100 State. Wisconsin Wyoming 51.4 45.8 United States......... 105,710.620 54,304,603 51,406.017 42,166,120 49.806,146 *Corrected figures. GROWTH OF URBAN POPULATION. The figures given in the above table for 1920, as compared with corresponding figures for 1910, show that the trend of population from the country to the city increased steadily during the decade and that, for the first time in the country's history, more than half the entire population was living in urban ter ritory as defined by the census bureau, that is, residing in cities and other incorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more, including towns of that size in three New England states, namely, Massachusetts. New Hampshire and Rhode Island, as later explained. On this basis, therefore, it appears that of the 105.708.711 persons in the United States in 1920, there were 54.318,032, or 51.4 per cent, living in urban territory and 51,390,739, or 48.6 per cent. living in rural territory. The corresponding percentages for 1910 were 45.8 and 54.2. respectively, showing a gain of 5.6 per cent in the proportion for the population living in urban territory. The proportion of the population living in urban territory was larger in 1920 than in 1910 for all but three states -Colorado. Montana and Wyoming-the largest changes in the proportion during the decade being for Michigan-an increase from 47.2 to 61.1 per cent-and for Maryland-an increase Texas, Indiana, from 50.8 to 60 per cent. Ohio. Florida and Oklahoma also showed considerable gains in the proportion of the popu; lation living in urban territory as compared with 1910. The loss since 1910 in the proportion of the population living in urban territory in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming was due to the fact that in each state by far the larger part of the total increase in the population was in the population living in rural territory, namely, 65.6 per cent for Colorado, 77.7 per and 70.8 per cent for cent for Montana, Wyoming. In Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire (except in two cases) it is not the practice, as in the other states, to have such as villages, municipal incorporations, within the limits of the town, and no town becomes a city until its population is much For this reason, it has in excess of 2,500. been necessary, as above stated, to include in the urban territory of these states not only the population of cities, but that of all towns The "urban having over 2,500 inhabitants. area" in each of these three states includes. therefore, some population which in other states would be classed as "rural," but it is not thought that the proportion of urban population in either state is greatly increased thereby. At the census of 1910 this rule as to towns applied to all the New England states, but for the census of 1920 the census the "urban area" bureau decided to limit in three of the New England states-Connecticut. Maine and Vermont-to cities and other incorporated places of 2.500 inhabitants or more, the same as for other states, and so the figures for these states in 1910 were cor rected accordingly. METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS (1920). The federal census bureau defines a metropolitan district as consisting of the city proper together with the urban portion of the tertory lying within ten miles of the city limits, following table shows the metropolitan Denver, Col.... 264,232 256.491 7.741 Detroit, Mich...1.165,153 339.105 314,194 24,911 Kansas City, Mo. Kas. Kas. City, Mo. 318.159 Wis. 537,737 51,767 St. Paul, Minn. 629,216 619,161 299,882 258.288 41,594 444,228 237,595 206.633 320.966 295.750 25.216 952,012 772.897 179,115 Oakland, Cal... 891,477 168,540 San Francisco. 506.676 Oakland Seattle, Wash. Toledo, O... Washington, D.C. Metropolitan. Inside limits of city proper. #Outside limits of city proper. Cities and Adjacent Territory. In addition to the population of the metropolitan districts themselves the census returns for 1920 show the population residing in territory adjacent to the central cities but not included in the metropolitan districts-that is. or in in minor divisions which lie wholly greater part within ten miles of the boundaries of the central cities but in which the density of the population was not sufficient to justify treating them as strictly urban. Population. 305.696 279,235 814.395 1.801.320 623,865 .3,210.301 681,287 951,579 284.841 289.465 1,131,057 367.317 502.242 880,653 340.985 546,822 679.864 1.620 4,173 2,962 2.577 2.411 2.095 Note-In 1850: Los Angeles, 1.610: San | lanta, Ga., 2.572; Memphis, Tenn.. 8.841: Francisco, 15.000: Jersey City, 6.856; In- Fall River, Mass., 11,524: Dayton. O.. 10.977; dianapolis, Ind.. 8.091; St. Paul, Minn.. 1,112: Grand Rapids, Mich., 2.686: Cambridge, Mass., Portland, Ore.. 821; Toledo, O., 3,829; At-15,215, and Bridgeport, Conn., 7.560. DECENNIAL INCREASE OF CITIES WITH MORE THAN 100.000 IN 1920. City. nta, Ga. Number. Per ct. 139.368 201.8 Number. Per ct. Number. Per ct. 45.777 29.6 Number. Per ct. 67.2 4.6 75.2 13.091 13.1 103 31.4 49.528 9.7 74,518 17.2 102,126 30.7 34.8 94,270 245.4 12.237 46.7 23.092 748.3 109.693 19.6 112.415 25.1 85,638 23.6 Bridgeport, Conn. 31.058 43.7 22.130 45.3 21.223 76.8 Buffalo, N. Y.. 83,060 19.6 71.328 20.2 96.723 37.8 100,530 64.8 Camden, N. J. 21,771 23.0 18.603 24.5 17.622 30.2 16,654 40.0 Cambridge, Mass. 4.855 4.6 12,953 14.1 21,858 31.2 17,359 33.0 Chicago. I.. 516,422 23.6 486.708 28.7 598.725 54.4 596.665 118.6 Cincinnati, O. 37,656 10.3 37.689 11.8 28.994 9.8 41.769 16.4 Cleveland. O. 236,178 42.1 178,895 46.9 120.415 46.1 101.207 63.2 Columbus, O. 55,520 30.6 55,951 44.6 37.410 42.4 36.503 70.7 66,872 72.6 49.466 116.0 4.571 12.0 27,709 267.5 35.984 31.0 31.244 36.6 24,113 39.4 22,542 58.3 43.110 20.2 79.522 59.4 27.146 25.4 71.084 199.5 Detroit, Mich. 527.912 113.3 180.062 63.0 79.828 38.8 89.536 77.0 Des Moines, Iowa.. 40,100 46.4 24.229 39.0 12,046 24.0 27.685 123.5 Fall River, Mass. 1,190 1.0 14,432 13.8 30.465 40.9 25.437 51.9 Fort Worth, Tex. 33,170 45.2 46,624 174.7 3.612 15.7 16.413 246.3 Grand Rapids, Mich.. 25,003 22.3 25.006 28.5 27.287 45.3 28.262 88.3 Hartford, Conn. 39,121 39.6 19.065 23.9 26.620 50.0 11.215 26.7 Houston, Tex. 59,476 75.5 34.167 76.6 17.076 62.0 11,044 66.9 Indianapolis, Ind. 80,544 34.5 64,486 38.1 63.728 60.4 30.380 40.5 Jersey. City, N. J. 30,324 11.3 61.346 29.7 43.430 26.6 42,281 35.0 Kansas City, Kas. 18.846 22.9 30.913 60.1 13.102 34.2 35,116 1097.4 Kansas City, Mo.. 76,029 30.6 84.752 51.7 31.036 23.4 76.931 137.9 Los Angeles, Cal. 257,475 80.7 216.719 211.5 52.084 103.4 39.212 350.6 Lowell, Mass. 6.465 6.1 11,325 11.9 17.273 22.2 18.221 30.6 Louisville, Ky. 10.963 4.9 19.197 9.4 43,602 27.1 37.371 30.2 Memphis, Tenn. 31,246 23.8 28,785 28.1 37.825 58.6 30.903 92.0 Milwaukee, Wis. 83.290 22.3 88,542 31.0 80.847 39.5 88.881 76.9 Minneapolis, Minn. 79.174 26.3 98.690 48.6 37.980 23.1 117.851 251.4 Nashville, Tenn. 7,978 7.2 29.499 36.5 4.697 6.2 32.818 75.7 Newark, N. J. 67.055 19.3 101,399 41.2 64,240 35.3 45.322 33.2 New Bedford, Mass. 24,565 25.4 34.210 54.8 21.709 53.3 13.888 51.7 New Haven, Conn. 28.932 21.7 25.578 23.6 26.729 32.9 18.416 29.3 New Orleans, La.. 48.144 14.2 51.971 18.1 45,065 18.6 25.949 12.0 New York, N. Y.. 853,165 17.9 1,329,681 38.7 929.788 37.1 595,716 31.2 Norfolk, Va. 48.325 71.6 20.828 44.7 11.753 33.7 12.905 58.7 Oakland, Cal. 66.087 44.0 83.214 124.3 18.278 37.5 14.127 40.9 Omaha, Neb. 67,505 54.4 21.541 21.0 37,897 27.0 109.934 360.2 Paterson, N. J.. 10.275 8.2 20.429 19.4 26.824 34.2 27.316 53.5 Philadelphia, Pa. 274,771 17.7 255.311 19.7 246.733 23.6 199.794 23.6 Pittsburgh, Pa. 54,438 10.2 82.393 18.2 82.999 34.8 82.228 52.6 51,074 24.6 116.788 140.2 44.041 94.9 28.808 163.9 Providence, R. I... 13,269 5.9 48.729 27.8 43.451 39.9 27.289 26.0 Reading, Pa. 11,713 12.2 17.110 21.7 20.300 34.6 15,383 35.5 Richmond, Va. 44,039 34.5 85,050 50.1 3.662 4.5 17.788 28.0 Rochester, N. Y 77.601 35.6 55,541 34.2 28.712 21.4 44.550 49.8 St. Louis, Mo. 85,868 12.5 111.791 19.4 123.468 27.3 101,252 28.9 St. Paul, Minn. 19.954 9.3 51.679 31.7 29.909 22.5 91.683 221.1 Salt Lake City, Utah 25,333 27.3 39.246 73.3 8.688 19.4 24.075 115.9 San Antonio, Tex... 64.765 67.0 43.293 81.2 15.648 41.5 17.123 83.3 San Francisco. Cal. 89.764 21.5 74.130 21.6 43.785 14.6 65.038 27.8 Scranton, Pa. 7.916 6.1 27.841 27.3 26.811 35.6 29.365 64.0 Seattle, Wash. 78,118 32.9 156.523 194.0 37.834 88.3 39,304 1112.5 Spokane, Wash. 67.554 183.3 19.572 530.6 Springfield. Mass. 40,688 45.8 26.867 43.3 17.880 Syracuse, N. Y... 34.468 25.1 28.875 26.6 20.231 23.0 36.351 70.2 Toledo, O. 74.667 44.3 36.675 27.8 50.388 61.9 Trenton. N. J..!!!!! 31.297 62.4 22,474 23.2 23.508 32.1 15.849 27.6 27.568 92.1 Washington. D. C. 106.502 32.2 53.351 18.8 48.326 21.0 52.768 29.7 Wilmington, Del. 22.757 26.0 10.903 14.3 15.077 24.5 18.953 44.6 Worcester, Mass. 33.768 23.1 27.565 23.3 33.766 39.9 26.364 45.2 Yonkers, N. Y.. 20.373 25.5 31,872 66.5 15.898 49.6 13.141 69.6 Youngstown, O. 53,292 67.4 34.181 76.2 11.665 35.1 17,785 115.2 Decrease. POPULATION OF AMERICAN CITIES JULY 1. 1923. The following table gives the federal census | Montgomery bureau estimate of the population of munici- Selma palities having 8.000 or more inhabitants Jan. 1. 1920. Where the population decreased between 1910 and 1920 the census figures for Jan. 1, 1920, are given in lieu of estimates. and such figures are indicated by an asterisk (*). Places where for other reasons no estimates are made are marked with a dagger (†) and the figures for 1920 are given. ALABAMA. .19,513 Florence ARKANSAS Fort Smith ARIZONA. Alameda 30.759 9.339 Alhambra 10.564 Douglas 11.169 Bakersfield 20.769 Phoenix .33.899 Berkeley .62.995 23.961 Chico .11.352 13,311 ...30.635 9.984 *11.695 Fresno 54.966 ..18.280 Jonesboro Huntsville .... 8.164 .........63,858 N. Little Rock 15.093 Little Rock.. .10.199 Long Beach Los Angeles..666.853 .11.118 ....69.214 240.086 Atlanta 222.963 Evansville .90.569 Paducah 25.416 Pomona .14.692 Augusta .54.264 Fort Wayne .93.573 Winchester Redlands *9,571 Brunswick .15.937 Frankfort Richmond 20.462 Columbus .69.051 Riverside 20,829 Griffin 8.513 Goshen 9.890 Sacramento 69.950 .21,165 Hammond San Benardino 20.863| Macon San Diego 87.126 Rome San Francisco 539.038 .13.667 Indianapolis ..342.718 Monroe ..89.448 Jeffersonville .*10.098 New Orleans .404.575 Santa Monica...17.919 Boise City .22.806 .46.609 56.331 Huntington 15.218 Baton Rouge ..24.264 Bogalusa 8.245 Lake Charles ..13.677 ..13.639 8.725 Kokomo .11,910 Laporte 16.674 34.565 Shreveport ...54.590 Lafayette .23.316 MAINE. Logansport 22.480 Marion 25.354 Santa Rosa Stockton Vallejo .24.629 Twin Falls 9.230 ..17.123 9.528 Michigan City..19,611 Bangor .26.402 Mishawaka ....16.133 Bath .16.653 Muncie 40.321 Biddeford 18.341 Venice ..13.003 New Albany.. *22.992 ILLINOIS. New Castle .16.047 Portland 73.129 26.027 Peru 12.583 .38,551 Richmond .28.581 Colo. Springs 30.105 Belleville .26.157 Shelbyville 9.773 .272,031 Berwyn .17.144 South Bend 76.709 South Portland. 9.895 Bloomington Grand Junction. 8.892 Greeley .11.959 Blue Island ...12.480 Vincennes ..29.709 Terre Haute ..68.939 Waterville .14.034 .17.867 Westbrook 9.873 Pueblo .43.519 Cairo Trinidad 10,977 Centralia .....13,503 Whiting 15.439 Wabash ..10.991 Washington .10.299 MARYLAND. 9,062 .11,426 Baltimore Annapolis .....12.117 .773.580 .17,521 .2.886,121 Cumberland .32,361 IOWA. Bridgeport t143.555 Chicago Heights,21.221 Boone .13.207 Bristol .23.186 Cicero .55.968 Burlington *24,057 Danbury 18.943 Collinsville Derby 12.047 Danville East Hartford 12,912 Decatur Enfield ....12.440 Dixon 10.573 Cedar Rapids..50.163 Adams Amesbury Andover Council Bluffs..38.637 Fairfield .13.401 East Moline...10,653 Creston 8,434 Greenwich .24.163 East St. Louis. 69.729 Davenport .61.262 Groton .10.211 Elgin 27.997 Des Moines .140.923 Hamden 9.605 Evanston .41,465 Dubuque .39.372 Hartford $138.036 Forest Park ..12.273 Fort Dodge Beverly .23.969 .19.635 Killingly 8.759 Freeport 20.317 Fort Madison..13,207 770.400 Manchester ..24.462 Iowa City ..11.691 Meriden 35,736 Granite City ..16.290 Keokuk Bridgewater... .14.570 Middletown ...14.282 Harvey 9.931 Marshalltown ..16.578 Brockton 8.708 69.633 Milford ..12.293 Herrin 12,473 | Mason City Naugatuck ....15.890 Jacksonville .15.851 Muscatine 16.068 Chelsea 23.142 Cambridge Brookline 41.336 .111.444 47.052 New Britain.... .64,867 Joliet New Haven ..172.967 New London...27.861 39.801 Oskaloosa *9.427 Chicopee .40.111 Kankakee 17.900 Ottumwa 23.360 Clinton Kewanee .19.097 Sioux City 79.662 *12,979 Norwalk 29.015 La Salle 13,595 Waterloo ..39.667 Norwich 22.822 Lincoln .12.239 KANSAS. Easthampton ..12.247 Orange .18.539 Marion 10.478 Putnam 8.800 Mattoon 14,307 Arkansas City..12.602 Everett 42.511 Shelton .10.530 Maywood .13,455 Atchison *12.630 Fall River .120.912 Southington 9,133 Moline .32.754 Chanute ..10.650 Fitchburg 42.183 Stamford .38.685 Monmouth Stonington .10,625 Mount Vernon.10.466 El Dorado .*8.116 Coffeyville ...13.726 Framingham ..18.503 13,830 Gardner 17.790 Stratford .14.738 Murphysboro ..11.862 Emporia .12.053 Gloucester *22.947 Torrington 23.935 Vernon .*8.898 Oak Park ....47.217 Fort Scott .10.774 Hutchinson Wallingford .12.318 Pekin .11.278 Waterbury .98.411 Peoria 79.675 Iola West Hartford 10.312 Peru Winsted ....... 8.426 Quincy 25.797 Haverhill .57.405 .61.094 .97.289 Leominster 20.525 Willimantic ..12.726 Rock Island 38.293 .12.484 Lowell Leavenworth.. 16.912 Lynn 115.089 .102.683 Rockford 72.419 Newton 10.471 Malden .50.797 Springfield .61.833 Ottawa 9.511 Marlboro .15.189 Sterling 8.838 Parsons ...17.313 Medford 44.782 Streator .14.968 Pittsburg 19,179 Melrose .19.100 Salina .17.079 Methuen .16.537 Waukegan 20.364 Topeka .52,555 Middleboro West Frankfort.10.772 Wichita .79.261 Milford 8.557 .13.619 Milton KENTUCKY. INDIANA. Natick 9.908 11.282 .38.258 Anderson .32,368 New Bedford 130.072 .11.225 Bedford 9,206 Bowling Green.. 9.805 Newburyport ..15.858 33.937 Bloomington St. Petersburg.24.403 Brazil Tampa W. Palm Beach.12.151 GEORGIA. Crawfordsville..10.388 Louisville East Chicago ..42.084 Middlesboro .12.227 Covington ..57.877 Newton 48.305 *9.293 Frankfort North Adams 22.377 .12.637 Henderson *9.238 9.053 Hopkinsville 22.858 .12.008 Lexington .10.665 14.290 .10.359 |