Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
tt445,O(D IN CAPITAL,
CENSUS INDICATES
Estimates Show Washington
Has Advanced From 14th
to 18th City.

total population OF the Capital on July
AT $40 600. an estimate based on
the average annual accretion 10 the
population Of the city during the
years between 1910 and 1920.
An official house-to-house canvass
IS Of January /, 1920. showed the
population ~ the city on that date
u he 1851, Carrying the figures
cat on the basis Of nearly II 600 annual
increase. the population Of tho city
today. nearly six months after the
time covered by the latest estimate,
mast he about 545. 600.
On tho raSiS Of the estimated figures
Na<ninstva helJered it's place in the
list Of most populous cities Of the
country. noVinS from fourteenth TO
thirteenth OF the country, between
Buffalo with an estimated population
If S5o.0 and Milwaukee with a popu-
larion estimated AT 5S6. 400. .i".roNi'
mate populations for every CITY vita
more than 50 900 inhabitants were esti-
mated by the Census Bureau as Of
July !, 1927.
$4,000 i'm Baltimore.
Baltimore, which has population
count Of 1870. had a population of
SO Geo on July !. according 10 the
estimates. while Richmond neared the
ca0,o0o class. jumping from 1.l.66t in
l2zn 10 I4l H0a on July !. Popula-
ton estimates for other Virginia cities
We're shown as follows: I.ynChhurE.
1900. SS492. estimated for 1927. $S.60o.
Newport News. 1920. S5.596; estimated,
1897. zoo Norfolk. 1920, 1l5,77; esti-
mated. 1927 l-9.200: PetershurS
1920. Si.01c, es,ihated. 1927. 37,l00.
Portsmouth. 1890. 1881: estimated.
1927. urea. Roanoke 1920. jo.S42: esti.
r2ated. 1870, G32oo. Charleston.
Huntington and Wheeling in West
Virginia all showed estimated in
tveases.
The Census Bureau experts found
thar by next Summer New York
should have more than 5000, 600 in
fahitanis. maintaining its rank as
first city. nearly twice as large as
Chica go. and that another city
C'evelanCi--prohahl bly, will enter the
million class by 1891
Tire figures. which did not include
estimates for IS cities, showed that
New York gained 500 from July l.,
1895. 70 the same date this year. maxi
i7c its total 59-n 500 Chicago re-
just 2.on0 less than that of New York.
ard Philadelphia STAYED in third place.
with n gain IF 1890 for a total Of
: h35. 600. Detroit. at present at the
bottom Of The million list. gained
4459a its total being 1.534.50
Cleveland Needs s..500.
Cleveland. now leading the haif-to-
on.-million class with s-a500, must
81. -,
1850 10 enter the million group. St.
Louis is netx with sag zoe then Raiti-
more. Sle 600: Boston. 93.I0a: Pitts
iaurch. $50 800: Los Angeles. not esii-
mated f57s.673 in 1920: San Francisco.
5-G GOO: Buffalo. $50 900: Washington.
80 600. and Milwaukee. $50. 400.
Relative positions IN the 400, 900
class remained the same. with Newark
leading. Toledo joined the 500. 900
group. led by Kansas City. and Co.
llTnbus took first place from Denver
@a1: Denver 22a 600: Providence. ESQ.
6on: Oakland. ae- 500: Portland. Greg
not estimated 125S.2SS in 1920,; ST.
Taz:l. AI00:' Atlanta. 23a 900: Omaha,
.,79 zoe; Birmingham. 2l7.500; Akron.
rot estimated COS 435 in 1920: Dallas.
- 500 ard San Antonio. Ell 400.
Five cities found their way into the
7a8 hee claSs-Niami ana Jacksonville.
which are ranked well above the mid
die of the list. and Long Beach. Calf:
Fort Wayne and Knoxville. a num-
ler of changes occurred in the relative
rank of the 81 ci 'es in this class.
Syracuse advanced three places 10 the
lead. Dayton and Norfolk went above
Memphis and Tulsa jumped several
numbers and row outranks Grand
TapiGs Flint Ia SSed Nashville. Cam
den rose above p II River. Ionkers
went ahead n Kansas City. kans..
2 Nd ~ 2 Diego and Duiuth both pa So Il
Heading. Fl paso advanced above
SFokane and Canton and Tampa
jumped over Utica. Lynn and Tacoma
100 .000-CIass Cities.
The 100 $50 class: Syracuse. 1917 .o00:
Worcester. Is5 500: Richmond. 1911 500.
New Haven. 18s 900. Dayton. 1sG. 800,
Norfolk. 1Te 200, Memphis. lTG .ah1.
Youngstown iga 400: Hartford iss..
$40: Fort Worth, 1853 500: Gra nd
Rapids. 1sl ,a0o; Tuls8 10000: Dies
Noines, $4,000: Springfield. Mass.
1T 400. Bridgeport. not egt!mste ted
Gs3.5@5 In 1925 Scranton. i43 600,
Houston. not estimated H3s.2T6 IN
5a24r Paterson. l43 500; Flint. l42 700,
Miami. 40 900: jacksonville. l3s.300
Nashville. 1877 $40, Trenton. 1876 800.
S3lt Lake City. 1876 700: Camden. 1873 =.
100 Fail River. I32 500. Wilmington.
Del. J2G 400. Cambridge. i23 900 New
ys@dford. not estimated Gi4.52a in 1926
State census. Abs ne. ~ 500. Yonkers.
- Zoo. Kansas city. kaus.. ii7-500
Erie, not eFtimated ls3.372 in Ia20t
san Diego 1890; Dulutb. 1890
Reading. li4.500. FL rasD. ll3 800
canton. ll2 900 Lowell. not esftnai 81
ire a. F9s
joa coo. Eiiz3 beth. not estimated "a
7<2 In 1920 Tampa. lb7 500. Tscouns
1g7 .24a. Lynn. l14 600. Ok3a hofna Cl'4
sfot estj .ated ~ 2s5 in J22gg Writer
bury. not estimated f9l.Ti5 in l9ZGi
Long Beach. 50s 200. Utica, 1913 400
Fort N8fne 1913. 100, Knoxville. i12
100 and SpneyTilIe. Mass. l9l 500
cities IN -" $4,000 class are ga
gannab - 100. Attention. ., ~ o0o
Isautrack. Mich. ~ .s09: Lawrence
MISS. nrt EFT .ffate8 GH pr in 1a2'
State .rneusr schenectady. - z99
EaEpnne r J.. 93.i9h. and Wnkes
jtaffe 81 Fh0
The @o.eeo ,iss> Harrisburg
$500. Gar.. - 20o; Maueh~st@f
=. IL - <h4. SOUTH Bono "a goo
l,eof&s ~saoD Kirkland rarh Jieh
si.19f aHd Ep<fpfG. ia $1,000.
In $4,000 Class.
The - 500 e.8sr SIOUX City
1900. ~ Joseph -. Sae *hreVeppfi
Sic s. G1b Winston ~alsui. - 100
Lansing s. Gag Charleston r &
f5.tpo sacfauleHtD. "a 600. Saginaw
= $90. E.nFban4lDn ~ $50 f.asi -
1,pgjs 50 70 100. jpbnstoHn. - G9t
frs tfaIDpQa. - 39a, Telfe ljaute