Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
EXPECT TO FINISH
| THE CENSUS HERE
| BY TUESDAY NIGHT
Officials Assert Less Than SIS
Portfolios Remain to Be
Completed.

| Even though the present disagree
! able weather continues for the next
two days. the census taking in the
| District of Columbia is expected to be
completed by Tuesday night at the
| latest.
| Officials in charge of the census
here asserted last night that the num-
Der of portfolios representing census
districts already turned in and the
| condition of those districts from
| which fnal returns have not yet been
| made cause them to believe the CEN
| sus count can be finished in the next
two days. Slightly more than 800
portfolios were turned in up to late
hour last night. leaving less than
sixty-fve to be completed.
All Near Completion.
Those which have not been turned
! in are nearly completed. and census
officials believe that clear weather to-
morrow may enable them to finish up
! the work. There may be struggling
! individual census slips coming in to
! the office of the District supervisor
for several days after the census TAX
ing is officially declared completed
here. Arrangements have already
been made for handling these, how
ever. and nothing will stop turning
| over of the completed portfolios when
every district has been covered
/ There is no doubt that the District
] VI ,oIufHDid Will OS the HTSt locality
| OF $4,000 or more Inhabitants to make
| complete census returns Such ac-
/ ton Will enable the District to be the
hrst locality from which preliminary
population figures will be made
public.
| Expects Washington to Lead.
| Announcement of the population of
practically all cities of the country
by May or June and the total popu-
1 no Ira
TENDER or October is the expectation
Rogers.
| Population statistics of some of the
e,ties probably will be completed by
| March or earlier. Washington is ex-
pected to be the first, as il was in
the thirteenth census in 1910. In that
year it was taken April Is and an
hounced June "a. Rhode Islands pop
uIation in 1910 was announced first of
the states on July 81. New York city's
popqia was announced September
Il. Hosten's September Il and Chi
Cages September Is. 49,
The center of population. Blooming
toh' IND. was announced July II, and
.ns country total population was made
The enumeration is in progress
throushout the entire country" said
Nj. Rogers today. "AGvIces from the
supervisors indicate that during the
HTSt week OF the work at least 20 900
enumerators were started
We find that in some districts it
VIII be necessary to postpone the
enumeration because of weather con-
ditiens. There has been no opposi-
tioh TO furnishing the information re-
quested by the enumerators -
THE supervisors report the COM
pietion of the enumeration in many
districts. and as rapidly as the emu
meraters turn in their portfolios they
are being examined in the. Office Of
the supervisor and are being put in
shape to come to Washington. The 1
SUPERVISORS have been instructed 20
send the schedules as rapidly as con-
signments can be made ready We.
therefore. naturally expect a large
amount of the work to reach the ONCE iul
Washington during the latter part OF
this month or the first of February, but
as general rule the enumeration;
will be completed throughout the eh g
tire country by the first of February.
IT will be some time, however. before
ii will be finished in the districts
where it has been postponed ON sc-
count of climatic conditions"