New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
n. Y. Census.
Out To-day, to
ass London
Estimates Of City Proper
Place Population Now
at 6, 100, 900, and for
the District 100000
War Booms Both Towns
Race for World Honors
Won't Be Decided UniiI
British Count in 1921

WASHINGTON, June 4.s-The Census
Bureau will announce the population
totals for New York, Buffalo and Bos-
ton at 9 p. m. tomorrow, it was said
Totals for Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleve-
land and Detroit Will be announced
shortly, completing the figures on what
are expected to be the ten largest
cities of the country. st. Louis, Balti-
more and Pittsburgh have already been
given out The five boroughs of New
York will be announced separately.
Boston is particularly interested in
compared with st. Louis and Baltimore
The 1920 figures give ST. Louis 773, 900
and Baltimore 1896. In 1910 st.
Louis was fourth, with 6S7 ,029; Boston
was sixth, with 67O,5S5. and Baltimore
was seventh. with 559 ASS Buffalo was
tenth. .a.':tt!!: 4423, 7l5.
Will Exceed London Figures
Indications are that the New York
City census will show a total popula-
ton larger than the last available ng-
ures for London. The race for largest
city in the world, however will be un-
decided until London's Official census
Of 1921 is announced.
While no official intimation has been
given as to the growth of Now York
during the last ten years, estimates Of
the city proper place the total popula-
ton at about 100000 and for the met
ropolitan district Of New York, consist
ing of the city proper and the territory
ten mllos from its boundaries, at about
5000 00.
London's propulation, according to the
latest available statistics which arc
estimates for 1917. give the population
Tor registration London. the London
for census purposes, as 1925, 9O1 and for
greater London. comprising the city and
metropolitan districts and covering
radius OF fifteen miles from Charing
Cross, as G.724,753.
Many factors have entered into the
growth of both New Yorb and London
since their last official counts were
taken. The war, officials here believe,
has had its effect on the growth of both
ci'E3
New York is believed to have SUI
fered from the stoppage of the stream
OF immigration, a large portion of
which in previous decades had settled
there. War industries are thought to
have added to New Works population
and also to a greater extent to that of
London, where huge war plants were
erected by the British governments
London's losses of her men at the
front were considerable, and these are
expected to affect her total population
to some extent.
New Iork's metropolitan district. as
Jersey cities and towns whose popua-
lions already have been announced, will
not SHOW 50 heavy growth as it did
IN The decade ending with 1910 These
cltles and towns, including Newark
Paterson and Jersey City. show an in
crease only four-fifths rs large as was
shown one hundred yeays ago.
New York City proper, composed Of
the boroughs of the Bronx, BROOKLYN.
Manhattan, Queens and Richmond
covers about PSI square miles. It's
population in 1910 was 4,7GG.SS3.
District 6,174,56S in 1910
The metropolitan district OF New
York, comprising territory within ten
miles OF the city boundaries, includ-
ing all incorporated places half of
whose area lies within the limit or half
Of whose population resides within the
The population of this metropolitan
district was 6,474,56s in 1910.
The city of London within municipal
and parliamentary limits has an area
OF 639 acres, little more than a
square mile, and in 1911 had a night
population Of 1857 and a dav. or
working, population of more than
100000. The Administrative County
Of London, known as inner London. is
composed of the City and County of
london, and IS described as the Lon
don Tor census purposes. 1t has an
area of about 1l6 square miles and
had population in 1911 of 4,521,6S5.
This population showed decrease of
almost half a million people in the es
innate made in 1917
Greater London has an area of about
69o square miles and its population in
the official census of 1911 was 7.25l.-
3oS. It's estimated population in 1917
was 6,726,753