Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1920 — JASPER COUNTY GAINS 917. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GAINS 917.

The -population of Jasper county for 1920 has been announced by the government at 13,961 a gain of 917 in the past ten years. Of z this gain Rensselaer is credited with 519 and with a population of 2,912. Population statistics of other Indiana counties anounced at the same time as the Jasper county census are as follows: Hendricks, 20,291, decrease 549. Martin, 11,865, decrease, 1,085. Posey, 19,334, decrease, 2,336. Putnam, 19,880, decrease, 640. Tipton, 16,152, decrease, 1,307. Washington, 16,645, decrease, 800. It will be noted that Jasper is the only one of the seven Indiana counties reported which shows an increase in ‘ population. Six Michigan counties were reported •in the same list, all showed a loss of from 9 to 35%.