Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-07

The tables of the census, thus tx com |
plcted, show great changes II population |
during the last decade f11Iitcn States
only hold in 1880 the same rank which |
they held in 1870 These are % New
York, (a) Pennsylvania, 81 Ohio, az Hi |
nois, % Missouri, % Indiana, % Massa-
chusetts, (s) Kentucky, 90 Georgia, Ql)
North Carolina (2D Louisiana, cd Cali
fornia, CD New Hampshire, (jol oregon
Sixteen States have gone lower in the list
and six States go up higher iowa, the
eleventh in 1870, has now become Inc nin'h'
changing places with Tennessee. Virginia
that was tenth, has gone downto thirteenth
and oives place to TcNas, which goes MP nine
placcs--thc greatest Use made by amy state,
lut Kansas. which makes Tie samc-and
mis- herself next 10 Iowa. Michigan, that
was thirteenth. sinks 10 fifteenth, while WIS
consin falls one and becomes sixteenth.
Alabama that was sixteenth and New Jersey.
each fall! one, while Mississippi, which WAS
eighteenth, falls five and Incomes twenty
third: MARYLAND falls from twcHtIrth 10
t,vcnty-s.cnnd. South Carolina, which was
tw;nty-ii first, rises two steps and stands ninc-
tecuii,. Maine fails from the twcniy-third
10 tie twenty ninth losing six places the
greatest reduction il rank experienced by
amy State. Cannecticnt Loses three places,
f:lIinr ff,.n the twenty fifth TO the
,weniv-cighlh. Arkansas ascends one from
twenty-sixth 10 twenty filth. western
Virginia falls two steps, from TWEEN
tv-seyenth to twcnty-ninth. Minnesota
rises two. from twcnty-cighth TO twenty
sixth. Kansas steps up ninc, from twenty
niuih 10 twentieth Vermont thirticth,
Rhode Island thirty second. and Flor
nj, tlirtythird, each fall one place -
Colorado comes i'll as thirty-iiiih,
Delaware thiriy-fourth in $50 Is now
tblrtv-scvcnll,. Nebraska asccnds from
lhirty-fiflh 10 thrlictl, while Nevada, with
n considerable increase of population. still
remains at the foot of the roll. Comparing
sections, the figures show that the South is
increasing faster than the North-though
this unexpected result is in part, doubtless,
only apparent, and Is explained by the fact
that the census of 1870 was very lmperiectly
taken in the South The official tables
credit the Southern section with growth
in the past ten years Of 30 per cent and the
Northern States with a growth Of only q
per cent. Assuming that the new Congress
sional apporlionment will be on the basis oil
a House of 300 members, the States lately IN
rebellion would be entitled to 112 Represent
atives, against 1873 Representatives allotted
| TO the North. The New England States
have gained only Il per cent, while New
York, New Jersey ard Pennsylvania have
gained only 10 per cent. Of the Southern
tier, the Gulf States gained 3G per cent,
while those On the Atlantic scaboard gam
but o9.G per cent. The centre OF population
and therefore of power is still moving to the
West. The ten States assigned 10 The
Vest have increased slightly over % per
cent since 1870, while the five young Com
monwcallis that lie Yves; of the Mississippi
river show the enormous gain OF S..3 per
cent in the ten years. Iowa has grown at
the rate of Sc per cent per cent higher
than the gain Of the South. Nevada has
gained 465 per cent California, BIB per
cent Minnesota, ...G per cent; Oregon,
o.. . per cent Kansas. 1871 per cent &; Ne
braska, a6..I rcr cent Colorado, 3s1.S per
cent. Thus westward the star of Empire
still takes It's way.