240 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



• CITIES AND TOWNS 



The largest cities and towns, with their total population at dif- 

 ferent census periods since 1890, are shown in Table 23. They 

 are arranged in order of size in 191 5, Because the 1920 figures are 

 still subject to revision. 



TABLE 22^. 



Total Population of Largest Cities and Towns in Central Florida, 1890 to 1920. 



18901 18951 



CITIES 



Petersburg 



Tampa 1 5,532 



West Tampa 



St. 

 Lakeland 



Orlando 



Ocala 



Sanford 



Daytona 



Kissimmee _. 



DeLand 



Bartow 



Plant City __ 

 Fort Meade . 

 St. Cloud --- 

 New Smyrna 

 Dade City - 



Tarpon Springs 



Clearwater 



Zephyrliills 



Brooksville 



Leesburg 



273| 



552 1 



2,856| 



2,904| 



2.0161 



Ti\\ 



1,086] 



1,113] 



1,386| 



349 1 



2671 



15,634] 



2,815| 

 308 1 



• I 

 2,993 1 

 4,597] 

 1,517| 

 1.425 1 

 1,1 72 1 

 1,609 

 1,931| 



? I 

 3501 



1900| 1905| 1910 



(June) I (July)i: April) 

 15.839 22,8231 37,782 



1915| 



1.1 Illy I 



1920 



(.lan.i 



2,355 



1,575 

 1.180 

 2.481 

 3,380 

 1,450 

 1,690 

 1,132 

 1,449 

 1,983 

 720 

 261 



287] 

 321| 



327| 



500] 



562 1 

 3001 



543 

 509 

 541 

 343 



512] 

 722] 

 746] 



608] 

 805| 

 831] 



641] 



765] 

 756] 



5631 



4111 



1,111 1,367] 



3,661 1 

 2,316| 

 3, 299 1 

 3,511] 

 4,493] 

 2,822| 

 2.199 

 1.530 

 1.496 

 1.950 

 1.544 

 322 



750 

 794 

 740 

 610 



709 

 844 

 948 



375] 



529| 



850| 



1.049] 



8,258 

 4,127 

 3,719 

 3,894 

 4,370 

 3,570 

 3,082 

 2,157 

 2,812 

 2,662 

 2,481 

 1,165 



V 



1,121 



1.066 



2.212 



1.171 



423 



979 



991 



868 



910 

 1.418 

 1,343 



48,160] 

 7,8371 

 7,186 

 7,287 

 6,448 

 5,370 

 4,998 

 4,526 

 4,221 

 3,490 

 3,412 

 3,229 

 2,150 

 2,080 

 2,012 

 1,950 

 1.938 

 1.932 

 1,450 

 1,385 

 1,360 

 1,310 

 1,226 

 1,148 

 1.121 

 1,071 



51,252 

 8,463 



14,237 

 7,062 

 9.282 

 4.914 

 5,588 

 5,445 

 2,722 

 3.324 

 4,203 

 3,729 

 2.029 

 2,011 

 2,007 

 1,296 

 2,105 

 2,427 

 577 

 1,011 

 1.835 

 1,361 

 1,597 

 1,193 

 1,499 

 1,030 



Titusville 



Winter Haven 



Eustis 



Mulberry 



Port Tampa City 



These actual figures should not be taken literally, for much 

 depends on the area included in the city or town. And an exten- 

 sion of the city limits, which is a rather frequent occurrence, may 

 make an abnormal apparent increase between two successive cen- 

 suses. The apparent decreases in the population of Lakeland, Kis- 

 simmee and Dade City between 191 5 and 1920 are hard to under- 

 stand, unless the areas covered by the enumerators were smaller 

 at the latter period, or there was some error in tabulating the 

 returns. The increases in some, popular winter resorts at the 

 same time are doubtless due partly to the fact that the census of 

 191 5 was taken in summer and that of 1920 in winter. For al- 

 though the census is supposed to count only bona-fide residents, 



