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THE city population of the United 

 States during the ten years 

 ending with the last census in- 

 creased by nearly 37 per cent, in actual 

 numbers 7,642,817, while the increase 

 in the total population of the country 

 during the same period was not quite 

 2 1 per cent. 



In 1900 there were 160 cities, 161 in- 

 cluding Honolulu, having a population 

 of over 25,000. Of this number nine- 

 teen cities contained 200,000 inhabitants 

 or more, nineteen cities had between 

 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants, fort}^ 

 cities had between 50,000 and 100,000, 

 and eighty-three had between 25,000 

 and 50,000. A recent bulletin of the 

 Census Bureau, prepared under the di- 

 rection of William C. Hunt, gives some 

 interesting facts and figures relative to 

 growth of the city population in the 

 United States. 



In 1890 there were 124 cities which 

 had a population of 25,000 or more, but 

 of these cities Brooklyn and lyong Island 

 City now form a part of New York city, 

 showing a net gain of thirty-nine cities 

 in 1900, as compared with 1890. Of 

 the 124 cities in 1890, sixteen had 200,- 

 000 inhabitants or more, twelve had be- 

 tween 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants, 

 thirt)' had between 50,000 and 100,000 

 inhabitants, and sixty-six had between 

 25,000 and 50,000. 



In 1880 there were but twenty cities 

 which contained more than 100,000 in- 

 habitants, but in 1890 this number had 

 increased to twenty-eight, and in 1900 

 to thirty-eight. 



In 1900 there were seventy-eight cities 

 of 50,000 inhabitants or more, as com- 

 pared with fifty-eight in 1890 and thirty- 

 five in 1880. 



The nineteen cities of the first class 

 comprise New York, which, with more 

 than 3,000,000 inhabitants, properly 

 stands by itself ; two cities, Chicago and 

 Philadelphia, each of which has a popu- 

 lation in excess of a million; three cities, 

 St. Louis, Boston, and Baltimore, which 

 have a population of half a million each ; 

 five cities, Cleveland, Buffalo, San Fran- 

 cisco, Cincinnati, and Pittsburg, which 

 have a population of between 300,000 

 and 400,000 each, and eight cities, New 

 Orleans, Detroit, Milwaukee, Washing- 

 ton, Newark, Jersey City, I^ouisville, 

 and Minneapolis, which have a popula- 

 tion of between 200,000 and 300,000 

 each. 



The following-named States and Ter- 

 ritories in 1900 do not contain any city 

 with a population of 25,000 or more : 

 Arizona, Idaho, Indian Territor}^, Mis- 

 sissippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North 

 Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, 

 South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming. 



Of the whole number of cities having 

 25,000 inhabitants or more in 1900, 70 

 are found in the North Atlantic division, 

 49 in the north central division, 18 in the 

 south central division, 12 in the western 

 division, 11 in the South Atlantic divis- 

 ion, and I in Hawaii. Massachusetts 

 has the largest number of such cities, 

 namely, 20, and is followed by Pennsyl- 

 vania with 18 and New York with 12. 



The most significant growth of cities 



* Census Bulletin No. 70, 



