The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-09
2,911,381 PERSONS
LIVING IN INDIANA,
IS CAPITAL GUESS

WASHINGTON, The population of
Indiana for the year 1920 will be in the
neighborhood of 2,911,381 persons, &C.
cording to an estimate. This is not
TO be taken as official census bureau
returns on Indiana population, but it
probably will be found to be extremely
close to the final returns.
The population for 1920 shows an in
crease for the state of 210,505 per-
! sons from the population for 1910,
which was 2,70O,S76. This increase, as
estimated, it at the rate of 7.79 per
cent.
The estimate is believed to be
reasonably accurate, because 1t is
based on final returns from 50 of the
80 counties in Indiana, and on esti-
mates of the population of the other
% counties figured from both the in
creases of some counties for the years
| 19001910 and the increase of (the
known SO counties for the years 1910
1920
Method Of Calculating Estimate.
The increase in population for the
counties that are not yet reported
was assumed to be the mean between
the two increases noted above, and
since this method of calculating pop
ulation has been shown in numerous
cher cases to give approximately cor
rect results, the presumption is that
it will do the same in this case.
The % Indiana counties which have
not yet been reported are: Benton,
Clark, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dekalb.
Greene, Knox, LapOrte, Madison, Mar
ion, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan
Nnhla pnrtor Stark n
Steuben, Vermilion, Warren, White
and Whitley.
Of the counties so far reported, Lake
shows the largest population, Of 1884,
1924. This will make Lake the second
largest county in the state after
Marion has been reported. and Incl
dentally will give Lake a sufficient
population to support one-half mem
Der Of the congress. Lake showed the
largest increase in population, which
was more than 80 per cent, and out
stripped a number of other counties in
the years Of 19lO-1920.
Ohio Still Smallest County.
Ohio continues to be the smallest
county in Indiana, with 4,024 persons,
a loss Of 305 in the years 1910 to 1920.
Brown county Is the third smallest OF
those which have been reported hav-
ing 7,019 persons, or loss of 956 pop
ulation in the years 1910-192O. In the
previous decade, Brown county lost
1852 population, and at the rate the
county is going, Abe Martin probably
will be the only surviving resident in
the year 1000 Abe, of course, will
never leave the county, except for per-
iodical trips to "Indynoplus'
A list of counties for which popula-
ton figures are announced, shows with
remarkable clarity the movement from
the rural to the urban districts, and IL
q similar movement in the years 1910
to 1920 be taken into consideration, as
shown by the list, it will be seen that
for at least 20 years the movement
from the farms to the cities has been
going on at an alarming rate in the
state of Indiana.
What the Figures Show
Allen county gained because OF FIT.
Wayne. But Blackboard Adams. Barth-
olomew, Boone, Brown and Carroll,
none Of which has a large city within
it's borders and which are known as
agricultural counties, all lost in popu-
lation.
Cass gained because of Logansport,
and Clinton because Of Frankfort, but
the next three counties-CraWford
Dearborn and Decatur-which are ag-
ricultural, all lost in population.
Furthermore, it is noticeable that
the trend Of increase in population
has been to the north. Few OF the
southern cities have shown more than
a nominal gain, while most OF the
northern cities, with the exception OF
one or two former boom towns, have
shown remarkable gains.