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Metropolitan Area Population Increased2.5% SinceApriL>1940 237 Counties and Independent Cities Counted In 42-Month Period to March 1, 1943 LATEST population figures for 237 counties and independent cities of the nation were released last week by the Bureau of the Census and are subjoined in a table prepared by the Census Bureau showing preliminary estimates of the civilian populations of each area, listed under the names of the central cities, for March 1, 1943, with figures for April 1, 1940, for comparison. The civilian metropolitan population of the United States has increased about 1,690,000, or 2.5%, between April 1, 1940 and March 1, 1943, a period of three years and eight months, according to the estimate by J. C. Capt, director of the Census Bureau. The 237 counties and independent cities including the District of Columbia, reported on, contain most of the nation's metropolitan population. Extensive migration of civilians to these centers in connection with the prosecution of the war, says the Census Bureau bulletin, more than offset a considerable loss of men to the armed forces. Following is the Bureau's analysis of the population shifts: "Of the 137 areas (94 of which are single counties and 43 of which are combinations of counties or of counties and independent cities), 83 showed a gain in civilian population and 54 showed a loss. The combined increase for the 83 areas was about 2,970,000. The combined decrease for the remaining 54 was about 1,280,000. "The proportional change for individual areas varied from a gain of 53.4 percent in the Mobile metropolitan county, to a loss of 28.9 percent in the Sioux City metropolitan county. The numerical change varied from a gain of about 262,000 in the Washington, D. C. metropolitan counties to a loss of about 436,000 in the New York-Northeastern New Jersey metropolitan counties. "The estimates of civilian population for March 1, 1943, are based on registrations for War Ration Book Two during the initial registration period, February 22 to 27. The registration figures have been adjusted to add to an independent estimate of the population qualified to register in the United States as a whole. (This independent estimate is based on the 1940 census, the estimated number of births and deaths between April 1, 1940, and March 1, 1943, net foreign migration for the same period, and the estimated number of persons in institutions, and in the armed forces on March 1, 1943.) "The adjustment has the effect of slightly reducing each registration figure. For each area, an esti mate of the population in institutions was added to the adjusted number of registrations, to give an estimate of the total civilian population. "In order to take account of persons who registered after the close of the initial registration period, the present estimates will be revised on the basis of new figures including delayed registrations for the month of March. The new estimates will not be uniformly larger than the preliminary, however, since it will be necessary to adjust a somewhat larger number of registrations to the same independent United States total. "The revised estimates for areas in which there were few late regis trations will therefore be somewhat smaller than the preliminary figures, while the estimates for areas having a relatively large number of late registrations will be increased. "The metropolitan districts of the 1940 census are composed of the densely populated minor civil divisions in and around cities of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Their boundaries do not coincide with those of either the city or the county. Because registration data were compiled by counties, however, it was not possible to secure figures for metropolitan districts. "Instead, those counties which had at least half their population in a metropolitan district in 1940 were designated as metropolitan counties. This definition gives the closest approximation to the metropolitan district that was possible under the circumstances.1 "Estimates are not presented separately for all metropolitan counties because of the probability that, in large metropolitan areas (Percent not shown where less than 0.1) which contain two or more counties, many persons living in one county might register in another, and thus to some extent invalidate the estimate for any one county." The accompanying table presents preliminary estimates of the civilian population of metropolitan counties, listed under the names of the central cities. The change between April 1, 1940, and March 1, 1943, is given both as a number and as a percent. Figures are shown to the last digit, as computed (instead of being rounded), not because they are assumed to be accurate to the last unit but for convenience in summation. 1 Metropolitan districts for which there was no county meeting the stated requirements included Greensboro, Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill, and Waterbury. Essex and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts, parts of which are in the Lowell-Lawrence-Hav. erhill metropolitan district, are included with the Boston metropolitan counties. New Haven County, Connecticut, part of which is in the Waterbury metropolitan district, is presented as the metropolitan county for the New Haven metropolitan district. Estimated Estimated Estimated change between civilian civilian April 1, 1940, and Total Metropolitan counties population. population. March 1, 1943 population, March 1, April 1, April 1, 1943 1940 Number Percent 1940 Total (137 areas) 68,467,329 66,775,729 Akron Met. Co. (Summit Co., Ohio) 361,598 339,405 Albany-Schenectady-Troy Met. Cos. (Albany, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Cos., N. Y.) 441,043 465,500 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Met. Cos. (Lehigh and Northampton Cos., Pa.) 345,012 346,492 Altoona Met. Co. (Blair Co., Pa.) 129,566 140,358 Amarillo Met. Co. (Potter Co., Tex.) 57,643 54,265 Asheville Met. Co. (Buncombe Co., N. C.) 98,208 108,755 Atlanta Met. Cos. (De Kalb and Fulton Cos., Ga.) 523,666 477,261 Atlantic City Met. Co. (Atlantic Co., N. J.) 106,505 124,037 Augusta Met. Co. (Richmond Co., Ga.) 87,856 81,337 Austin Met. Co. (Travis Co., Tex.) 112,059 111,053 Baltimore Met. Cos. (Baltimore city, Anne Arundel and Baltimore Cos., Md.) 1,193,089 1,073,221 Beaumont-Port Arthur Met. Co. (Jefferson Co., Tex.) 174,040 145,296 Binghamton Met. Co. (Broome Co., N. Y.) 162,083 165,749 Birmingham Met. Co. (Jefferson Co., Ala.) 485,724 459,930 Boston Met. Cos. (Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Cos., Mass.) 2,715,851 2,821,477 Bridgeport Met. Co. (Fairfield Co., Conn.) 434,612 418,384 Buffalo-Niagara Met. Cos. (Erie and Niagara Cos., N. Y.) 965,608 957,677 Canton Met. Co. (Stark Co., Ohio) 242,474 234,887 Cedar Rapids Met. Co. (Linn Co., Iowa) 87,417 89,142 Charleston, S. C. Met. Co. (Charleston Co., S. C.) 148,482 117,694 Charleston, W. Va. Met. Co. (Kanawha Co., W. Va.) 210,823 195,368 Charlotte Met. Co. (Mecklenburg Co., N. C.) 146,694 151,826 Chattanooga Met. Cos. (Hamilton Co., Tenn.; Walker Co., Ga.) 218,272 211,334 Chicago Met. Cos. (Cook, Du Page, and Lake Cos., 111.; Lake Co., Ind.) 4,542,579 4,574,692 Cincinnati Met. Cos. (Hamilton Co., Ohio; Dearborn Co., Ind.; Campbell and Kenton Cos., Ky.) 852 , 473 808 , 156 Cleveland Met. Co. (Cuyahoga Co., Ohio) 1,189,088 1,216,859 Columbia Met. Co. (Richland Co., S. C.) 120,432 104,839 Columbus, Ga. Met. Cos. (Muscogee Co., Ga.; RusseU Co., Ala.) 140,077 111,269 Columbus, Ohio Met. Co. (Franklin Co , Ohio) 414,996 387,644 Corpus Christi Met. Co. (Nueces Co., Tex.) 121,901 92,644 Dallas Met. Co. (Dallas Co., Tex.) 443,368 398,471 Davenport (Iowa)-Rock Island-Moline (111.) Met. Cos. (Scott Co., Iowa; Rock Island Co., 111.) 201,722 197,673 Dayton Met. Co. (Montgomery Co., Ohio) 343,148 295,480 Decatur Met. Co. (Macon Co., III.) 84,697 84,693 Denver Met. Cos. (Arapahoe, Denver, and Jefferson Cos., Colo.) 404,820 381,267 Des Moines Met. Co. (Polk Co., Iowa) 191,528 194,575 Detroit Met. Cos. (Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Cos., Mich.) 2 , 554 , 301 2 , 373 , 823 Duluth (Minn.)-Superior (Wis.) Met. Cos. (St. Louis Co., Minn.; Douglas Co., Wis.) 228,553 253,986 Durham Met. Co. (Durham Co., N. C.) 84,508 80,244 El Paso Met. Co. (El Paso Co., Tex.) 135,885 125,868 Erie (Erie Co., Pa.) 186,785 180,813 Evansville Met. Cos. (Vanderburgh Co., Ind.; Henderson Co., Ky.) 170,702 157,766 Fall River-New Bedford Met. Co. (Bristol Co., Mass.) 356,614 364,604 Flint Met. Co. (Genesee Co., Mich.) 225,001 227,944 Fort Wayne Met. Co. (Allen Co., Ind.) 157,239 155,084 Fort Worth Met. Co. (Tarrant Co., Tex.) 255,821 225,521 Fresno Met. Co. (Fresno Co., Calif.) 167,369 178,565 Galveston Met. Co. (Galveston Co., Tex.) 98,336 79,798 Grand Rapids Met. Co. (Kent Co., Mich.) 231,755 246,338 HamiltonMiddletown Met. Co. (Butler Co., Ohio) 124,230 120,249 Harrisburg Met. Co. (Dauphin Co., Pa.) 170,691 176,952 Hartford-New Britain Met. Cos. (Hartford and Middlesex Cos., Conn.) 531 , 810 506 , 188 Houston Met. Co. (Harris Co., Tex.) 587,130 528,961 Huntington (W. Va.)-Ashland (Ky.) Met. Cos. (CabeU Co., W. Va.; Boyd Co., Ky.; Lawrence Co., Ohio) 177,420 190,102 (Balance of table on page 64) + 1,691,600 +22,193 -24,457 -1,480 -10.792 +3,378 -10,547 +46,405 17 , 532 +6,519 + 1.006 + 119,868 +28,744 -3,666 +25,794 -105,626 + 16,228 +7,931 + 7,587 -1,725 +30,788 + 15,455 -5,132 + 6,938 -32,113 +44,317 -27,771 +15,593 +28,808 +27,352 +29,257 +44,897 +4,049 +47,668 +4 +23,553 -3,047 + 180,478 -25,433 +4,264 +10,017 +5,972 +12,936 -7,990 -2,943 +2,155 +30,300 -11,196 + 18,538 -14,583 +3,981 -6,261 +25,622 + 58,169 -12,682 +2.5 +6.5 -5.3 -0.4 -7.7 +6.2 -9.7 +9.7 -14.1 +8.0 +0.9 +11.2 + 19.8 -2.2 +5.6 -3.7 +3.9 +0.8 +3.2 -1.9 +26.2 +7.9 -3.4 +3.3 -0.7 +5.5 -2.3 + 14.9 +25.9 +7.1 +31.6 +11.3 +2.0 +16.1 +6.2 -1.6 +7.6 -10.0 +5.3 +8.0 +3.3 +8.2 -2.2 -1.3 + 1.4 +13.4 -6.3 +23.2 -5.9 +3.3 -3.5 +5.1 +11.0 -6.7 66,976,482 339,405 465,643 346,492 140,358 54,265 108,755 479,828 124,066 81,863 111,053 1,083,300 145,329 165,749 459,930 2,824,955 418,384 958,487 234,887 89 , 142 121,105 195,619 151,826 211,502 4,581,111 810,097 1,217,250 104,843 111,269 388,712 92,661 398,564 198,071 295,480 84,693 385,287 195,835 2,377,329 254,036 80,244 131,067 180,889 157,803 364,637 227,944 155,084 225,521 178,565 81,173 246,338 120,249 177,410 506 , 188 528,961 190,102 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising August 30, 1943 • Page 11