Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-01
|lVT l'1|;1 STATES 5.
HAS MADE GAIN
| OF l3,795,840
Approximately Eighty-6ve
/ Per Cent of New Census
| Figures Given.

Washington, Oct. Cities are
( r. creasing in population seven and .
half times as fas as the rural dis
tricts, the census bureau disclosed last
night in a compilation of figures COW
= ering approximately eighty-fve per
cent of the new census. The figures
indicated that the completed census
would show the majority of the pop
u2ation to be city dwellers.
For the last ten years, rural growth
vas but one-third as great as it MAS
In 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 ten years. All
population centers, even the small
country hamlets and towns, showed
Z greater. proportionate increase than
the purely rural districts. The great
est increases, however. we're by cities
of ten thousand or more inhabitants.
While the bureau attempts no ex-
PLANTATION of the reasons for the In
creasing migration to the cities each
year during the last decade. presum-
day. and home conveniences attract
ed the rural population. especially
durin the var $
Check in Population Growth. r
Although showing a check in the
rate of population growth for the
country as a whole, the figures in
dicated hat the complete, census
would pace the total number of in
habitants of the continental United
States at approximately los, 768,10
Z gain of 13,785,84O, o" fifteen per
cent. Cities will absorb practically
all of this Increase. it being estimat-
ed that an increase of 12.172.700
from towns of $500 OF more
Inhabitants, while 1.623.O40 or added
to the farms and the small hamlets.
Such a movement of the people
will place the urban population at
approximately 5%4.796.100 and the
1910, the rural population outstripped
that Of the cities by almost seven
million people, there being 49,S48,8S3
in the country and 42,623,383 in the
cities.
Country Behind the City.
For several censuses," said the bu-
reau announcement, 1.-THE country has
not been growing as rapidly as the
city. but the difference appear to oe
greater at this census than ever be-
fore.''
THE urban population, the an
n~ouncenlent added. increased at a
rate of 25.2 per cent, while that OF
the rural districts, including the viii
lagos and towns undo $500 popula-
tlOH. was S.4 per CtII. : fUi I1le Sli1CL-
ly farm territory. the rate was 3.2
per cent and that of the villages was
A.. per cent.
Among the urban centers, cities ex
ceeding $4,000 increased at 60 pc,
cent, those Of 10000 to $4,000 at 20. Z
per cent, and those of $500 TO 10. 000
at 1873 per cent. From 1900 to 1910,
the percentage rate Of increases for
these three classifcations of cities
were 35.6, 1877 and 27.8, respectively
Eliminated Insular Populations.
Up to ten days ago, the announce
nent said,r the count of population
estimated at SIS per cent complete
had reached 92.o93.2S1 For purposes
of comparison between city %and-coun.
try the bureau reduced the figure tc
90.956,942 by eliminating the popula.
ton OF the insular possessions. ami
places in the United States. q which
comparison was deemed inadFisable
because of new boundaries.
OF this total population. that.classi.
fed as urban was'reported. as 52.494,.
749, the cities JYera 50: 1000 population
having 32.533;e3S inhabitantsi.s those
of 10000 to $4,000, having 4, 771,>
224 and those of 2.5oOa-:toS 10000
having 8,19O.487,s The. rural popula-
ton was 32,025,96l in the countr,
Districts. and $685. 32 in Villages un.
der $500 in population.