Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1920 — AND STARKE COUNTY LOSES 289 [ARTICLE]

AND STARKE COUNTY LOSES 289

In Population During Past 10 Y*ara -Lothar Counties Loa*. Our neighboring county of Starke has a population of 10,278, according to the 1920 census. This is a lose of 289 or 2.7 per cent during the last decade. Starke is not alone by any mean* among Indiana agricultural counties in loafing in population in the last 10 years. The population of Whitley county is announced as 15,660, a loos of 1,232 or 7.3 per cent; Montgomery county, 28,490, loss of 806 or 2.8 per cent; Morgan county, 30,010, a lose of 1,173 or 5.5 per cent. Thirty In Indiana have populattone of 10,000 or more. Of this number 10 have populations of more tnan 30,000 each. Indfcnapoliß, of course, leads the Mst, with a population of 314,194. Ft. Wayne has gone into undisputed possession of second place with 86,549, while Evansville is third with 85,264. Gary bas jumped into sixth place with 55,844. The comparative rank ot the 30 leading Indiana cities is, according to tbe return* of the census hureau, as follows: Indianapolis, 314,194; Ft. Wayne, 86,549; Evansville, 85,264; South Bend, 70,983; Terre Haute, 65,914; Gary, 55,344; Muncie, 36,524; Hammond, 36,004; East Chicago, 35,967; Kokomo, 30,067; Anderson, 29,767; Richmond, 26,728; Elkhart, 24,277; Marion, 23,747; New Albany, 22,992; Lafayette, 22,486; Logansport, 21,626; Michigan City, 19,457; Vincennes, 17,210; Mishawaka, 15,195; Laporte, 15,158; Newcastle, 14,458; Huntington, 14,000; Peru, 12,561; Bloomington, 11,595; Frankfort, 11,858; Clinton, 10,962; Whiting, 10,140; Crawfordsville, 10,189; Jeffersonville, 10,098. .