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Show I Utah Censes Report Shows Good Growth Utah County Make 7.5 Percent Increase. In-crease. Lohl Makes Better Growth Than Neighboring Towns. Washington, Aug. 30 Utah, forty-(lrst forty-(lrst state in population ten yoars ag6 and tho 1020 population of which Vi'ris Minounced today by tho coiisub bureau as -149,4 1G, has shown tho largoet por centnge of growth of nny stato thus far announcod In tho fourteenth c.6n bus. lta rate of growth, 20T.4 porcenf? wiib almost as large aB that for thft decade ondlng with 1910, but Ufl nimorlcal IncroaBo was exceeded ih that decade. In tho last ton years Its lncrcaso was 70,095, while ton yoars ago '"it showed an incroaso of 90,002. Thb stato now has ulmost forty times tho population It had when orgnnized as a torrltory In 18C0, and Its lncrcaso! lu tho last ton yonrs Is moro than six time the population at that tlmo. Utah had a population of 1173,351 1$ 1910, ranking ns tho forty-first most populous stato in tho union. It show-j ed an increase of 90,002 or 34.9 per, cont over 1900, having had tho larg ost growth numerically In Its history to that time. In area Utah ranked as tonth largest larg-est stato In tho union In 1910, with n land nroa of 82,184 squaro mllos, making Its population avorago 4.5 per squaro mllo. Utah county mndo a growth of 7,Q percont or an lncrcaso of 2850 since 1910. Her present population la glvon, as 40,792. Lohl city's growth has boon largor tho lust ton yearB than olther Amorl' can Fork or Plensant Grovo But does not compnro with tho cltlea In tho southern ,part of tho county. There' aro now 114 moro porsons living lions than thoro woro In 1910 tho conBiis roiort shows. This Incroaso Is on-; couraging whon compared with American Ameri-can Fork which has a loss of 34 porsons. por-sons. Populations ot Incorporated placos lu Utah county, Utah, as announced today by tho census bureau, nro aB follows, tho 1920 flguros being given firm and tho 1910 flguros second: Alplno - 470 490 Amorlcnn Fork 2703 2797 aoshon - 520 470 Lohl . -.... 3078 t 2901 Mnploton 580 534 Payson 3031 2397 Pleasant Grovo 1082 1018 Provo - 10,303 8925 Salem 009 093 Santaquln 978 915 SpaniBh Fork 4030 3401 Sprlngvlllo 3010 3350 o- |