Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1898 — Chicago's Population. [ARTICLE]

Chicago's Population.

Chicago, July 6. —The population of Chicago, according to the school census, is 1,851,588, indicating a gain of 234,953 in the last two years. The result of the census of 1896 was 1,616,635. The estimate made by the publishers of the city directory recently was 1,893,000. The school census shows the North side to have a population of 326,817, the South side G 80.527, and the West side 844.244. The largest ward in the city is the Thirtieth, with a population of 110,062. The population of the city consists of 945,868 males and 905,720 females.