Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1900 — POPULATION OF STATES NEXT. [ARTICLE]

POPULATION OF STATES NEXT.

Census Figures on Hig Cities Are All Annonnced. The census bureau has finished tho enumeration of alf the cities in the United States of over 25,000 inhabitants. Tha work of announcing the States comes next, beginning with Arkansas. The figurea will Include all the incorporated towns. It appears likely the census will cost about 915.000,000. Estimates based on census returns from 153 cities in the United States place the total population of the country at 80,000,000. The grand total for the 153 cities mentioned is 10,U93,<*54. In 1890 the population of the same cities was 14,(553,897. The difference is 5,040,757, or a gain of 25 per cent.