Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — U. S. IS NO LONGER RURAL [ARTICLE]

U. S. IS NO LONGER RURAL

Census Returns Show About 52 Per Cent of Population Live in Cities. r Washington, Aug. 6. —For the first time in the history of the United States, the 1020 census returns will show that more people live in the cities and townd than in the rural territory, officials of the census bureau estimated. , When the final tabulations are completed, the officials declared, they expect it to be shown that 51 or possibly 52 per cent of the total population bf'continental United States reside in Urban districts. According to the official estimate' of the total population recently made by Dr. J. A. Hill, chief statistician of the census bureau, which was 105,000,000, the number of people living In cities and towns, if the percentage is 51, would be 53,550,000 and In rural territory.