Arizona republican., 1920-10-01
CENSUS REPORTS
 INDICATE RURAL .PO PULATION IS LESS THAN C|TY
Cities Increasing sIn Popu- Iation Seven and One Half Times as Fast as Rural Communities
FRepublican A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, Sept. S0.-Cities are increasing in population seven and Haif times as fast as rural districts thc census bureau disclosed tonight in a compilation of figures covering. ap- Droxirnately S5 per cent of the new census. The figures indicated that the completed census would show the ma joritv of the population to be city dwellers.
 For the last 10 years rural growth was but one third as great as 1t was fin the previous decade. but the cities almost maintained their rate of growth getting five new inhabitants from 1910 to 1920 for each six added during the preceding 10 years. All population centers. even the small country ham, lets and towns showed a greater pro portionate increase than the purely rural districts The greatest increases however. were by cities of 10000 or more inhabitants.
 Cities Show Biggest Increase
 Although showing a check in the rate of population growth for the country as a whole. the bureau figures indi cated that the complete census would place the population of the continental United States at approximately 1O5,- | 7sS 100 a gain of 3.795,S40. or 15 pei cent. Cities will absorb virtually all oi this increase. it being estimated that ! 12172.S00 would reside in towns of 25o1 i or more inhabitants. while l.62S,O4' would be added to the farm, and tho | small hamlets For the country side 1 itself. the increase would be approXi mately a million and quarter Such a movement Of the people vii l place the urban population at approx ! imatelv 54196.1 100 and the rural popu lation at 50,972 900. Tn 1910, the rura population outstripped that of tn cities by almost seven million, ther being 49. 9.34S.SS3 in the country and 42,
 623.3S3 in the cities.
 For several censuses. said the bu reau announcement, the country ha
 not been growing as rapidly as tn
 city. but the difference appears to b
 greater at this census than ever be
 fore''
 The urban population, the announce ment added. increased at a rate of %.
 per cent, while that of the rural dis
 tricts, including villages and towns un
 der 25oO population, Twas 3.4 per cen
 For the strictly farm territory the raj
 was 3.2 per cent and that of the vii
 lages was 47 per cent.
 Rural Population Increases Slowly
 Among the urban centers, cities eS
 ceeding 5000 increased 26.4 per cen
 Those of 10000 to 50.0oo at 26.7 p'
 cent, and those of 2500 to 1S.000 '
 1S.s per cent. From 1900 to 1910, n percentage rates of increases for the , three classifications of cities were 35 33.7 and 27.S, respectively.
 Up to 10 days ago. the announcemei said, the count of population estimat'
 at S5 per cent complete. had reach'
 92,09S2S1. For purposes of compar - son between city and country. the b O reau reduced the figures to 90.956.9 .t by eliminating the population of q o insular possessions and places in q S United States for which comparis 'a was deemed inadvisable because V new boundaries.
 " Of this total population that class
 fled as urban was reported at 52, ,4e d 749. the cities over 5O.000 populati
 having 32. 2.523. .O3S inhabitants Tho of of 10000 to 500OO having 11,771 .224 a 10 those of 250O to 10000 having S.190.4 - The rural population was 302,025.! I'd in the country districts and 6.066.032 to villages under 25O0 in population.