Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1890 — OUR GROWTH SINCE 1880 [ARTICLE]

OUR GROWTH SINCE 1880

! OFFICIAL CENSUS STATISTICS FOR WESTERN STATES. 2’opulntion ot All Cities in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and lowa Having 5,000 or Moro People—Disputes May Mow Be Settled. [Washington special.] Town pride and town rivalries may now be set at rest. The Census Office Is nearly through with the official count of all towns having a population of 5,000 or more. Superintendent Porter has begun issuing bulletins of statistics of cities, giving the population in 1880 and 1890, and other interesting matter. The statistics for Illinois, Michigan, Indiaua. Wisconsin and lowa are given below. They are official and final, and may therefore be relied on in settling points of dispute: -.. . . ILLINOIS. Towns. 1880. 1990. Avrora 11,0 19 634 Bellevillelo,6B3 15,360 Bloomington 17,190 90.000 Cairo 0, 11 14,000 Canton 3,762 • a,589 Champaign 5,106 ' 5,827 Chicagoso:,lßs 1,099,133 Danville 7,733 11,523 Decatur 9,547 16,841 Dixon 3,658 5.149 East St. Louis. 9,185 . 15,156 Elgin 8,787 17,429 Freeport 8,616 11,000 Galena. 6,451 6,416 Galesburg 11,437 15,212 Jacksonville....lo,9/7 12,357 Joliet 11,657 27,407 Lincoln 5,639 6,125 Litchfield 4,326 5,1.8 Mattoon 5,737 6,829 Moline„ 7,801 11,995 Monmouth 5,000 5,837 Ottawa 7,834 11,500 Taris 4,378 5,049 Peoria 29,259 40,758 Quincy 27,2’58 31,478 Rockford 13,129 28,58) Rock Island 11,659 13,596 Springfield 19,743 24,852 Sterling 5, <B7 5,922 Streator 5,158 »6,120 INDIANA. Anderson 4,126 10,759 Brazil 3,441 5,902 Columbus 4,813 6,705 Crawfordville 5,251 6,086 Elkhart 6,953 11,000 Evansville 29,280 50,674 Ft. Wayne 26,830 85,349 Goshen 4,123 6,027 Huntington 3,863 7,300 Indianapolis 75,056 107,445 Jeffersonville 9,357 11,274 Kokomo 4,042 8,224 Lafayette’. 14,860 16,407 La Porte 6,195 7,122 Logansport 11,198 13,798 Madison 8,945 8,923 Marion 1,195 8,724 Michigan City 7,366 10,764 Muncie 5,219 11,339 New Albany 16,423 21,000 Peru 5,280 6,731 Princeton 2,566 6,494 Richmond 12,742 16,849 Seymour 4,250 5,337 Shelbyville 3,715 5,449 South Bend 13,280 21,786 Terre Haute26,ol2 30,287 Valparaiso 4,451 5,083 Vincennes 7,060 8,715 Wabash 3,800 5,196 Washington 4,223 6,052 lOWA. Boone 3,330 6,518 Burlington 19,450 22,528 Cedar Rapidsiu.lo4 17,997 Clinton 9,052 13,629 Council Bluffs 18,163 21,400 Creston 5,081 *9,120 Davenport 21,831 25,161 Des Moines 22,408 59,000 Dubuque... 22,254 30,147 Fori Madison 4,679 7,906 lowa City 7,123 5,628 Keokuk 12,117 14,075 Lyons 4,095 5,791 Marshalltown 6,210 9,368 Muscatine 8,295 11,432 Otkaloosa 4,598 7,300 Ottumwa 9,001 13,996 Sioux City 7,366 37,862 Waterloo 5,633 6,679 MICHIGAN. Adrian 7.849 9,239 Alpena 6,153 11,228 Ann Arbor 8,061 9,509 Battle Creek 7,063 13,090 Bay < ity £0,693 27,826 Big Bp.pids 3,552 5,255 Cheboygan 2,269 6,244 Cdldwater 4,681 5,462 Detroitll6,34o 205,669 Escanaba 3,026 *B,OOO Flint 8,409 9,845 Grand Hadids 32,016 64,147 Ishpeming 6,039 11,184 Jackson 16,105 20,779 Kalamazoo 11,937 17,857 Lansing 8,319 12,630 Ludington 4,190 7,499 Manistee 6,930 12,799 Marquette... 4,690 9,096 Mencininee 3,288 10,606 Monroe 4,930 5,246 Muskegon 11,262 22,688 Negaunee 3,931 6,061 Owosso 2,501 6,544 Pontiac 4,569 6,243 Port Huron 5,553 13,518 Saginaw 29,541 46,215 West Bay City 6,397 12,910 Ypsilanti 4,984 6,128 WISCONSIN, Appleton 8,005 11,825 Ashland 95 L *16,000 Beloit 4,790 6,276 Chippewa Falls 3,982 8,529 Eau Claire 10,119 17,437 Fond dn Lac13,(94 11,942 Green Bay 7,464 8,870 Janesville 9,018 10,631 Kenosha 5,036 6,529 La Crosse J4,5<05 25,053 Madison 10,324 13,392 Manitowoc 6,367 7,525 Marinette... 5,412 11,513 Menominee 4,177 5,465 Milwaukeells,sß7 204,150 Neenah 4,202 5,076 Oconto 4,171 5,221 Oshkosh 15,748 22,753 Portage; 4,346 5,130 Racine 15,031 21,022 Sheboygan 7,314 16,341 Stevens Point 4,419 7 BJB8 J 8 Watertown 7,833 B’B7o Waukesha 4,543 7 475 Wausau 4,277 9,251 Superior 13,000 ♦Estimated.