's PER CENT SINCE CENSUS
OF 1910.
LEADS The STATE IN
PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE
jackson Now First City in State With
Vicksburg Second-Meridian Drops
from First to Third-Hattiesbure Is
rourth-This city Has Biggest Area.

The population of HattiesbLrg to.
DAY is 1882, according to a table of
estimates recently issued from the De-
partment of Commerce, Washington.
/, Inc estimates are based on an accur-
ate knowledge of the normal growth
OF the city, combined with estimates
OF the number of new people brought
into city by the addition Of new COM
mercial and educational institutions
or taken away from it by the removal
OF such lnstitutions-all this combined
with the Commerce Departments ac-
curate reports as to the general pros
perity of the city and the section sur
rounding it.
Hattie sburg's relative position as
fourth city in Mississippi is not chang.
ed by this estimate. Jackson. how
ever, replaces Meridian as first city
IN the state. The capital city is ac.
credited with 26,990 inhabitants, while
Meridian is believed to have only 21,-
SO6. Vicksburg is estimated to have
$1,000, so that instead of Meridian be-
ing the largest city in the state, it Is
now third with Jackson first and
Vicksburg second.
Big Increase In Hub City.
Hattiesburg's estimated increase
since the census of 1910 is 3,219; Jack
son has increased 5,72S; vicksburg
1926 and Meridian had decreased L.
497. So Sattiesburg has increased by a
larger number during the past four
years than any of the four leading
cities except Jackson.
AS to percentage of increase, how
ever, Hattiesburg leads the list. The
Increase accredited to the Hub City
for the past four years is 27.5 per cent
of its 1910 population. Jackson pushes
the South Mississippi metropolis close
for this honor, with an increase of
about 26.S per cent. Vicksburg's per-
centage increase is woefully small and
Meridian shows a decrease.
Leaving the larger cities of the state,
the reports for Laurel, Biloxi and other
villages are encouraging and show
that South Mississippi is beyond qIes-
tion the growing section of the state.
Laurel has at last gained her coveted
goal of 10000, the exact population &C.
credited to the Jones county town be-
ing 10,771, or little over two-thirds
as many people as Hattiesburg. Biloxi
is accredited with 9,147, but Natchez
shows a decrease. Gulfport is not yet
quite big enough to get into the clas-
sified list. Columbus and Greenville
each have a few more than 10000 peo-
pie.
Hattiesburg Biggest City.
In point of size, Hattiesburg is by
far the biggest town in the state. A
total of 1850 acres is included in the
corporate limits, as against $40 acres
for Jackson, the second largest city in
the state. Vicksburg is third, with
4,4S0 acres; Biloxi fourth with 1870
acres; Columbus and Laurel are tied
for fifth place with 1850 acres each;
Meridian has 2,52S acres, while Match
ez continues to slumber along with
1920 acres
While Meridian and Natchez are the
only cities in the state which really
sri,af in the estimates, none of them
r.... airy room to boast except Hat
u4.br : ana Jackson. These two cities
pace about divided honors, with the
ca.,al city taking first place and show
ing ne largest numerical increase, and
the South Mississippi metropolis con-
1 ttinuing to lead the safe in percent
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