CITY'S POPULATION 376,332.
Based Upon Number of Names in the
New Directory.
Work on the new city directory being issued by the Gould Directory Company is being rushed to completion and the figures compiled by the company statisticians give Kansas City a population of 376,332. The number of names in the directory are 158,653 and 8,120 names are deducted to allow for business concerns and non-residents. The population is arrived at by multiplying the number of names appearing in the directory by 2 1/2.
These figures give Kansas City an increase in the population over the old directory of 51,967, or an average yearly increase of 25,983 persons. The increase is due, according to the directory officials, to three causes, the rapid increase in population, extension of the city limits and the exhaustive canvass made by the company.
Only three names appear in the directory which begin with X. The letter S is the largest, rolling up a total of 15,270 names. H is second, with 13,395, although M, counting Mc's, has 15,730.
