Daily Republican., 1881-01-04
The Census Of the Nation.

The Census OF tnS N NaslOh'
The Superintendent OF Census has &C
far completed the compilation Of the
population Of the Nation by States that
he fixes the number at SO, 1852, ,556, the
increase since 1870 being So.o7 pei
cent. The Southern States appear e
have increased faster than the North
ern, but this is accounted for. by tL'
detective census taken in the Southern
states in 1870. The comparison Of re-
suits by sections as officially reported
gives on increase of 27.ol per cent. fol
the North and 33.03 Per cent. for tlt
South. The Northern States have in
creased from "a, 277, $50 in 1870 to 30
SCI, ,6Q9 in 1880. In the Southern
States the increase has been from l3, ),
S77, ,6l5 in 1870 to 1S,50S,l l76 in 1850
II the next apportionment for Congress
should be 800 members, the ratio
would be 1G4, ,566 to each district. The
former slave States would be entitled to
ll2 members in the aggregate, while
the free States would be entitled to
lSS members. The States that touch
upon the Atlantic including the States
OF Vermont aud West Virginia have a
population of q, 92l, ,559. The remain
ing States and Territories excepting
Ohio have population Of Is, ,033 zoe
The fortioth parallel Of latitude
equally divides the population between
the North and South within less than
2OO,OO
The old appellatjons Of Eastern,
Middle, Western and Southern States
nave become obsolete. The old elave
States ars naturally classed together
and called the South, and all Of thela
lie wholly below the fcrtieth parallel q
Latitude except narrow strip OF Mis-.
souri,. Great confusion sometimes have
Occurrsd by the habit Of statisticians
and others including Maryland and
Delaware with New York, New Jersey
and Pennsy lvania and calling them the
Middle States. The States north Of the
fortieth parallel and east Of Ohio nat.
urslly form a division by themselves
and might very properly be called the
Eastern States. They have a poprla-
tion Of IA. sos, ,llj, against II 26s, ,730
in 1870, an increase Of l7.9 per cent.
The six old New England States have a
population of 4,Oll, ,3l2, with an in.
creaFe Of $50 per cent.
The. remaining States Of New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have a
Of 10, 49c,802, with III in
crease Of l9.l per cent.
The Southern, including ali the six.
teen formerly slaveholding States,
have a population of 1903 ,l7S, an
increase of 1873 per cent. OF these,
the seven which touch upon the Allan
tic, with West Virginia, have a popu-
IatiOn Of 7 Ala, ,444, an increase Of 70. G
per cent. while the eight remaining
States which are drained into the Gulf
nave a population Of II, l,O94 1872, with
III increase Of 800 per cent.
The West naturally includes all the
States lying north Of the fortleth par
'llel aud east of the Rocky Mountains
md for political REASONS including Kan |
as and Colorado. These ten State |
lavs a population Of Is, 2j7, ,775, against
l,2Sj, 400 in 1870, an increase of 3J q
Yer cent. The five Western States
Which lie north OF the Ohio and cas-,
+ the Mississippi Rivers, have a popu-
alton Of II, ,204 270, and an increase Of
2.8 per cent. The i've which lie West
t the Mississippi have population of
.047, 500, and an increase of S73 Ter
ent. the largest per cent. by groups in
le Union. No State east of the Mis-
ssippi has gained as much as so per
'nt. in ten years, but Nevada with
B,5 per cent. and Iowa with $50 Der
mt, are the only States west OF the
iss.sGippi, that have not gained so
sr csnt. The increase in California Ia
1ly b. per cent; in Arkansas, 65.7I,
ar cent; in Minnesota, 77.6 per cent;
Oregon, 92.2 per cent; in Texas, 95 q
r cent in Kansas, 1871 per cent III
Nebraska, 261.7 per cent and in
dorado, 387 5 per cent. The three b
tcifc States, California, Oregon and
,vada have population of l 1,lO1 ,7lS I
tn a gain Of 58.S Per cent during the !
cade. H.,