The Washington times., 1920-02-22
CENSUS GIVES
437,414HERE
City Jumps Ahead Of Cincinnati
With 106,A5 Gain In
Ten Years.

washington's population 10 lS7.tlA.
These figures. including the enttre
District OF Columbia. were announces
last night at the Bureau OF the Cen
sus. where the portfolios OF the cen
sus enumerators were submitted FEB
ruary IL by Robert r. Mattingly. 50
pervisor for the District.
They are somewhat below tho ex-
pectation of some optimists, based on
the recent police census OF +66.Szs.
Nevertheless. they show an increase
Of 106.345 in the decade since the 1919
census, q gain of 81 per cent.
Washington was the second city IN
the United States to complete its CEN
sus enumeration. The figures for Gin.
cinnati. which was nrst. were an
nounced at the same time as those
for Washington.
Jump Ahead Of Cincinnati.
The figures are interesting for the
reason that Washington and Cincin-
natl have been consistently q few
places apart in the list of cities nc.
cording to population. and they show
that Washington has taken the lead
away from Cincinnati.
In 1910 Cincinnati was thirteenth
city In the United States in relative
population. With census ngure Of
| 363,5s1. while Washington was sig
| teenth, with 3l.069. In the present
| census Cincinnati trails behind WASH
| ington with only 40i,15 population
Cincinnati's gain was only 37.567. or
11.6 per cent.
The figures were given out by
William C. Hunt, chief statistician
for population. In a way, they are
only preliminary. because they will be
| checked over carefully before they
1 nv 81 20 -1
| there is any strong indication that
they are inaccurate in any way there
will be opportunity to place proof be-
fore the Census Bureau and for cor.
| rections to be made.
Believe Count Here Thorough.
| As a matter Of fact, the census OH
has been thorough, as the oBard Of
| Trade. the Chamber Of Commerce the
Merchants and Manufacturers' Assoc
citation and other business and civic
bodies have co-operated with the
| supervisor of the census to obtain q
thorough enumeration.
| The completion OF the population
figures closes the work Of Rober. II.
Mattingly as supervisor Of census
| and more than 500 enumerators en-
gagged on recording the names Sad
| vital statistics OF residents. There
are still many enumerators at work
| on the arm census, and later on In
| the year a census of manufactures
will be taken.
Further statistics will be an
| nounced later by the Bureau of the
| Census, giving the number of persons
| Of the white and other races, the
various nationalities. and statistics
on sex, occupation, and other par
ticulars.
| Doesn't Include Al Here.
The count in Washington rs . mat
ter Of fact does not include all per.
sons who were within the borders Of
the District of Columbia when the
enumerators called. Transients, men,
| bers Of Congress, and members of
Diplomatic Corps were omitted in
the tabulation, they being credited to
the places where they hold their per-
manent residence.
The increase in the District IN the
last decade is the greatest in it, his
tory in number, although IL Is re-
corded that in the decade from 1860
| to 1870, when the city had another
| war influx somewhat similar to the
\ present one, there was an increase Of
| about rs per cent.
| Data on the cities win be given out
| by the Bureau of Census as fast as
| they are completed. Work Ia pro-
ceeding more rapidly than In any pre-
| vious census, 1T was announced
Portfolios now being received are
mostly from the large cities. where
the congested population and I'm
proved streets make IT possible to
| complete the enumeration early. Data
from the rural districts, delayed by
bad roads, and sparse settlement. Is
not expected until we'll along In the
| spring.