Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1900 — POPULATION OF INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

POPULATION OF INDIANA.

The Census Bureau Announces It to Be 2,516,462 by Counties. The official return* as announced by the census bureau give the State of Indiana a total population "of 2,516,462, against 2,192,404 in 1890. These figures shots' an'increase in the population of the State since 1890 of .’524,058, or 14.7 per cent. The population in 1880 was 1,978,601, showing an increase of 214,103, or 10.8 per cent. The population by counties is as follows—

Adams 22.232 Allen 77,2.0; Bartholomew .24.594 Benton It, 123; Blackford .. i Boone ..26.521 Brown 9.727, Carroll 19,953; Cass • .3 1,540 Clark 31,835 Clay 34,283 Clinton .......28,202 C ra wford ..... 13,476; Daviess 29,914. Dearborn .... .2*2,104 Decatur 10,518 De Kalb 25,711 Delaware 40,024 Dubois 20,35"| Elkhart 45.052 Fayette .13,405 Floyd ...:50,115, Fountain ... . .21,440 Franklin 16.388, Fulton 17,433 Gibson :’0,090i Grant 54,00:5 Greene 28.5550 Hamilton 20.014 Hancock 10.180 Harrison ..... . 21,702; Hendricks ... .21,202, Henry 25.088 Howard ......28,575; Hnfatington . .. 28.001 Jackson 20,0:5:5 Jasper 14,202 Jay 20.81 s Jefferson 22,01:5 Jennings 15.7. u Johnson 20,2255 Kncx .... .32.740 Koscitisko ....251,100 La Grange ... .15,284 Lake . .37.892 EirForte 558.::50

I/swrence .... 25,'29 ;Madison 70,470 Marion ....... 197,227 .Marshall ..... 25.11 ft Martin 14,711 Miami 28,5544 , .Monroe 20„HT:i ■Montgomery .. 29,5488 .Morgan ...... 20,457 Newton 10,448 Noble 23,5354 Ohio ... .. .. • • 4,724 Orange ....... 16,854 Oweu 15,149 I’arke 23,000 Perry 18,778 Pike 20,486 i Porter ....... 19,175 Posev 22,333 Pulaski 14.0554 Putnam ...... 21,478 Randolph 281633 Itiplev 19.881 ; Kush 20,148 St, Joseph . 58,881 Scott 8,307 Shelby 26.491 Spencer 22.407 Starke 105431 Steuben 15,219 ;Sullivan 26.005 Switzerland .. 11.840 Tfppecanoe ... 558,659 I Tipton 19,116 I nion . 6,748 Vamlerlmrg .. 71.769 Vermilion .... 15,252 Vigo . : 62,035 ; Wabash 28,2515 . Warren 11,5471 Warrick 22,329 Washington .. 19.409 Wayne 548,970 Wells 23.449 White ........ 19,138 ;Whitley ...17.828

The population of cities having a population of more than 5,000, but less than 25,000, is as follows:

Alexandria ... 7.221; Anderson 20,178, Bedford 6,113; Bloomington .. (5,400) Brazil 7,786; Columbus 8,1301 Connorsville .. 6,836; Crawfordsville. 0,640; Elkhart .15,181 Elwood 12,050 Frankfort .... 7,100) Goshen 7,810 Greensburg ... 5.304 i Hammond .... 12,370; Hartford 5,912 Huntington ... 0,944[ Jeffersonville .10,774) Kokomo 10,6191 Lafayette 18,116|

La Porte ~ 7,113 iLogansport ... .10.204 | Marlon 17,337 ! Michigan 14,850 (Mishawaka .... 5,560 i Mt. Vermon ... 5,132 Mancie ........20,942 New Albany ...20,028 Peru 8,463 I Princeton ..... 6.041 Richmond 18,220 ; Shelbyville .... 7,109 Seymour 6,445 ) Valparaiso .... 6,280 [Vincennes 10,249 | Wabash 8,018 1 Washington ... 8,551

The population of certain incorporated places having between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants iu.1900, as announced by the census bureau, is as follows:

Albany .. ... .2,1161] Angola ........ .2,141(1 Attica 3.005 M Auburn 3,396!: Aurora 3,645|] Bluffton 4,4791! Boonville . 2,849;! Brookvllle 2,037 i! Butler ....2,0631 Cannelton 2,188 j; ClarksvHle .....2,3701 Clinton 2,918; Columbia 2,975 Covington 2,213! Crown Point .. .2,330; Decatur 4,142 Delphi 2,1351 Dunkirk 3,187, East Chicago .. .3,4411 Falrmount 3,205| Franklin ...... ,4,005 j Garret 3,910 Gas City .......3,622| Greeneastle ... i3,061i Greenfield 4.498; Iluntlngburg ...2,527! Kendulville . ...3,3541 Lawreneeburg . .4,326

Lebanon 4,465 JLlgo liter 2,231 i Linton .3,071 ! Martinsville .., .4,038 iMonticello 2,107 IMontpeller 3,405 INappanee 2,208 iNewcastle 3,406 Noblesville .....4,702 )N. Manchester.. *2,398 j North Vernon ...2,823 Plymouth 3,656 Portland 4,798 jßedkey 2,206 ißensselaer 2,255 !' Rochester 3,34 t > Rockport 2,882 ißockville ..2,04-5 ißushville 4,541 i| Spencer- 2.026 ijSullivan ..3,115 • Tell City 2,680 :|Tipton 3,7(54 ! Union City 2,716 ;Warsaw 3,987 : West Lafayette .2,302 I Whiting 3,083 j Winchester .... .3,705