Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1920 — CAPITOL CITY SHOWS BIG GAIN [ARTICLE]

CAPITOL CITY SHOWS BIG GAIN

Census Returns Give Indianapolis a Population of 314,194. The population of Indianapolis for 1920 as made public by the census bureau Friday night is 314,194, a gain of 80,544, or 34.05% over the population of 1910. This is the greatest gain the city has ever made in number of people, but not in per, cent. In 1840 the city had a population of 2,692; 1850, 8,091; 1860, 18,611; 1870, 48,244; 1880, 75,056; 1890, 105,436; 1900, 169,164; 1910, 233,650. The percentage of gain during the last decade is greater than that of any other city of its class. The standing of Indianapolis as the 22d largest city in the United States may be advanced by this census.