In numerical advance, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, and
Illinois led. The increase in New York was nearly 2,000,000, in
Pennsylvania over 1,000,000, and in the other three States nearly
900,000 each.
Another notable fact brought out by the thirteenth census was that the
growth of the cities was greater than during the preceding ten years.
The rate of growth of the medium-sized cities was more rapid than that
of the large cities. This was not the case during the preceding decade.
Of the total population of continental United States, 46.3 per cent were
urban. That is, 42,623,383 of the inhabitants resided in cities and