Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1901 — OUR GROWING POPULATION [ARTICLE]

OUR GROWING POPULATION

Facta and Figures Gathered from the National Census. The census bulletin showing ihe population of Indiana complete, has been prepared by Witt. C. Hunt, chief statistician tor population. The 1900 population ol' the State is 2,516,462, against 2,192,404 in 1.890, an increase of 324,058, or 14.8 per cent. The area of the State is approximately 35,010 square miles, making the average population to the square mile di.l. Iu 1890 it was 61.1. The present population is more than 446 times that of 1860, when it was 5.641. All counties in the State except fourteen, Boone, Browu. Crawford, I tearborn, Franklin, Jefferson, Lagrange. Cartoll. Hendricks, Ohio, Putnam, Switzerland, Uniou and Whitley, show increased population over 1890. These show slight, decreases. The highest percentage of increase wus in Madison County, 93.1 per cent. Next came Grant, 73.7 per cent., and Delaware 64.7 i»er cent. In the five great titles the greatest increase in nuuniber has been in Indianapolis, wlioeev since 1890 the population has increased 63,728, or 60.4 per cent. In per cent the largest increase has been in South Bend, 65. In Evansville the per cent was 16.3, Fort Wayne 27.5 and Terre Haute 21.4.