Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1911 — Statistics Show People are Deserting Country and Farm. [ARTICLE]

Statistics Show People are Deserting Country and Farm.

The people of the United States are steadily deserting the country and the farm for the turmoil and delights of the city and town, according to statistics made public by the Census Bureau. During, the last ten years th-j percentage of people living in cities of more than 2,500 inhabitants increased from 40.5 to 46.3. Twenty years ago only 36.1 per cent lived .•< such Incorporated places. In 19.10, 42,623,333, or 46.3 per cent of the total lived in urban territory, and 49,348,883, or 53.7 per cent, in rural territory, according to returns.