Evening star., 1948-10-03
D. {. Population
Put at $4,000,
Airline Record
War Peak Exceeded:
Census Figures Show
$3.50 Gain Since 40

washington has hit a new
high in population with $4,000
inhabitants. exceeding the war
time peak of $4,000 in 1914.
The latest figure is the Census
Bureaus provisional estimate Of
population as of July l. The $4,000
figure represents a gain of 235 900
over the 1910 figure of 663,Oe1. This
is an increase of 35.5 per cent.
The Census Bureaus announce
ment disclosed that California has
joined New York and Pennsylvania
IN the 100000 population class. 1t
put the Nations total population at
l46, ,ll4,000, gain of II per cent
over the 13l l,669,275 figure of 1910.
The Districts previous popula-
ton peak of 1914 was due to the in
f1ux of war workers. But by July l,
1945, the tide of population had
turned and an exodus from the
Capital had begun. The Census
Bureaus estimate of that date was
down to 100000.
There was an even larger drop In
the next year The population fig
ure for July l, 1916 was down to
$4,000.
Then the trend was revealed again
and the population for July /, lg47,
was put at $4,000. The figure an
nounced yesterday shows that
Washington has more than regained
its postwar losses.
The Districts civilian population
is put at $4,000, indicating an
armed services population of $1,000.
A similar computation with the
1910 figures puts the armed service
population then at 5,073. The civil
liam population gain since 1910 was
100000, or 317-a smaller percent
age than for total population.
The figures released yesterday
show that Washingtons population
exceeds the populations of 13 States
and is crowding l4th, Maine, with
100000. The States which have
smaller populations than the Dis
trict are New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, the two Dakotas.
Delaware. Montana, Idaho, Wyo-
ming, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah
and Nevada.
Virginia. Maryland Increase.
Maryland's population Is estimated
at 2.148, 900. an increase Of $4,000
or 179 per cent over 1910. Virginia
is estimated to have 100000 per-
sons, up $4,000, or 13l per cent.
from 1910.
CALIFORNIA; population. put at
10,o31 900 as of July l. represented
a gain of 3,124,000 since the 1910
census.
Pennsylvania passed the 10000
900 mark in 1916 and New York
cleared it in 1919. For more than
a century these two States have
been the most populous in the Ma
ton.
Aside from California, the biggest
gamers are Michigan. up 93o 900
since 1910; New York, GOT 900; Ohio,
89l 900, and Texas, $4,000.
The bureau said Al States and the
District increased population in the
1940-48 period, while only seven lost
people. In just two. North Dakota
and Montana. did the loss exceed
five per cent. The other five are
South Dakota, Nebraska. Kentucky,
Arkansas and Mississippi.
Following is the list OF States.
aside from Maryland and Virginia.
with July i, 1948, estimates. official
1910 figures in parentheses and the
percentage change:
List of States.
New England: Maine, 100000
(847 ,226), 81; New Hampshire, 548,-
900 (491,524 116; Vermont, 374,00o
(359,23D. Al; Massachusetts,, 47l8.-
900 4,316,72D, 9.3; Rhode Island.
748,0OO (7l3.346), 4.8; Connecticut,
2,O11. 900 1.7O9, ,242), lit.
Middle Atlantic: New York, IA
1856 900 13,479. .142), 81: New Jersey,
4,729 900 (4160,165), 1877: Pennsyl-
vania. 10.689,000 (9.900,1SO, 80.
South Atlantic: Delaware. $4,000
(266, ,5o5). lis; West Virginia, 1915
900 1,901,974), OF; North Carolina.
I3,715,OOO (3,57l ,623). 40: South Caro-
lima, 1891 900 1889 ,804), 48; Geor-
gia, 3,l28,000 (3.l23,723). OIL; Flor
ida, 2,356000 u.8974l4, 24.2.
East South Central: Kentucky.
2,819,O (2,845.620. -09; Tennessee.
3,149,OO (2,915,84n. 80 Alabama.
2, ,S4S, 900 (2,832,96n. 0.5; Mississippi.
z,121, 900 (2,1S3 1867. 20.
West South Central: Arkansas, l.
925, 900 Q949,380. -l3; Louisiana,
2,576,OOO (2,363,880), 90; Oklahoma.
1852 900 (2,336,434. IL; Texas, l.
23O, 900 (6,4l4,824, 1877.
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