"Greater"

The City of London (Lord Mayor, Sir William Alfred Waterlow) has an area of 675 acres, slightly more than one square mile; its population is less than 15,000. The City of New York (Mayor, James John Walker) covers many square miles; last week its population was announced as 6,958,792. But the City of London and "Greater London" are far different things. Greater London, in the County of London, comprising many an autonomous municipality, contains 7,742,212 people.

Last week New York, still by far the biggest U. S. city, still second in the world, awaited the Census Bureau's decision on the plea of Atlanta, Ga. that it be allowed to include Greater Atlanta, as London does Greater London, in its census count. If the Bureau refuses Atlanta's request, it lends official U. S. support to New York City's claim to first place among world metropolises.

Last week's figures showed New York's metropolitan area--within a 40-mi. radius of the City Hall--to have about 11,000,000 inhabitants, exceeding the aggregate 1930 population of Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia. London's total population for a like area is estimated at 9.500,000.

While Manhattan was the only borough in New York City to decrease in population, it is still the most densely inhabited section, with 84,383 persons per square mile.

Half the States and the District of Columbia had been fully counted last week, showed a population gain of 17%. If the other States maintain that average, continental U. S. has grown from 105,710,620 people in 1920 to 124,104,267 people this year.

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