The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-08
COUNTRIES GROWTH IS 14.9 PER CENT
 SINCE 1910 COUNT
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also show that the trend of popula- ton from the country to the city has become greatly accentuated since 1919, and that, for the first time in the eountry's history. more than half the entire population is now living in the urban territory as defined by the cen- sus bureau. That is to say, of the 105,- GS3.10S persons enumerated in the four teenth census, preliminary tabulations show that 54,816,209 or 51.9 per cent are living in incorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more and 50,S66,899 or 4S.1 per cent in rural territory. At the census of 1910 the correspond ing percentages were 46.3 and 53.7, re- spectively, showing a loss of 5.6 per cent in the proportion for the popula ton living fin rural territory.
 RURAL POPULATION
 "To show more clearly the change in the proportion of the population living in rural territory now as com pared with 10 years ago. the rural population can be divided into two classes, namely 9,S64,196 or 9.3 per cent of the total popula tion, living in in- Gorporated places of less than 2,500 in- habitants and 41,o02,70S or 3S.S per cent of the total population living in what may be called purely country districts At the census of 1910 the population living in incorporated places of less than 2,5Oo inhabitants formed S.S per cent, while the popula- ton living in purely country districts formed 4f.S per cent of the total popu- lation
 "The increase since 1910 in the popu- lation as a whole. as before stated, vas 14.9 per cent but during the de- cade there has been an increase in that portion of the population living in urban territory of 12,192.S26, or 28.e per cent. and in that portion living in rural territory of 1,51S,016, or only, S.1 per cent, and if the comparison is extended to cover the two classes of rural territory. it appears that the DOT tion living in incorporated places of less than 2,500 inhabitants shows an increase of 1,745,371. or 21.5 per cent, whereas that portion living in purely country districts show an actual de- crease of 227, S55, or six tenths of2f fer cent. M "The percentages of increase shown | for the several states vary greatly, due in part to the causes which have been noted as affecting the increase of pop. ulation of the country as a whole. but also in part to the abnormal internal movement of population required to meet the excessive demands of the war work in certain sections. For three states-Mississippi Nevada and Ver- mont-there have been small decreases in population. the largest decrease be- ing for Nevada, 55 per cent"
 OTHER FIGURES
 Other population figures announced today included;
 Virginia. 2,306,361; increase 244,74s. or 11.9 per cent.
 Arkansas, 1.75O, .995; increase 176,- 546, or liz per cent.
 Florida, 966, 296 increase 213.677. or 2S.4 per cent.
 Michigan. 3,6e7,222; increase s57o4s. or 30.5 per cent.
 Iowa. 2.4o3,6So; increase 17s,s59, or 8 per cent.
 Pennsylvania. s,72o,159; increase 1 055, ,04S, or 13.S per cent.
 Ohio 5,75936S; increase 992.247. or POS per cent.
 Minnesota, 2,3S6,s71; increase 310.663, or 15 per cent
 Nebraska, 1,2s5,5O2 increase 1os,2SS. or S,7 per cent Detroit. Mich, revised. 993,67S; in- crease 527,912. or 113.3 per cent. Pre- viously announced. 993.739. Tampa, Fla. revised, 51.60S; increase