Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-22
HARRISBURG IS
SEVENTH CITY
Latest Population Figures
Show City Is Max
ing Gains

Figures made public by the re-
cent census estimate for the regis
tration places Harrisburg the sew
enth city in the state with popula-
tion of 1926.
It is preceded by Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Scranton, Reading
wilkes-Barr and Erie. Compare
son with the figures of census or
former years shows startling growth
bv some cities while others have
dropped several places from the
point formerly occupied in the CEN
sus tables. Secretary to the Mayor
Albert NJ. Hamer has prepared a
list of the principal cities OF the
United States showing the coInparl-
son and is having 1t pubnshed IN
one of the leading municipal deVel-
opment magazines. ...o
This latest government estimate
shows remarkable growth since WV
in many cities, but particularly IN
Detroit. Los Angeles, Seattle, Port
land, Oakland, Spokane and BIZ
mingham. ,..,o,
Is now the fourth city in the coun-
trv. having passed Boston, st. Louis
Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsourgh
since the last census. In 1Sso II
ranked IA; in 1900, 1S and IN
The growth of the cities on the
Pacific coast has been even more
remarkable. Los Angeles Is now
the tenth city, having passed san
Francisco and a half dozen other
cities since 1910. In 1890 1T rank
"a: in 1900, 80 and in 1910. II.
Seattle is now 10, rising from 81 IN
1890. Portland is now Fl, rising
from 5S in 1890. Oakland is now so,
rising from 81 in 1890. Spokane,
with only 1892 people in $780,
ranked III; in 1900 it had risen TO
112; in 1919 to As, and now 1t ranks
80.
Have Remarkable Growth
Several cities in other parts OF
the country have also hao .tl retiaIH- ae
able growth. Birmingham, with 20
600 people, was 116 in 1890; in 1sUO
il was los; in 1910, SO and now 80.
Schenectady, with 10000, was 154 in
1890: 1872 in 1900; 76 in 1910 and
now 81. Houston, with $4,000, was
III in 1890; 93 in 1900; 81 in 1910
and now 54. Dallas, which ranked
"A in 1890, now ranks 46, and san
Antonio, which was rs, now ranks
AS. Bridgeport was Sc in 1880 anq
is now 43; New Bedford was SO in
1890 and is now so; Salt Lake was
60 in 1890 and is now 81; Tacoma
was 50 in 1890 and is now So;
YOUNGSTOWN was SSth. in 1890 and
is now seth; while Oklahoma CITY,
which only had 4,151 people in 1890,
is now II with a population of 81,
5sS.
Boston has passed st. Louis but
yet remains the fifth city by reason
of Detroit's jump to fourth. For the
same reason, Cleveland, although
gaining 10000 since 1910, falls to
seventh place and thus loses her
slogan as THE Sixth City" which
she has been using since 1910.
Minneapolis passes Washington
and goes to seventeenth place, while
Denver passes Rochester, Provi-
dence, st. Paul and Louisville and
goes to twenty-fourth place.
Omaha advances from forty-first
to thirty-fifth place; Richmond from
SO to SO; and Wilmington from 81
TO So.
All cities have made increases and
there are now seventy cities with a
population of over 100000, as
against fifty in 1910.
Notwithstanding this general in
crease, many cities have a lower
rank than shown in former censuses,
due to the rapid growth of certain
cities.
San Francisco and Cincinnati have
grown from 2S9,000 and 296,00 in
1880 to 471,004 and $4,000, yet
they have lost their ranks from
eighth and ninth cities to twelfth
and fifteenth.