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\ Las Vegas, Nevada, Evening Review-Journal, October 23, 1941. Vegas Population Grows By 2,400, Figures Show New Residents Believed^" To Be Permanent, i Officials Say p WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct 23 1 (WNS)— Las Vegas’ population 1 nas increased by more than 2 400 \ since the last census was taken on April 1, 1940, it was estimated |j here today. n ? , This is a much greater increase 11 i than normal, and must be attrib- ! - j uted in large part to expanded " | defense activity in the Las Vegas ii area. & j Above Normal Normal factors, even with due 1 ! allowance" for variations, would ! not have been expected to result j j m a population increase for Las 1 | /egas larger than 400 between the last census enumeration and the | present time. < .Numerous indexes were used in f ?arriving at the estimate of a 2,400 ji ! increase, including a cross-section -1 : , retail sales, social security reg- . lstrations, and . latest, available ! reports on housing conditions. <1 (Housing vacancies in the middle , income group have almost ceased to exist in Las Vegas, data gath-- , ered for government housing and' I defense agencies indicates.) : .1 ? While a considerable propor-1 i tion of Las Vegas’ sudden growth j! must be considered “boom” I growth, the newly-added pbpula- j tiori should by no .rn6ans: be re- i garded as “floating.” Most of. the I newcomers will make Las Vegas j tkeir home at least for the dura- 1 \tion of thp national defense emergency, ai?|d will continue as Las . Vegas' residents after the emergency provided there is work ? ?available for the family breadwinner. To Hold Gains j j If .the period of readjustment ?, certain to follow the emergency i however long it may last, there . is no certainty whether the United 3 lj States will see another “back ter : | the farm movement, or a period of renewed and reinvigorated in-i ?; dustrialization leading to a high-! jer urban concentration than ever ! | before. In the first event, Las1 I Vegas would stand to lose some 1 :ot its newly-gained residents. In the latter case, it not only would j h°fh its gams but probably would I continue to grow, for another dec- ” ade, at more than normal speed, j1