Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1920 — CENSUS STATISTICS FOR 1920 [ARTICLE]

CENSUS STATISTICS FOR 1920

Among the population figures of cities announced by the census bureau for 1920 are the following: Battle Creek, Mich., 36,164, increase 10,895, or 43.1%. Enid, Okla., 16,576, increase 2,777, or 20.1%. Hillsdale, Mich., 5,476, increase 475, or 9.5%. Owosso, Mich., 12,575, increase 2r 936, or 30.5 %. Bowling Green, Ky., 9,638, increase 465, or 5.1%. Macomb, 111., 6,714, increase 940, or 16.3%. Lufkin, Tex., 4,878, increase 2,129, or 77.4%. Phillipsburg, N. J., 16,923, increase 3,020, or 21.7%. Southbridge, Mass., 14,245, increase 1,653, or 13.1%. Gloucester, N. J., 12,162, Increase 2,700, or 28.5%. An increase of 463 % in the last 10 years in the population of Muskegon Heights, Mich., announced a few days ago by the census bureau, is the largest yet reported in the *1920 census. From a population of 1,690 in 1910 the aity has grown to 9,514. New (Jastle, Pa„ 44,938, increase 8,658, of 23.9%. Muskegon, Mich., 36,570, increase 12,508, or 52%. Mt. Vernon, 0., 9,237, increase 150, or 17 %' Madison, Ind., 6,711, decrease 223, or 3.2%. Greensburg, Ind., 5,345, decrease 75, or 1.4%. Hartford City, Ind., 6,183, decrease 4. or -1%. Alexandria, Ind., 4,172, decrease 924, or 18.1%. Plainfield, N. J., 27,700, Increase 150, or 34.8%. Braddock, Pa., 20,879, increase 1,522, or 7.9%. New Philadelphia, 0., 10,718, in crease 2,176, or 25.5%. New Orleans, La., 387,408, increase 48,333, or 14.3%.

Tucson, Ariz., 20,292, Increase 7,099, or 53.8%. Marquette, Mich., 12,718, Increase 1,215, or 16.6%. Eureka, Calif., 13,212, increase 1,367, or 11.5%. > Ludington, Mich., 8,810, decrease 322, or 3 5%. Athens, Ga., 16,748, increase 1,835, or 12.3%. Barberton, 0., 18,811, increase 9,-> 401, or 99.9%. Jeannett, Pa., 10,627, increase 2,550, or 31.6%. Sanford, Me., 10,691, increase 1,642, or 18.1%. Melrose Park, 111., 7,148, increase 2,341, or 48.7%. Jasonville, Ind., 4,461, increase 1,666, or 35.4%. Ft. Atkinson, Wls., 4,915, Increase 1,038, or 26.8%. Hartford, Wis., 4,515, increase 1,533, or 51.4%. Grinnell, la., 5,362, increase 326, or 6.5%. Mount Vernon, 0., 9,237, increase 150, or 1.7%.

"The man who whispers down a well I About the goods he has to sell. Won’t reap the golden, gleaming dollars • Like one who climbs a tree and hollers.” Well, I am hollerin’. I have a carload of Buggies to sell. —C. A. ROBERTS. An armload of old papers for Be at The Democrat office.