Evening star., 1921-12-24
5D6,58S DWELLERS
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Census Bureau Shows Popu-
lation of Washington and
Surrounding.

The metropolitan district of WASH
inston, which includes the city. ter
ritory In Montgomery and Prlnce
Georges counties, Md: the city OF
Alexandria, Va, and some territory
in Arlington county. has total
popu,ation of 506.5SS persons, the
census bureau announced To-Day.
Total acreage of the metropolitan
district of Washington. the bureau
announced, is 170,146 acres. In l9lo
the population of the district was
sSo.50S, showing an increase in pop
ulation of AS.1 per cent in the decade
Within the city proper there are
3S4Os.4 acres and total population
of 1911. outside the CITY, "lthln
the metropolitan district, there are
13l.7a7 acres and ppn,d popniau0h .ud U1
adjacent territory" which includes
the combined population of the city
and of the suburban territory "ithln
ten miles of the city boundaries. mas
a total acreage of o6I 1861 anu d
total population of 540,1O2, while ad-
iacent territory, which includes such
civil divisions as are divided by
line drawn within ten miles OF the
city boundarieS-if one-half OF thelr
incubation or one-half of their area
lies wlthln tne len- -Ihaie
an ancreage OF o2S,ioi.o anu d popo
lation Of 103.131.
Metropolitan District Defined.
Tho metropolitan district is defined
as the central city and those diVis-
ions within the ten-mile limit IN
which the population at the last cen
sus was at least $50 per square mile.
The metropolitan district in Mont
romery county. Md, includes the foi-
Iny,inE. District I. Bethesda Tex
elusive of Glen Echo and SomerseI
towns), Northwest Park village ana
part of Garrett Park town. AL: ols-
trict 13. Wheaton teXcluslve oi hen,
S.nIs'n Hart town., 4.iiO: Glen Echo town.
o35: Kensington town. Sii; North
west Park village. so: Somerset towh'
600: Takoma Park town tpart OIL
2.Si5.
Territory in Prince Georges county
in The metropolitan district includes:
Bs;sh,s Blss1nsoTrg town '1Hsi 1isi: district in
Guiding Rladensburg and excluding
SIadensburg town. 1.4I6: Spaluins'
Hyattsville. exclusive of Hyattsvlilee
town. sos; Chillum. exclusive OF
Mount Rainier town and part OF Ia
koma Park town. 2.3s3; Seat f.eas. .
ant. exclusive Of Capitol Heights
town. 3,476; Riverdale. 1909: Hy-
stfswille town. a.615; Mount Rainier
town. 2.462: Takoma Park town 'part
of, 323.
Territory in Virginia.
The metropolitan district IN virginia
Includes: Alexandria. with popula-
tion of $1,000. and the following places
in Arlington county: Arlington .s
,ricf S54T: Jefferson district. eX-
elusive of Potomac town. 2,66S: Poto-
mac town, 1000; Washington district.
exclusive of part of Falls Churchtown'
1886 ;., Oh.
Adjacent territory outside the
metropolitan district in Maryland m
cIudes the following places: ROCK ,
willie exclusive of Rockville town ana
mart of Garrett Park town. 2.ls9'
,-oIesville 2.301: Potomac. ll2o; Gar
rett Park town. 159: Rockville town.
1.l4a. in Montgomery county, and the
following in Prince Georges counts :
Eowie. 6T7: Vansville. 3.203: Marlboro,
exclusive of Upper Marlboro town,
11Oe. Piscataway. exclusive Of Pls-
Getaway village. 1910; Queen anne
1.1aO: Surratts, lii: Bowie. eXclu-
siye of Bowie town, 1.160: Mellwood.
1856: Piscataway village. ae' Upper
Marlboro town. $50.
other Area "Adjacent."
In part of Falls Church town m
Arlington county. Va. there reside 2S9
persons and in Fairfax county
,.,axsnd as within adjacent terri
tory" there are recorded the follow
ing populations: Fairfax town. olo:
Falls church district. exclusive OF
mart Of Falls Church town. 2.4O. ;
Mount Vernon district. 3.S26: Provi-
dcnce district. exclusive of Fairfax
and Vienna towns and part of Falls
Church town, 1875; Vienna town. 'l3.
The metropolitan district of Wash
inCton has greater total than that
of Kansas City. Mo-. and Kansas City,
NJ
s,ishtly less than that of Milwaukee,
itb an aceregate of J3113I.