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Some reliable estimates have been made of the number of 

 population for various years — estimates entirely consistent with 

 the census figures and with conditions in the city of Gary. Table 

 la shows the population of Gary by years from 1906 to 1916, 

 inclusive. 



la. POPULATION OF GARY, BY YEARS 1906-1916 12 



1906 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1914 



1915 



1916 



0 



10,223 



10,246 



16,802 



21,000 



30,000 



43,000 



37,000 



40,000 January 1. 



lb. PER CENT OF INCREASE IN POPULATION, 1900-1910, IK 

 GARY AND RATE OF INCREASE IN URBAN POPULA- 

 LATION IN LAKE COUNTY, IN INDIANA, AND 

 IN THE UNITED STATES 13 



Gary 14 



Lake County 



Indiana 



United States 



16,802 per cent 



198 . 3 per cent 



30 . 5 per cent 



34 . 8 per cent 



In 1908 it was estimated that the population was 10,223; 

 in 1909 a census was taken by the Gary Land Company, showing 

 10,246; in 1910 the United States census figures are given as 

 16,802; in 1911 an estimate in round numbers was made as 

 21,000; in 1912 as 30,000; in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916 

 the United States postal authorities obtained figures showing for 

 1914 a population in round numbers of 43,000; in 1915 because of 

 the business depression the figures fell to 37,000, and the first 

 part of 1916 rose again to 40,000 in round numbers. Thus, it 

 will be seen that in 10 years the population rose from nothing 

 to 40,000, and the rate of increase may be said to be 40,000 

 per cent for this 10-year period, if for the sake of the mathematical 

 calculation it is considered that in 1900 the population was one. 



Table lb shows the per cent of increase of population from 

 1900 to 1910 in Gary and the rate of increase of the urban popu- 

 lation in Lake county (the county in which Gary is situated), in 

 Indiana, and in the United States. These two tables show the 



^Independent 70:337; U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. II, p. 531; Survey 29:781, 88, 

 91; Survey 22:20, 31, 33; McClure's 41 :66; Putnams 5:652. 



"U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. II, pp. 556, 548; U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. I, p. 60. 

 14 For the sake of the mathematical calculation the population of Gary in 1900 

 tconsidered to be one. 



