Evening star., 1920-10-01
|POPULAT|0NGA|NS
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IN WEST VIRGINIA
State Increases 242,491, or
1919 Per Cent, Over
1910 Figures.

| Inc state or west virginia has
| total population of 1,463.610. an in
crease of 242,491. or 1919 per cent, over
| 1910. the census bureau announced to-
day. These figures show that West
Virginia has passed Maryland in the
population standings for 1920 by
| $4,000 persons. and now stands twen-
! tyseventh in the list Of most popu-
| lous states.
The state showed it's largest nu-
merical increase, it's previous largest
growth having been III the decade
1S0o-1910, when it gained o62.3is, but
its relative increase was the lowest on
record. The present census was the
sixth Of West Virginia, the state hav-
ing been separated from Virginia in
Other census results made public to-
! day include:
! Great Bend Kan, 446O; decrease,
| 162. or 3.5 per cent
! wheeling: W. Va. (revised). 5S.2os;
viously announced. 54,S22.
Elkins. W. Va. (revised. 6.7ss: in
crease l.52s. or go per cent. Pre-
viously announced. 6.777.
Mobile, Ala. (revised). 6o7T; in
crease. 1886. or 1870 per cent Pre-
vlouSly announced. 60.15l.
Rapid Growth of Cities.
Population of cities in the United
States is increasing seven and a half
tunes as fast as the rural districts,
the census bureau announced last
night in a compilation of figures COW
ering approximately 5per cent of the
1920 census. The compilation indi
Gated that the completed census would
show the majority of the population
| to be city dwellers.
| Rural growth during the last ten
years was only one-third as great as
| 1t was IA the previous decade, but the
cities nearly maintai ained their rate of
growth. getting five new inhabitants
from 1910 to 1920 for each six added
during the preceding ten years. All
the centers of population, even small
country hamlets and towns, showed
a greater proportionate increase than
did the purely rural districts. Great
est increases. however, were by cities
of ten. thousand or more residents.
Total Population Indicated.
| While the figures show a check in
the rate of growth for the country as
a whole. they indicated that the COM,
! plete census would place the total
| number of Inhabitants of the conti-
mental United States at approximately
los, ,76S, 100. a gain of 13,795,S40. or IS
! per cent. Practically all this increase
will be absorbed by the cities, it be-
| ing estimated that 12.172,SO0 would
reside in towns of $500 or more in
habitants, while 1.623.040 would be
added to the farm and small ham
districts would be about a million and
a quarter.
Based on these estimates. the urban
population would be placed at ap.
proXimately 54.796.100 and the rural
population at 50.972,000. In 1910 the
tys,,. 1atS Snn wi ~ nf
the cities by nearly 100000 people.
there being 4S.34S.SS3 in the country
and 42623.3S3 in the cities.
For several censuses." said the
bureaus announcement, 1.-The country
has not been growing as rapidly as
the city, but the difference appears
| to be greater at this census than ever
before
Percentages Compared.
The urban population increased at
the rate of 25.2 per cent, while that
of the rural districts. including viii
I lagos and towns under $500 popHla-
! ton. was 3.4 per cent. For the strict
per cent. and that of the villages was
i4.7 per cent. Among the urban CEN
| ters cities exceeding $4,000 increased
at 26.4 per cent: those of 10000 to
$4,000 at 2S:7 per cent. and those
From 1900 to 1910 the percentage
| rates of increases for these three
classifications of cities were 35.6, 33.7
and 27.S per cent, respectively.
| The count of population up to ten
| days ago, estimated at So per cent
complete, had reached 92,09S.2S1. For
I; purposes of comparison between city
and country the bureau reduced the
| figures to 9o.5s6,742 by eliminating
! the population of insular possessions
and places in the United States.
! ~ <l,;x fo1 10 11 10 oeSi.
! fled as urban was reported as 52,-
| 494,749. the cities of more than $4,000
| population having 32.533.03S in
habitants those of ten to fifty thou
sand having 11.771,224 and those of
$500 to 10000 having S,190.4S7. The
! rural population was 32,025.961 in the
! country districts and 6.066,032 in vii
lagos under $500 in population.