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Show CAUGK 1 EY 1 Ht C&N3U-S. Is Thiicac-ipi-io. there is one boms to every five inhabitants- AST number .Ti dvrelLr, gc- in the United States ia was 5:3;5:i. The population ci the Cnited C.cu.as in the last ten years has mci casest tsven-ty tsven-ty percent; its or.tput cf new books., one hundred per cent. A oekebax census cf Costa Eiea recently re-cently completed shows a population of 243,205. San Jose is the most populous province with "6,712 irhafcitints. Chicaoq now lias a population of 1,500,000, according to an estimate based on the canvass made for the city directory direct-ory just issued. This is on increase- of about S00.COO over tee school census of 1890. The block which probably has the largest population cf auy ir. he world is in New York, bounded by Avenues B and C, Second and Third aven,'es. It has a population of 3,;00ort the surprising sur-prising rate of 1,000,000 to the square mile. |