South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-01
POPULATIONS OF
CITIES GROWING
Compiled Figures Of Govern
ment Shows 81 Percent
of New Census.

WASHINGTON. sept SO.-Citie,
are increasing I'M population sever
and one-half times az fast as the
rural districts tho census bureau
disclosed Thursday night in q com
pilatiOu Of figures covering approx
mately - percent Of the new cen
sus. These figures indicated that
she completed census would show
the majority ~ the population TO be
city dwellers
For the last ten years rural
growth Was but one-third as great
as DO was in the previous decade
but the cities almost maintained
their rate ~ growth. getting five
new inhabitants from 1910 TO 1920
for each six added during the pre-
cediug ten years.
All population Centers. even the
small county namlets and towns.
showed greater proportionate in
crease than the purely rural dis
tricts
Greatest Increase
The greatest increases. however.
were by cities Of ten thousand or
more inha bitants While the bu-
reau attempts no explanation Of the
reasons for the increasing migration
70 the cities. each year during the
last decade, presumably higher
wages, shorter working DAYS. home
conveniences attracted the rural
population, especially during the
war when wages in big industrial
centers went up rapidly.
Although showing a check in the
rate Of population growth for the
country as a whole, the bureaus
figures indicated that the complete
would 40
Der Of inhabitants of the continent
tai United States approximately
105.76S,100, q gain Of 1875, $40, or
Is percent.
VIII Absorb Increase.
Cities will absorb practically all
Of this increase. il being estimated
that 13,127.60O would reside in
towns Of $500 or more inhabitants.
while 1,623060 would be added TO
the farms and the small hamlets.
For the country side itself. the in
crease would be approximately a
million and a quarter.
Such a movement Of the people
viii place the urban population at
approximately 54.796,1OO and the
rural population at 59.975.
In 1910 the rural population out
stripped that Of the cities by almost
FFll Nl4A4ADA DtODlfs tllFi - It4Ik
49.34S.6S3 in the country and A.
623. 3S3 in the cities.
Country Growing.
For several censuses." says the
bureau announcement, the country
has not been growing aS~rapidly as
the city, but the difference appears
to be greater at this census than
ever before"
The urban population, the an
nouncement added. increased at a
rate Of 25.2 percent while that Of
the rural district including the viii
lagos and towns under $500 popu-
lation. was "a percent. For the
strictly farm territory the rate was
3.3 percent, and that of the villages
was az percent.
Among the urban centers. cities
exceeding 1000 increased at 26 4
percent. those Of 10000 TO so. 600
at 90 percent and those Of 1900
to 10000 at ISIS percent. From
1900 20 1910 the percentage rates
fications of cities were $50, 33.7
and 27.S, respectively.
Compare Census.
Up 20 ten days ago. the announce
ment said, the count Of population.
estimated at 50 percent complete,
had reached 92.09S.281. For pur-
poses Of comparison between city
and country the bureau reduced the
figure to 9O,5S6.742 by eliminating
the population Of the insular pos
sessions. and places in the United
States for which comparison was
deemed inadvisa bic because of new
boundaries
OF this total population. that
classified as urban was reported as
52.494.749. the cities over 60.OUB
population having 32.533.O2S inhab-
itants. those Of ten 10 fifty thou
sand having 1l.17I224. and those
Of $500 10 10000 having S.19O.4S1.
The rural population was 32,025.-
961 i'm the country districts ana
6.O66.032 in villages under $500
nomination.