The Archive · 1901

The Population of the

The official announcement of the total population of the United States for 1900 makes it 76,225,220. The total population in 1890 was 63,066,756. The gain ju ten years has been 13,225,464, an increase of nearly twenty-one per cent. Following is the population in 1900 of the States individually, not including Territories Alkbaina Arkansa California Colorado Connecticut Delaware 16,463 2,951,829 1,469,496 2,147,174 Louisiana Maine Marylan: Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missourt Montana Nebraska Nevada New Haumps! New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolin South Dakota Texas Vermont Virginia Washingt: West Virginis.

Wyoming, The thirty. having a population of more than 100,000 are 1 New Yor 2 Chicago, I 3 Philadelphia, 4 St. Louis, Mo. 5 Boston, Muss. 6 Baltimore, Md. 7 Cleveland, O. 8 Buffilo, N.Y. 9 San Francisco, Gal. 10 Cincinnati, O 11 Pitisbury, Pa. 12 New Orleans, 13 Detroit, Mick 14 Milwaukee, Wis, 15 Washington, D, C. 16 Newark, N. J. 17 Jersey City, N.S. 18 Louisville, 319 Minneapolis, [20 Providence, R. I

121 Tu [22 Kansas City, 23 St. Paul, Mien.

24 Rochester, N.

2 Denver, Gol 26 Toledo, O.

27 Allegheny, Ps 28 Columbus, 125, 29 Worcester, 118,421 30 Syracuse, 108,374

Paterson, NI.

Fall River, Mas:

35 Omaha, Neb 102,535 36 Los Angeles, Cal 102,479 37 Memphis, Tenn. 102,320 38 Scranton, Pa. 102,026

This showing is in part a misleading one. Cities which have recently annexed suburbs attain a rauk which their volume of business and tributary territory do not justify. Grexter Boston, which should inchule Gambridge, Somerville, Chelses, Brockton, Brooklyn, Mal'en, Melrose, Everett, "Newton, and other populous suburbs, within an area less than that included in the corporate limits of Chicago, has more than 1,090,00) people, clearances, commerce, and all that goes to make a city it ranks along with Chicago and Philadelphia. Census statistics place it with St. Louis ant Baltimore, although as a great centre itis far in advance of those cities, Boston, Mass., 27th November.

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