Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-26 | Page 11 | Chicago Population Remains About Same

I Chicago Population Remains About Same CHICAGO Dec 26 P Robert lP-Robert Robert Kingery general manager of the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago regional planning association said today the population of Chicago remained virtually stationary at approximately approximately ap up ap- ap proximately during 1932 The usual annual gain is h he said in explaining it did not take place this year because hundreds of families deserted the city for the farm while the normal exodus from farm to city was not evident Other reasons reason he lie ascribed for the failure of the city to grow were decreased de do- creased immigration fewer marriages mar mar- es lower birth rates and higher death rates However he said a change was expected next year and that by 1940 Chicago probably would have