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Show I POPULATION OF OGDEN. A report was circulated, soon alter i ho first announcement of tho census figures, that Ogdcn S total had been reduced, out the statement was incorrect incor-rect The official circular which han been received gives Ogden S2.804, and Weber county 4.;. 16;: In mo ogden had 25,580 and the county 35,179. 1'fah county, of which Provo la the county seat, has 40,792. und Cache county, with Logan as the conni seat.! has 26,962. with 9.-139 in Logan. The population of Ogden over a period pe-riod of sixty vearH is as follows: In 1860. ten years before the coming Of the railroad. Ogden had 1164, but more than doubled In population wltn the building of tle transcontinental load, in 1870 having 3127. Tn 1880 the town had commenced to boast of its size, with 60C9 mm, women and children. Then came the boom year along In 1888 and 1889 so lhat by 1890 Ogden had 14,889. Between 1890 and 1895 there was a heavy slump which did not end until about 1897. From then on, Ogden steadily has been growing The census of 1900 gave 16,313 and that of 1910, 25,580. From 1900 to 1910 Ogden had its greatest advancement, the increase being be-ing 9267. Utah's population It 149.396. of which 215,684 live In cities and towns i and 233,812 lp the country The tendency In I'tnh la toward the city and this U true of all parts of the United Stales H Thirty years ago 62 per cent of the inhabitants of Utah ware "ii the farm or range. Today only 52 per cent are outside the cities. |