, 1870-09-22
NEW ENGLAND.
I'hc Movement OF Population.


Although the census returns from the six
New England States are not yet complete,
they are sufficiently SO to show the general
movement Of tho population in this corner Of
the country since 1860. Some Of the facts
thus deselopsd are M curious i!s =. and important
population Of the rural districts, Jet there is
another side oven to this since this decrease
Of Lonulatiou has been by no means uuivor-
sal. Few regions Of New England are more
"rural' than Coos County, in New Hamp-
shire, yet Coos has iucrease3 its population
count1es in Massachusetts that Aare lost In
population since 1860 are the three maritime
ones of Darnstsblc, Dukes and Nantucket,
which can har1lv ho called more raral than
Hampshire and Franklin. Nor should it be
forgotten tha: great many Of the towns that
show diuiuishel population, the ye1r
through, have during nearly quarter part OF
the year. large Increase OF residents from
tie cities and larga towns. II the census OF
New Hampshire were taken in August, and
iuclndcd everybody, it would chow gain OF
20 600, at least, in tea years., Instead Of loss
Influences Of such changes as are taking place,
tic summer and autumn migration OF our
people must be considered.
The present population OF New England can
not te much less than S, ,6aQ, 600, There has
been elight falling Of in ten years in New
Hamp.lliro and possibly in Vermont: but tho
other four States have gained, and Massachu-
| setts ehows gain OF nearly 16 p6r cent
Maine and Rhode Island have gained rather
less and Connecticut rather more than this per
ceniage, and the percentage of gain in Nov
England a. a whole is more than ten. The
| nearly fourth part il uninhabited 80 that
the density OF tho population in tho inhablta-
| Lle portions 10 grcater than almost anywhere
Ia the country, Massachusetts, With less
! than 5000 squire miles, has more than I, 1876.
900 people-shoMipg . density Of Formulation
OF most European countries- And it is con
stautly increasing at = rapid rate. Within the
last five years the gain OF population in Mas
eachusctta has exceeded 900 year, O.
four to the square mile.
1t may be remarked that the greater gal,
Of late has not been in the largest cities, but il
sone Of the smaller ones. And iu the large
towns not yet grown into Cities Boston
ptrictly speaking, has gained leaa than 1000
in ten years, less thnn l6 per cent, while Ney
Haven has gained twice az much in proper
ton, Worcester and Springfield nearly fou
and Burlington and St. Albans. in Vermont, q
| least elx tunes ae much. Tue present extend
ed limits OF Boston had nearly els, 900 inhabi
tants, or 17par cent, OF ali the people Of til
State, in 1850 now Boston has some 25i ,00t
but the rest Of the State has gained as fas
age Of the whole Stale while half q doze
: OF the other citiss in Massachusetts, haTe dor
10 materially In othera words. Worceste
springfield, Fall River, Lawrence, Lynn an
Taunton are gaining upon Boston, and a
} outr;de Of the State, are New Haven, Har
j This is good sigu, for it shows that tue hut
e cltits arc not growing at tho expense of II
chef local centres.
!. In noticing the loss of population in Nc
5 Hampshire and in many OF the country to1r
= in all ill.,, States, IT may be- romsrkod that til
). is net !. loss to New England as a. whole; +
), greater number than hsve thus been draw
: oN ,,nve emig, atetl to Massachusetts and Co
y necticut, or into the growing regions OF thej
:! own statea. The increase Of population
!. Springfield, Worcester, Lawrence, Lynn. Bo
ID ton, etc,, is due very much to the influx Of pc
pie bern in New England, as we'll as to Il
IS arrival Of foreigners. Tie rural parts Of Ne
le England, which we're mostly settled BY pf
Is sors horn in the older towns near the sc
id shore. arc now repaying the obligation by Sc
Of ding their cons aud daughters BY thousan
~ xays remembered that New Englana has be-
N tending out emi9rants for nearly two cent,
- =. | les ard half, OF almost ever since the 81
~ Elements at Plymouth aud Dover and Dost1
Connecticut and Rhode Island, New Hau
ef ehire and Maine. and even Nova Scotia, We
- lsrgely colonized from Massachusetts il t
OF Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries wh
[e- thea aboard and settlements ID each sta
= kept pushing their colonies back into the in
of rior As the tide, after running up our riv
ST. for some honrs, finally turns and flows dos
H. 10 now, The stream Of emigration for 90
81. YEARS has begun to fiow back again, while
lie The same time foreign emigration also 6
IL. ! strongly toward New England, both from
"a. British provinces and from Europe The pil
,cr pal rart OF entry for those by sea is Dost
~ of courae, but considerable numbers .
~ ~ 1snd in other New England ports, aud 81
~ many OF those who land in New York 1
- - their way to New England.
ao- Tho influx from Canada and New York
II difficult to measure, but at Boston exact
an cords are kept Of those arriving By Sea-
Ind | tho last two yeara these have averaged n
than q, 900 s year, shout three-hft tbs of vi
remain ia New England, while the nuu
coming in from Canada aud New York ism
red more than enough to make up for the II
vie 1sud at Boston and so farther west.
ned ebould probably bo within: bounds i We
.ges Tie ANIMAL Increase Of population in New
land By immigration at 10000. a crest
the jori.y OF these arc men and boye, and ne
at Boston fer the Afst SIX months
=, 1870 show that out OF i, ,497 Immigrants Il
~ ed thoro 1891 were men and boys, and
Ns TAG wumen xud girls; while OF the y
neu nuro} or l0.Gl1 we're under 2a, and only
6na were over SO. The came disproportion IL
the lcycfi TO exist In tho immigrants from
e1al ara and elsewhere, so that the exces
- ~es women over mon in New England, Of
49,, ,wc hear 60 much, Ii probably increasing
w. futile, II any, while the proportion OF s.
- t.pla to old is also pretty well kept up.
fo'Atl e1csa Of women in 1860 was tnst .
ia 2.0..ke men being in excess in Maine
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