POPULATION. The following figures show the growth of the population: 1S00. 45.365; 1S20, 581.295; 1840. 1,519.467; 1S60, 2,339.511; 1870, 2.665,260; 1880, 3,198,062: 1890, 3,672.316; 1900, 4,157.545. From eighteenth in rank in 1800 Ohio rapidly advanced to third in 1840, which position it held until surpassed by Illinois in 1890, since when it has been fourth. The greatest absolute increase was made in the decade 1830-40. From 1890 to 1900 the increase amounted to 13.2 iwr cent., as compared with 20.7 for the United States. The earliest develop ment of the State was along the Ohio River. ninny of the early settlers coining from the Southern States. lint the great bulk of the population in the later developing central and northern portions came from Pennsylvania and the Northeastern States. Ohio, partieularly the southern part, attracted large numbers of the early German and Swiss immigrants. and Cin
cinnati became well known for its large Ger man population. In 1900 the Germans eonsti tined over half of the 4.58.734 foreign-la um popu lation. In the same year the negroes numbered 96.901. The increase between 1890 to 1900 was almost wholly on the part of the urban popula tion. Only two States have a larger number of places containing over 4000 inhabitants. The 83 towns of this size in 1900 together had 44.8 per cent. of the State's population. There is an average of 102 persons to the square mile. which figure exeeeds that for any other State west of the A 1 leglia ny (mut a ins.
In l900 the population of the nine largest cities was as follow,: Cleveland, 381,768; Cin cinnati, 325,902; Toledo, 131,822; Columbus, the capital, 125,560; Dayton, 85.333; Youngs town, 44,885; Akron, 42,728; Springfield, 3S,253; Canton, 30,667.