Document 125: Table of City Population Growth
Carlos A. Schwantes, The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History (Norman: University of Nebraska Press, 1989), p. 192.
Reproduced with permission from the University of Nebraska Press.
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Urban Growth, 1880-1920, Pacific Northwest
| Year: |
1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 |
| Boise | 1,899 | 2,311 | 5,957 | 17,358 | 21,393 |
| Portland | 17,577 | 46,385 | 90,426 | 207,214 | 258,288 |
| Seattle | 3,553 | 42,837 | 80,871 | 237,174 | 315,312 |
| Spokane | 350 | 19,922 | 36,848 | 104,402 | 104,437 |
| Tacoma | 1,098 | 36,006 | 37,714 | 83,743 | 96,965 |