The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22


 census bureau, made public yester-
 day, This Is increase of 49,O77
 over the figures for 1910, when the
 population was 132.6S5. Birming-
 ham's gain is greater than that of
 Atlanta, which is 35,55S and Mem-
 phis, which is only 17,29O. The es-
 inmates are based on the percent
 age of increase from 1900 to 1910.
 Washington, December 21-The pop ulation of the United States continues to shift to the cities, according to es- inmates announced today by the census bureau. The estimates based on the rate of population increases from 1900 to 1910 disclosed that 40.9 per cent of the country's inhabitants now live in cities of more than 5000 as against 9S.9 tion of continental United States for 1916 has already been estimated at 102,O17,S12 The total in the states. territories and United States posses sions is put at 112.444,620.
 Ten states have taken censuses since the last federal census in 1910 and seven show population increases. Kansas, South Dakota and Wyoming decreased from 1910 to 1915. the great est reduction being in Wyoming, 2.9 Der cent. The least increase was in Iowa, with a growth of but per cent.
 The greatest increase was 22.5 per cent in Florida In Florida, Iowa and Massachusetts the percentage of in- 0,-e fn than from 1900 to 1910, but in the other seven states it was much high CT from 1900 to 1910 than from 1905 to 1915. In Kansas. North and South Dakota and Wyoming the rate of growth from 1900 toT1910 was nearly double that from 1905 to 1915. In Iowa a decrease of 7082 was shown from |e1900 to 1910, and an increase of 14S,- 01G from 1905 to 1915. In New Jer- sey, New York and Rhode Island slight decreases were indicated by the state returns of 1905 and 1915 as compared with the increases from 1900 to 1910. In the past six years the growth in the white population was 10,000,000 and the negro population about 75o oG0. / The populations of some of the lead ing cities as estimated today are: New York, 5,6O2,S41; Chicago. 2,497.- 7o2; Philadelphia, 1,7o9,51s; St. Louis, 757.309; Boston, 56,476; Cleveland,f 674,o73; Baltimore, 5s9,621; Pittsburg. 579, ,090; Detroit. 571.T84; Buffalo, 46S,- 55S; San Francisco. 4s3,516; Milwau- kee 436.535; Cincinnati. 410.476: New ark 40S.194; New Orleans, 37,747; Washington, 3,9SO; Minneapolis, 363,- 454; Seattle. ,639; Jersey City, 306.- 345; Kansas City, 297,S47; Portland, Ore, 295,46 Indianapolis, 271,T0S; Denver, 26O, 800; Rochester, 256,417; Providence, 254,660; St. Paul, 247,232 Louisville. 23S,910; Columbus, 214,S7S; Oakland, 191 GOA; Toledo. 191.554; At lanta. 19O,55s Birmingham, 1S1.762: Omaha, 165.470; Worcester, 16S,914; Richmond, 156,6S7; Memphis, 14S,9s5 Nashville. 117.057: Knoxville, SS,676; Montgomery, 43,2S5; Norfolk, S9.612; Newport News 20562; Raleigh, 20,127; Greensboro, 19.577 Winston-Salem, 31,- 155; Charlotte, 39,S23; Asheville, 2O,S23 Roanoke, 3,284 Lynchburg, S2,940. Census officials were careful to ex- plain that these estimates do not take into consideration local conditions and that they are based solely on the rate of the population increase or decrease in the past.
 There are 1869 building and loan as- sociations in Pennsylvania, with assets