The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04

ly has prepared figures teiins eo"Ao thing of New York City's story.
 It will take two columns to call the roll, The second column will deal chief. iy with the commercial and industrial phases of the metropolis. without TUT, fher ado, here are some facts about Americas big city:
 New York City, with a population of Bye2o, ,048 at the time of the last census (192O) is over twice the size or Cnlcago and over three times the size or fniia- delphia- Only four states in.khe unaon New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania ana Ohio. contain as many people as New York City, and it's population IS equal to that of 13 of the least densely pop ulated states combined.
 The United States census bureau es- inmates that the population Of New York City July 1. 1924, had increased to 6.016,5o4. ,o n.r sauare mile in New York City in 192o. with over ,000 per square miles on the island of Manhattan. The aver age density for the whole country was only 35 per square mile.
 seventy-seven per cent of the popula- ton of New York City is of foreign hirth or foreign percentage. Approxi- mately 100000 of the city's 1nnapi- tants were born abroad Among tne foreign born the Jewish race preuonu- mates. but there are no separate census figures for this race because its mem hers are classified according to the country of origin rather than accoFoihs to race. Counting both foreign ana native born. 1t is estimated, however that approximately 1,600,000, or 10 per cent of the city's population is Jewish.
 Next in importance among the forelsn born are the Italians, of whom tnere are about 100000 in the city. The ital- dan colony. which consists of the Italian horn and persons of Italian descent has an estimated population of httle less than 100000.
 The Irish and the German born come next. with a little over 100000 Of the former and a little over 100000 or the latter. It is estimated that persons or Irish and German descent number over 100000 in each case
 The census bureau lists only 26 nation alities in the -city's population put 4o different languages and dialects are spoken and written in the city. Among these languages are several which have been forbidden for so long in European countries that they have come to De known there as "dead languages"
 The annual birth rate in New York City Is 22.2 persons per 1000 Of popula- ton, and the death rate 119 per 1,OOO'
 The death rate from accidents Is one of the lowest among American cities The census bureau gives 1t as 16.3 per sons per 100000.
 The area of New York City is S15 square miles, or POI, ,059 acres, and 1t contains a total of 4,s92 miles of streets. streets, end to end, would reach rom New York to Tacoma, Wash. It costs approximately $3,443,360 annually to keep streets clean.
 There are approximately 1,754 miles of subway, elevated and surface car lines in the city, and the total number of passengers carried during the fiscal year ending July l. 1925 0ne last year for which complete figures are avail able) was 2,672,940,000. The number of rides taken was AS for each man. woman and child, as against 439 during the preceding fiscal year, and 843 ten
 The people paid 1ss,5s4,1oo to ride fin the surface, elevated and subway cars during the year ending July l. 1924.
 Nearly 200, 900 vehicles enter and leave Manhattan daily between a. m. and 2 D. m., according to recent count made by students of the College of the City of New York. Of this total 92 per cent are motor drawn.
 Every business day, accorolnB to oI1l- cial counts made by police and the de- partment of plant and structures, 2,S4s,- 600 persons and 223, ,450 vehicles pour into the district south of 18th street. Manhattan. By far the greatest number of these people, eso,000 to be exact-use the subways. About a quarter come by surface lines and automobiles and Grand Central terminal contributes 56 500.
 One million three hundred and fifty two thousand five hundred, or 47.5 per cent, come from north of 18th street, 1,116, 300, or 391 per cent, from Brooklyn and Queens, S41 900, or 12 per cent, from New Jersey, and the remainder 39.200, or IA per cent, from Staten Island.
 The assessed valuation of property in New York City, both real and personal, Ss $1S,125, ,457,74
 This is more than the total assessed valuation of Montana, Idaho. Wyoming. New Mex1coa Arizona, Utah, Arkansas. Nevada, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Washington, Oregon and Maine, and 1t exceeds by more than $1 1,500,000,0 900 all that other nations owe to the United States.