The chart is from the passage "Drawn to Barre." A 3-column table with 4 rows. Column 1 is labeled Year with entries 1830, 1880, 1890, 1900. Column 2 is labeled Barre Population with entries 2,012; 2,060; 6,790; 10,000. The third column is labeled Percent increase with entries blank, 2.4 percent, 229.6 percent, 47.3 percent.
Based on the passage, which best describes the purpose of this chart?

to emphasize how the development of unions affected the population
to show how the population of Barre decreased when stone workers arrived
to emphasize how the growth of the railroad affected the population
to show how the population of Barre decreased when it became more artistic