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The Census

The Census image
Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
August
Year
1860
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The census return of Pittóurgii and urb, it is cstiumted, will foot up 130,000. ii the year 1850 the same torritorv had 88,312. Pittsburgh proper ':. .s 'it'ty (ivo Uiousnnd; the populntion on the south BÏdfl of tlie river, including; South and West I'i; sburgb, Binuinzj;un, K;ist ]5rmng!iam, Monongafiela', nd Teinperanceitille, will rcacli eigbtceu md; Alhighcny City thirtv fivo tlia rot is in tha incorporated euburba and (djaceut lownships. We have now most of the leading Pennsylvania cutíes snd towns, na bo.low: Phüadolphiü, 650,000j Eeading, 24,000; Harrisbiirg, 14,(;v!; Scrantor:, 12,000 York, 10,000; AÜGDtown, 8,047; PitUbnvgh, 130 000: Lancnster, 18,000; Ñorristown, 13,500; PottanUé, 14.000; Kaston, 10,000; Wilkeabarrc, 7,90. In 21 of the 161 tovrna oi' Cocnpcticut from whioh returns hare been reportod, the population stands 94,841, agaiiist,C6,284 in the samo towns ten year.s ago, thus showing a gain of 2'j,f60, or abJiit tífty per cent. Hartford will probably gain about 16,000; New Haren, 19,00(1; Norwioh, 6,000; Middletown, 3,000; Ncff London, mora tlinn 3,000. The population of certain WisoonsJn oities U na fol'ows: Kenoshs, 4,081; Jefferson, 5,242; Benver Dam, S,Olf; Iloricon nnd Fox Lnfce, aboat J,800 cach. Tho returns a.3 faras receivcd indicato tbat tho present popdatinn of Newark N J,is 75,'JOO. In 18C0 it was but 3,894. Tho poptilation of Balxlijne, tor, in ro-and numbars, ia 13,000, wLich is & f.illingoff of 4,000. l'hfl population of Golunbu?, O . sa-d to be about 22,0 JO, on iucrease 4,00') sinco 1850. Tlio censtia roturtia yhow timl Bidtimore haa a pipulatio -, í 'iífilü. The popuktion of JBwwsvilIe, I:iJ., is represented to be l'iiO. Bridgeport; Öt., h 13,iM0 inÜaiitants, ngaiuRt 75JS iii IS50,