Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — COLORADO. [ARTICLE]

COLORADO.

The First State to Iteport Her In ter decennial Census. [Wash ngton dispatch.] Secretary Lamar received an iron box to--day containing the census returns of Colorado. The law requires that States that expect Government aid in the taking of the interdeoennial census must send in their returns before Sept 1. Colorado is the first to report. The population of Colorado has increased from 194,327 in 1880 to 243,910 in 1885, a gain of 49,583. The number of farmers in the State is nearly doubled; there being 8,474 to 4,506 in 1880. The 559 manufacturing establishments in 1880 have multiplied to 1,001.