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Show I Decrease in Average Growth j of 428 Cities Attributed to War and Influenza WASHINGTON. April 15. A review of the population figures of the -149 if cities and towns thus far announced was made public today by the census bureau. Comparative figures for 42S o these places in the last two decades show a decline of 6.5 per cent in the IN per centage of increase from 1910 to H 1920 as compared with the 28.1 per H cent gain during the preceding de- I The remaining 21 places represent cities or towns which were not exist- I ing as separate communities in 1900. I Up to and including yesterday's an- I nouueement, the review showed an ag- I gregate population of 10.05S.315. an in- I crease of 1,7S0,372 over 1910, or. 21.9 I per cent. I Falling off in the percentage of in- I crease for the places announced was I'" largely due to the "check on immigra- I tion, which resulted from the world w war," said Director- Rogers of tho bu- reau. Total immigration to the United I States for the last ten years showed . a decrease of 3,3G-1,000 compared with B tho preceding decade. B The recent influenza epidemic also j . a probably had some effect in retarding I 'vf ' the natural increase of population, Mr. j Rogers said. I , Population Announcements Today Follow. ' Easton, Pa., 33.S13, increase 5,290, or 18.5 per cent, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 35,000, increase I 7,064, or 25.3 per cent. Salisburg, N. C, 13.SS4, increase 6.731 or 94.1 per cent. Fulton, N. Y 13,043, increase 2,563, J or 24.5 per cent. Harrison, N. J., 15,721, increase 1,223, or 3.4 per cent. Kearny, N..J., 26,724, increase S,065, or 43.2 per cenL. Illion, N, Y 10;i69, increase 3,581 or 54.4 per cent. Oneida, N. Y., 10,541 increase, 2,224, or 26.7 per cent. |