Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-11-20
STATE SHOWS
CENSUS GAIN
Although Smallest in Min
nesota's History, Figures
Show Progress.
For t y-seven Counties of
States Eighty-seven In
crease in Population.

A bulletin issued from the Census
department at Washing ton for Min
nesota shows final figures of the 1880
census to represent a small increase
over that of 1920 amounting to 176,-
S2S or IA per cent. The population
of the state on April 1, 1920, was
2,563,953 as compared to 1881, 125-
in January, 1920. Although this is
the smallest rate of increase in any
decade of the history of Minnesota
and the smallest numerical increase
since the decade 1850 to 1860, it still
represents progress.
In 1S49, the territory of Minnesota
was organized from the area now COM
prising the State and parts of what is
1858, Minnesota, with its boundaries
as at present, was admitted to the
Union as the thirty-second state. The
enumeration of 1850, taken while it
was still territory, showed 6,077 in
habitants. During the ensuing de-
cade the population was increased to
1903, or a rate increase of 2,73O.7
per CELL Al cdCu SuCCcSolNC CCuouo
the rate of increase has declined, but
the largest numerical increase was
revealed by the census of 1890, when
the gain was 529, $40, or 67.S per cent.
The total land area of the State is
S0,S58 square miles, and the average
humber of inhabitants per square
mile was 31.7 in 1880, as compared
with 1915 in 1920.
There are Ii cities and one village
in the State which have 10000 or
more inhabitants. Minneapolis leads
with a population of 464,356, which
represents an increase of S3,774, or
22.O per cent over the enumeration Of
1920. st. Paul, the capital, is second.
with 271, 606 inhabitants, and Duluth
is third, with population of 1O1, 463.
The others, in the order of their pop
ulatiOn, are st. Cloud, WinOna, Ro-
chester, Hibbing Village, Mankato,
Faribault, Austin, Virginia, Brainerd.
Albert Lea, and South St. Paul. Ro-
chester shows the highest rate of in
crease, with 5O.3 per cent over that
of 1920. Three cities in this group,
Brainerd, Albert Lea, and South st.
Paul, first attained a population Of
10, 900 between 1920 and 1880.
OF the 81 counties in Minnesota, AZ
showed an increase, and 80 declined
in population between 1920 and 1880.
One new county, Lake of the Woods,
was organized between 1920 and 1880.
The most rapidly growing county in
the State was Cook, in the extreme
rth-eastern corner, which increased
1878 per cent. This county also ranks
as the least populous and the most
sparsely settled county in the state.
Hennepin county, including the city
of Minneapolis, ranks first in popula-
ton, with 517,785 inhabitants. Its
increase has been more rapid than
that of the city of Minneapolis alone
The second county is Ramsey, with
2S6,721 inhabitants, including the pop
ulation of the city of st. Paul. This
county also increased more rapidly
than did it's urban area alone. The
third county is st. Louis, with pop
ulation of 2O4,596. st. Louis county
has an area of $500 square miles.
The list of Incorporated places in
Minnesota contains 728 cities and viii
lagos, and one borough, Belle PLANE,
in Scott county. The population Of As
of these places is shown separately
for the first time in this bulletin.
Mesaba. in St Louis county, with a
population of Is, is the smallest in
corporated place in the state.
A copy of the first series population
bulletin for Minnesota, giving the
number Of inhabitants in each county.
township, city, village, and borough.
may be obtained by writing to the
Bureau of the Census, Washington,
ID. c.