Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-31
MARYLAND SHOWS :
| POPULATION GAIN
EQRLAST WyEARS
Cia1sus Estimates Growth
t11.9 Per Cent-IotaI
= Now ! ,449,610.


264 persoGs. or 11.9 per cent in the
decade sinN e 1910. the census bureau
announced Ntoday. AT the same time
the bureau Announced the population
of the state of MASSACHUSETTS, as
IA per cent, a. the decade. Maryland
had 1.295.s4s ~, sidents in 1910, while
Massachusetts, Mad 2,so5,s4S in the
same year.
!, In the decade ending with na 1919
the first census, in 1880. Maryland
tion of s1s. In tot al area Maryland
with s,s41 square mila's of land, max
ing its population pa r square mile
1903 inhabitants
In the more recent q ,nsuses Mary,
land has recorded a. more rapid
s sa1sr ones n Barns atty ye s4s
from 1890 to 1910. the adn ition to the
population was 150.2s1. or " little less
than SO per cent. The popN 'iatlon for
the state in 1910 was a n tile more
than four times as large as VT was in
while the population Of Thea United
States in 1910 was more than Atwenty-
three times that of 1890.
Montgomery County FixurAs.
Coincident with announcemeS,t of
Marylands total population the CEN
sus bureau gave out detailed figt ,res
for Montgomery county, AllegSeny
of the Maryland counties to be talAl-
lated.
All the small towns in Montgomery
county north and west of Washing-A
ton showed population growths with
but one exception. Takoma Park, Nd,
af hn ~
Georgia avenue. now has 2,S45 resi- |
dents. as against 1.159 in 1910, while |
Rockville lost So residents in the dec |
ade. now having a population of |
Las. as against 1,181 in 1910. Glen |
Echo. Nd. on the Conduit road. has a |
population Of 235, against 203 in 1910. |
and Kensington. north Of Chevy |
Chase, has 874. as compared with $50 |
in 1910. Somerset. on Wisconsin ave-
nue.. has 200 residents. as against 173 |
in 1910. and Gaithersburg. beyond |
Rockville, has 729. compared with SIS !!
in 1910. Population of other nearby l
Maryland towns was announced as
follows: Bonneville. 149; Brookville, |
-: Garrett Park. 159; Laytonsville, |
1888; Northwest Park. so; Poolesville. |
325: Deer Park. 247: Mountain Lake
Park, 231: Cumberland. 2s,S37. and
Frostburg. GOLF.
Figures for Massachusetts.
In the QoCAQ9 0nO1nE with lSlV the
population of Massachusetts, was 3D.
366,416, ranking it as sixth state in
population in the Union. In the |
first census. taken in 1880, the state
ranked fourth. In area Massachu-
sets ranked as the forty fourth state
in 1910, with 8.Q39 square miles of
land, making its population per square
mile. 41s.s residents. The population
of Massachusetts, in 1910 was little
less than nine times as large as in
1890, while the population of the
United States in 1910 was more than
times that of 1890. When
the first census was taken Masachu-
settR had as per cent Of the total !
population of the New England states,
which was 1888, 40s-
: l; Population for 81 Cities.
MoreAt than one-fifth of the total pop
of the country is located in |
The thirty-three leading cities Of the |
CRited States having 100000 OF more
residents, according to a table show
ing these cities in the order of their |
rank for 1890, issued today. Wash
pgton is in fourteeRth place in the |
list. These thirty-three cities have |,
combined population of 22.724, 565,
which is q little more than one-fifth
If the total population of the country |.
Tor 1920, as estimated by Dr.. Joseph A. i
Hill. chief statistician of the bureau,
toe be about 105.000,000. |,
How Cities Rank. II
The rank of the thirty-three cities
with, their 1920 population follows: /
p.nL Ctr 1ooO II