The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-30

at that time had 154 ,839.
 Birmingham had the smallest rate of growth in it's history, but it's numerical increase was the second largest. having been exceeded only by that of the decade ending in 1910. It's percentage of increase was 344, while the numerical growth was 455S5.
 Birmingham will rank as third south ern city, Atlanta with 2O06l6 retains it's place as second city of the south and New Orleans stands first with it's popu- lation of 3S7,408.
 Bjrmingham's growth during the last decade has placed her rank among the cities of the nation above Syracuse, N. Y. which was thirty-fourth city ten years ago and which now has ld,o4' popuIation and also above New Haven, Conn. thirty fifth city, which has l62,- 300 inhabitants. Birmingham was thirty sixth city ten years ago, and now ranks lust under Worcester, Mass, thirty third city in 1910, which has TAI people.
 SUBJECT TO CORRECTION
 Reports from Birmingham that the Ci,y Commission there would demana a X count were met by the statement of Wss- liam NJ Stewart, slss, stsnI director or the census that the population as an nounced today was only preliminary aho subject to correction, but MT stewart said it was considered correct inasmuch q u,ir.eham was as thorough as anw Tn the country. Requests for recount classes < city as "dissenter, census OFFICIALS oe- clared and in such eases complalnahts are required to submit proof with names Of persons residing in the city January which do not appear on enumerators schedules Proof of serious defects, they satd Y,o1,ld result in the census bureau co-operating in rechecking and compar- ;np ifs schedules with lists of omissions submitted.
 southern cities of 100000 or more thus far in the fourteenth census are:
 New Orleans, 3S7,40S increase, l4.S per cent. .
 Atlanta, 2o0,616; increase 2s.6 per cent.
 Birmingham. 17S.27o; increase. s44 per cent a
 Memphis, 1s2,s51; increase, 2s.s per cent.
 cent.
 Dallas. 15S.s7s; increase, 72.6 per cent.
 Nashville, 11s.S42; increase, 7.2 per
 Norfolk. 115.777; increase, 71.s per cart. s.s.,
 Richmond, which ranked as flfih southern city ten years ago. is the only 100000 population city or iSio "nose 1ssO census has not been announced.
 In the 1920 ranking of southern cities of the 100000 class, Nashviiie' sixth city, has been passed by san An tonic and Dallas. o,o
 of tbe smaller cities which in 1910 Atao 5000 or more, the only ones that remain to be announced are Houston, Ecrt Worth, Charleston, Little fSock' Montgomery, Galveston. Portsmouth' Austin, Waco and Muskogee.
 gjrmingha had the distinction or having one of the largest percentases Of growth of the cities or the couh.rs in the ten years from lsoo 10 i'hV M number it increased 94,210, whicn was gsa4 per cent over 1900. Only Okla hama City, with a growth Of; o5s.s per cont and Muskogee. Okla, with an Tn : crease of 494.2 per cent, exceedeo DIT mingham in that decade. oklahon, ', q q City's growth in number was siishls more than 54,000, and Muskogee ih- crease was less than 24,0oo, wniie DIT u.,ngham's increase was almost ooupie that of oklahoma City and almost four tines as large as that of Muskogee.
 Birmingham contributed 6.2 per cent If the total population of the state oi Alabama in the 1910 census. as com p.red with 21 per cent in 1900 Of the 19Ic Birmingham population Of l32,oeo' the male population or the c;ty nun bered 67.26S, the female 6S.4l1. NatiVe white population was eo,siz oi haas rarentage and S,357 of foreign or mixed narentage The foreign-born White ropulation was 5.700. the negro popu- 1ation was 52.s05, and Chinese ana Japanese numbered II. similar stats- t;cs for the 1920 population will not De . ready foi issuance at the bureau or the the ce,.aus in Washin gton for some time
 There were 26.9s9 dwellings in BIT. r,:ngham in 1910 and the number oi families in the city was 3l.0oo