Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-08-31
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BY the qtus fgalls, the so,lss.
78a population cfd nited States ART
hjknbu,edJke s,Sod, ITO sauare mile'
oflSnd surface, exclusive ofwater ane
So ry unOrian,zed portions (includinl
Indian teFhory ,herein), in 9,94s,9It
families. Occupying s,9ss,Sra dwell
il This is s.43 persons and so:
ellings to the square mile; it is also
o. persons to a family. 500 persons
to dwelling 1901 acres to each per
son, and 1862 acres to family
These figures illustrate the often decep'
tive and sometimes comforting charac'
ter ofaverages; 1t is pleasant to note
that each family has more than one
fourth of a square mile to tu.n around
in, and 1856 acres OF land; also. tina,
each person can swing his arms in 81
acres.
The District of Columbia leads in
density of population. the &c square
miles having 1861 dwellings, S4,S9d
families, and 177,6a4 persons, or D.
o6o to the mile and 3o.2e acres per
head. Rhode Island and Massachu.
sets stand next in density, with 254.S7
and e2I.7S persons per miles; then
there is a long descent to 1918 in
New jersey, 1as.ss in Connecticut,
and 1o6.74 in this state. Pennsylva.
MIA and Maryland stand next and close
together. with 95.21 and 94.Sa; Ohio
is next with 7s.46; Indiana and ILL.,
nois are about S., and all the rest are
under 40, except 41.22 in Kentucky,
which leads the once slave states. Ma
ryland excepted. Kansas has only
1910 TO the mile, and Nebraska only
5.94. OF the graiE-growing states in
the northwest not one has density as
high as 80 to the mile; Minnesota is
just under 10, Dakota is less than 1,
or merely nominal in density, Califor
MA is less than 6, a,d Oregon is less
than ?. The thlnnest peopled are An
IONA and Wyoming, where 4o,44o and
ao,7S9 persons have 112 900 and 97,-
SIS square miles to roam in.
For purposes of comparison the
country is also divided into five Sec
tons, containing respectively, to 6,
6 to IS, IS to IS. IS to 90, and over
90 persons to the mile. The first three
are of course predominantly agricultu-
raj, for, speaking broadly, agriculture
in the United States is not yet carried
to such a point as 20 afford employ
ment and support to a population OF
more than IS per mile. OF the agri-
cultural gloups, the first represents a
very sparse population, such as is in
the west can be sustained by grazing,
without any cultivation, and according
ly this Is found at present mainly along
the frontier, the poorest tillage regions
also sinking into the group. Blu, in
1890, No. Tor to 6 per mile) was
the largest single group in what IS now
Maine, and in New York, Pennsylva.
MIA, South Carolina and what is now
West Virginia.
The second group e to 1S) indi.
Gates almost always defined farms and
systematic cultivation; in 1890 this far
exceeded IN size Nos. 5, 4 and S COM
bined.
The third group Us to 45) indicates
highly successful agriculture; the fourth
group indicates the existence of COM
mercial and manufacturing industries
and the multiplication Of PERSONAL and
professional services; the fifth group
represents very advanced state of in.
dusry. The first census found only a
few counties, and the tenth or present
census has found less than $4,000
square miles so packed. In New Jer-
sey and Rhode Island alone the areas
so peopled exceed the sum of all lesser
groups. A table, giving the area in
each census year of these several class.
es ofsettlement, shows that although
the lower groups have been constantly
transferred to one.higher by intenslfi-
cation OF settlement, the entering up of
fresh territory has made the lower, as
well as the higher, groups increase.