Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With most citizens counted, census figures last week began to outline the decade's major population shifts and growth of the U. S. Trends could be detected which would eventually be reflected politically in the reapportionment of the House of Representatives. Cities grew larger at the expense of small towns and country districts. Villages in the wheat belt lost 25% of their inhabitants. Great migrations have occurred to the Pacific coast and to Southern cities. New England barely moved...
...never before in U. S. history has a state equalled California's gain between Census counts. Census estimators figured that California has added two million people to its 3,426,861 of 1920. Three factors explain the gain: 1) industrial development including the cinema; 2) Asiatic trade; 3) good climate for sick or elderly citizens to enjoy years of leisure.* Sample of California's growth: Beverly Hills, picturesquely perched above Los Angeles, from 674 in 1920 to 17,428 in 1930, a gain of 2,485%. Some Beverly Hillers: Funnyman Will Rogers, Cinemactors Fairbanks, Barrymore, Gilbert, Mix, Lloyd, Cinemactresses Pickford...
...Other census facts...
Personally, we feel that the name of Virginia would appear to far better advantage in a Washington, Baltimore, or Richmond setting than in some of our customary Virginia towns whose identity would still be unknown if it were not for Rand-McNally and an efficient census bureau. College Topics...
...Administration building. . . . first unit of a $4,000,000 program we will execute in 1930." Admitting that Chicago spends $30,000,000 yearly on liquor, half of which is in bribes and pay for professional assassins, he announced that the city is only 39th in the U. S. Census Bureau's murder rating. "Furthermore," said he, "we haven't missed those done away with very badly...