240 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-I3TI ANNUAL REPORT

 CITIES AND TOWNS
 The largest cities and towns, with their total population at different census periods since 1890, are shown in Table 23. They
are arranged in order of size in 1915, because the 1920 figures are still subject to revision.
 TABLE 23.
Total Population of Largest Cities and Towns in Central Florida, 1S90 to 1920.
 1 1890 18951 1900 19051 19101 19151 1920 CITIES I I (June)I (July) April) .Jizly (.lan.i
Tampa ---------------------- 5,5321 15,634 15.8391 22,823 37,7821 4S,1601 51,252
West Tampa ---------------I -----I 2,815 2,355 3,6611 8,2581 7,8371 8.463
St. Petersburg' --__-- --- _--I 2731 3081 1,5751 2,3161 4,127 7,186 14,237 Lakeland ----------------- 552 ? 1.180 3,2991 3,19 7,287 7,
Orlando --------------------I 2,8561 2,993 2.4811 3,5111 3,8941 6,4481 9,282
Ocala -..-------------------_ 2,904 4,597 3,3801 4,4931 4.3701 5,3701 4.914
Sanford -------------------- 2.0161 1,5171 1,4501 2,8221 3,5701 4,998! 5,588
Daytona ------------------_ 7711 1.4251 1,690 2.1991 3.082 4,526 5,445
Kissimmee ---------------- 1,086 1,1721 1,1321 1.530 2,1571 4,2211 2,722
DeLand ------------------ 1,1131 1.6091 1,449 1.4961 2,8121 3,4901 3.324
Bartow ------------------- 1,3861 1,931! 1,9831 1.9501 2,662 3,4121 4,203
Plant City ---------------____ 3491 ? 1 7201 1.5441 2,4811 3,2291 3,729
Fort Meade ---------------- 2671 3501 261! 3221 1,165 2,1501 2.029
St. Cloud ------------------I_----.. I---_ ..----. ? ? 2,089! 2,011
New Smyrna ------------I 2871 500 543 7501 1,121 2,0121 2,007
Dade City ----------------- 3211 ? 1 5091 7941 1,066 1,950 1,296
Tarpon Springs -----------_. 3271 562! 541 740 2.212 1.938! 2,105
Clearwater -----------------I_---- 3001 3431 610 1,171 .1,932 2,427
Zephyrhills -----------------I------ I----I------I ? 423 1,450 577
Brooksville -----------------. 5121 608! 641! 709 9791 1,385 1,011
Leesburg _------------------- 7221 805 765! 844 991 1,3601 1.835
Titusville ------------------ 746 831! 756 948! 868 1,310 1,361
Winter Haven -------------- ----I------I-----I_ 3751 ? I 1,226 1,597
Eustis --------------------- I---- 563 411! 529 9101 1,148j 1,193
Mulberry ------------------I-----.I.------ I.----- 850 1,418 1,121! 1,499
Port Tampa City__----------I----_ 1,111! 1,367! 1.049 1,343 1,0711 1,030

 These actual figures should not be taken literally, for much depends on the area included in the city or town. And an extension of the city limits, which is a rather frequent occurrence, may make an abnormal apparent increase between two successive censuses. The apparent decreases in the population of Lakeland, Kissimmee and Dade City between 1915 and 1920 are hard to understand, unless the areas covered by the enumerators were smaller at the latter period, or there was some error in tabulating the returns. The increases in some, popular winter resorts at the
 same time are doubtless due partly to the fact that the census of 1915 was taken in summer and that of 1920 in winter. For although the census is supposed to count only bona-fide residents,