Washtenaw's Gain In Population

The full census returns for the county of Washtenaw have not yet been received at the county clerk's office, but already some interesting comparisons may be made which will be found to be approximately correct. The returns have no recapitulations, and will not be tabuulated until they reach Lansing, but the Argus, yesterday, made a hasty unofficial tabulation from the returns now in with the following result : Pop. 1894. Pop. 1890. AnnArborcity 11070 9431 Ana Arbor town. . . . mi 1383 Augusta 1823 1769 Bridgewater 1064 1084 Dexter 678 702 Freedom 1092 11 34 Lyndon 687 617 Manchester 2 118 2178 Northfield H7í 13IO Pittsfield 1144 JI58 Salem 1203 1182 Saline 1684 1659 Scio 1905 1946 Sharon 1055 1014 Superior mi i96 Webster 840 863 Ypsilanti city 6094 6129 The gains in population in the four years were as follows: Ann Arbor city, 1639; Augusta, 54; Lyndon, 70; Salem, 21; Saline, 25; Sharon, 41; Superior, 15. The losses were as follows : Ann Arbor town, 272; Bridgewater,2o; Dexter, 24; Freedom, 42; Manchester, 60; Northfield, 35; Pittsfield, 12; Scio, 41; Webster, 23; Ypsilanti city, 35. Lyndon shows the heaviest gain of the townships, and Ann Arbor town the greatest loss, owing in part to annexation to the city. Manchester village has a population of 1166, as against 1191 four years ago, a loss of 25. Dexter village has a population of 871, a loss of 8, over four years ago, when the population was 879. Salem village has a population of 141, Dixboro boasts of 65 inhabitants, while Whitmore Lake can muster 108. The population of Ann Arbor city, by wards, is as follows : lJop. '94. Pop. '90. Gain First ward.... 2516 2462 54 Second ward.. 2131 1676 454 Third ward.. . . 1938 1503 435 Fourth ward.. 1908 1619 289 Fifth ward. . . . 732 719 13 ixth ward 1845 l452 393 Total 11070 9431 1639 The Second ward leads in the gain being closely followed by the Third. There are 2,464 houses in the city and 2,712 families divided among the wards of the city, as follows : Houses. Families. First ward 532 563 Second ward 450 479 Third ward 402 456 Fourth ward 425 448 Fifth ward 198 205 Sixth ward 457 561 Total 2464 2712 The population of Ypsilanti city, by wards, is as follows : Pop. 1894. 1890. First ward 1324 1373 Second ward 1080 938 Third ward '.1490 1697 l'ourth ward 720 767 Fifth ward 1480 1354 Total 6094 6129 Thegains were as follows: Second ward, 142, and Fifth, 126. The losses were: First ward, 49; Third, 207, and Fourth, 47. A few other census notes raay prove of interest. Ann Arbor town has 229 houses and 243 families. Lyndon has 132 houses and 137 families. There were 10 deaths in the town last year. Sharon has 211 houses and 221 families. Northfield has 261 houses and 268 families. Salem has 301 houses and 313 families. Freedom has 206 houses and 216 :amilies. Bridgewater has 238 houses and 246 families. Webster has 174 houses and 177 iamilies. Augusta has 411 houses and 414 :amilies. Pittsneld has 219 houses and 227 families. Saline village has 638 inhabitants in the township of Saline and 22 in York, a total of 660, with Lodi and Pittsfield to hear f rom. With five townships to hear from Washtenaw county shows a gain in population of 1301 over the census of 1890, when the population of the county was 42,210, so that it may be safely estimated that the population of the county is now not far from