Meanings
plural pop'ns
- abbreviationAbbreviation of population.
Pop'n
1869 August 27, anonymous author, “Population of the West.”, in Steubenville Weekly Herald, volume 64, number 27, via NewspaperArchive, page 25 more examples
Average Pop'n. same time, 78,000.
1828, anonymous author, The Picture of New-York, and Stranger's Guide to the Commercial Metropolis of the United States, New York: A. T. Goodrich, via Internet Archive, page 173Various Foreign Pop'ns
1892, Davis S. Monroe, editor, Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New York; Cincinnati: Hunt & Eaton; Cranston & Curtis, via Internet Archive, page 673Total Pop'n
1908, “The City of Chicago”, in Ernst W. Olson, editor, History of the Swedes of Illinois, The Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company, via Internet Archive, page 128Income Characteristics (General Pop'n) (cont.)
1979, Jan A. Stølen, Travel Needs, Mobility and Accessibility to Opportunities for the Elderly, Kristiansand: Agder Distriktshøgskole, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 167Avg annual pop'n change
2000 June 1, Catherine Harris, quoting Rose Zgodzinski, “Urban prospects”, in Canadian Banker, volume 107, number 2, via EBSCO, →ISSN, page 43
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