| 1910 |
1900 |
1890 |
Per Cent |
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| CLASSIFICATION | Number of places |
Population | Number of places |
Population | Number of places |
Population | 1910 |
1900 |
1890 |
| Total population | 91,972,266 | 75,994,575 | 62,947,714 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Urban territory | 2,405 | 42,623,383 | 1,894 | 30,797,185 | 1,510 | 22,720,223 | 46.3 | 40.6 | 36.1 |
| 1,000,000 or more | 3 | 8,501,174 | 3 | 6,429,474 | 3 | 3,662,115 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| 500,000 to 1,000,000 | 5 | 3,010,667 | 3 | 1,645,087 | 1 | 806,343 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| 250,000 to 500,000 | 11 | 3,949,839 | 9 | 2,861,296 | 7 | 2,447,608 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 100,000 to 250,000 | 31 | 4,840,458 | 23 | 3,272,490 | 17 | 2,781,894 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 50,000 to 100,000 | 59 | 4,178,915 | 41 | 2,760,477 | 30 | 2,027,569 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 25,000 to 50,000 | 120 | 4,062,763 | 82 | 2,785,667 | 67 | 2,298,765 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 10,000 to 25,000 | 374 | 5,609,208 | 286 | 4,409,900 | 232 | 3,487,139 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 5,000 to 10,000 | 629 | 4,364,703 | 477 | 3,278,518 | 361 | 2,495,594 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| 2,500 to 5,000 | 1,173 | 4,105,656 | 970 | 3,354,276 | 792 | 2,713,196 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Rural territory | 49,348,883 | 45,197,390 | 40,227,491 | 53.7 | 59.5 | 63.9 | |||
| Incorporated towns of less than 2,500 inhabitants |
11,784 | 8,119,528 | 8,892 | 6,247,645 | 6,466 | 4,719,835 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
| Other rural territory | 41,229,355 | 38,949,745 | 35,507,656 | 44.8 | 51.3 | 56.4 | |||