The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-23
Census for 1923 Throws Light on KenOsha's
Present Population - 1868 Chill
dren of School Age.
CONDITIONS OFFSET Low INCREASE
Small Gain of Only Y Over Last Year is Not Held
Significant by the Census Officials of
Board of Education

The population of the city of Ke-
nosha, according to the 1928 school
census just completed, is 43,766.
These were the figures arrived at
today at the Office of Miss Resale b.
Lyman, in charge of the taking of the
1923 census for the board of educa-
ton. There are 1868 children OF
school age-from 4 to 10 inclusive
in the nine wards of the city. 1t is
customary to multiply the number OF
persons of school age in the city by
the number 3.75, and this total repre-
sents. with certain allowances and dis
allowances, the number Of persons
making up the population of the city.
The school census for this year rep
resents an increase of only " over
the total registered during the 1922
census. This small increase, how
ever, is not held by the local officials
as being of any significance, nor, is 1t
at all indicative of the trend of the pop
ulation of the city. 1t is pointed out
that local conditions are such as to
be- quite conducive to great many
people to come into Kenosha from
neighboring points to take up work
here in the various factories, and this
so-called floating population of the
city may in one way or another be-
tray the actual facts regarding the
population. There are great many
younger folks now employed in the
factories of the city who would or
dinarily be registered as persons to
be counted in the school census, but
because of their work and their own
peculiar circumstances they are not
counted in the 1868 persons. This
fact gives rise to the opinion of the
board of education officials that the
population of the city exceeds by
considerable number that indicated by
the school census.
Population 40,472 in 1920.
? The federal census taken In 1920
gave Kenosha population of '40,472
persons. The 1928 school census,
then, shows an increase of 1888 per-
sons in three years. That would mean
that Kenosha would reach its $4,000
population long before the end of the
decade of '20's as had been predicted
after the results of the 1920 census
were announced.
An estimate made some time ago
in .1922-declared that the population
of the city of Kenosha was close to
the $4,000 mark. While this was un-
official, and only an estimate without
any definite way of confirmation, the
the present school census figures lean
slightly toward the upholding Of that
figure. 1t is declared that disallow-
ances that are bound to creep into the
school census amount to a consider
able number and this number added
to the actual figures would bring Ke-
nosha's 1928 population close to the
10000 mark. 1t is also pointed out
that recent business conditions in Ke-
nosha, which have made decided de-
crease in unemployment and perhaps
premium on certain kinds of help
and laborers, very readily bear out
these facts.
.Kenosha as a $4,000 town, in 1927
is not a pipe dream any longer" de-
clared one member of the board of
education in commenting on the CEN
sus figures.
Figures of Years Past.
A comparison of the 1928 figures
with those of other years ist inter
esting. In 1913 the school census
showed 6,915 children between the
ages of and 10. In 1919 there were
10,339. Then: -
1920-10,S89; increase over 1919, $50
1921-11,225; increase over 1920, 1886
1922 -11,5 1916; increase over 1921, 371
1921, 1858; increase over 1922, 70
The 1923 census does not even set
precedent in proportion of boys to