Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-28
CENSUS WORK
FINISHED HERE
Work in DecOrah Completed and tho
Figures Have Been Forwarded
to Washington, and Will
be Announced Soon
LAST STATE CENSUS
GAVE DEBORAH 400?
Guesses Have Been Running All the
Way from 5000 to 1900, and
Presume 1t Will Hit i'm
Between

Supervisor l. w. Brunt of the
Fourth Iowa District says the popu-
lation of Decorah will probably be
announced at a much earlier date
than expected, as the work here has
Leen completed and the figures for
arded to Washington. The figures
cannot be given out until officially
siven out from Washington. Guesses
on the population of Decorah have
been running from 1900 to 45O0.,
he last state census taken in 1915
gives us 1907. No doubt these figures
will be increased some at this ceu-
sus, which will bring US up some
where between 1000 and 1900.
Announcement of the population
of practically all cities of the coun-
try by May or June and the total
population of the entire country in
September or October is the expecta-
ito of the director of the Census,
Sam L. Rogers.
Population statistics of some Of
the cities probably will be complet-
ed by March or earlier. Washington.
d. c., is expected to be the first as
it was in the Thirteenth Census in
1910. In that year it was taken April
10, and announced June "a. Rhode
Islands population in 1910 was an
nounced first of the states on July
21. New York City's population was
announced September 2, Boston's
September IA and Chicago's septem-
Der IS.
The center of population, Bloom
ington. Indiana. was announced July
II, and the country's total popuia-
ton was made public December 10.
THE enumeration is in progress
throughout the entire country" said
Mr.. Rogers today. Advises from
the Supervisors indicate that during
the first five weeks of the work at
least 10000 enumerators were start
ed.
1--WE find that in some districts it
will be necessary to postpone the
enumerations because of weather
conditions. There has been no op-
position to furnishing the informa-
ton requested by the enumerators.
THE supervisors report the COM
pletion of the enumeration in many
districts, and as rapidly as the en-
umerators turn in their portfolios
they are being examined in the Of
fee of the supervisor and are be-
ing put into shape to come to Wash
l. gton. The supervisors have been
instructed to send the schedules as
rapidly as consignments can be
made ready. We therefore naturally
expect a large amount of the work
to reach the office in Washington
during the latter part of the month
or the first of February, but as \
general rule the enumeration will
He completed throughout the entire
country by the first of February. II
will he sometime, however, before
ii will be finished in the districts
where it has been postponed on ac-
count of climate conditions.
1--WE are now organizing a force
of clerks who will be equipped to
examine the schedules as rapidly as
they are received from the super
yisors. These clerks will make n
preliminary count of the population.
This preliminary count will be made
public as rapidly as the totals for
the cities and the minor civil di-
|, visions are obtained. The popula-
ton of the cities will be announced
; fist. We hope that the total pepula-
ton of the country will be known in
September or October of this year.
, ard the population of the cities
/ should all be announced by May or
| jane"