The Russellville Democrat., 1890-11-06
TWELFTH CENSUS.
Complete Returos of All the st,tss and
Territories The Population of the Ccun-
try Not Quite 5000, 600.

Complete Returos of All the states and
Territories Tho Population Of the Conn
try Not Quite $4,000. .ooe.
WAsnIxGroN Nov. The tweflh of the
series o. census bulictins wa issued yes
tefdty on the population Of the United
states. The bulletin saws: "The population
OF the Unltt d States on June !, 30. as showa
By tho first count OF persons and families.
exclusive of white persons In Indian Terri
to y, Inaians on reservations and Alaska,
was ..ls) 5ia These figures may be slightly
changed ly later ana more ex sct compii
ations, but such changes viii not be ma
tcrial. Ii iSs tho population was so, i55, 1ss
Tae absolute increase of the populat on In
the n years intervening va II -szt-s.ssi and
the porcent ge OF Increase Nas 2iL7. In 1870
the population was state at 6555,sTL Ac-
cor Ing TO these figures the absolute in
crease the decade betwecn 1870 and 1880
was II ,sl7 Ii2 and the percentage Of increase
was .GS Upon their face these figures
show that the population has Increased be-
tween 1882 and 1897 snly 7kT.F4j moro than
between 1919 and 1850. while the rate OF in
crease has apparently diminished from sots
tn PAST pr teat II those figures were de-
rived from incorrect data they would be
disappointing. Such reduction In
the rate OF Increase In the faco
Of the enormous immigration dur
ing the past ten years would argue
great dimlnution In the fecundity OF tho
population or a corresponding Increase in
its death rate. These figures are, however,
east explained when the Character OF the
data is under TODD. II Ia well known, The
fact hay ng bsen demonstrated Ly extensive
and Il or, ugh Investigation, thnt the census
OF 1870 was grossly .ficent In the Southern
states, so much SO as not only to give an ex-
aggerated rate of increase of tho population
between 1870 and $50 In these states, but to
affect very maieria " the rate Of increa In
the country ut large"
"There is but little question" continues
the bulle In. "tkat the population OF the
United states in 1917 was at least 40,0010o0
instead 3555s.37l a. stated II this estl-
mate the extent of ths omissions In 1870
be correct the absolute increase between
1870 and 1880 was only about 10 t0l 00O and the
rate of Increase WAS not far from % per
cent These figures compare much more
reasonably with similar deductions from
the population in 1880 and 1891 Omt,ing
from consideration thoss States in which
the census ef 1880 Is known or Is presumed
to have becn faulty, the rate Of Increase
between 1870 and 1850 In the remaining
states has been very nearly maintalned in
the decade bet ween 1850 and 1890 Referring
to the prinei pal table OF the bulletin the GEN.
sus II 1897 Is known or is presumed to have
been deficient In nearly all tn, States
of South Atlantic and Southern Central CIV
visions While in the North Atlantic ofthern
Central and West rn divisions no evidence
of inconpi eteness has been detected. Tho
populations OF these three last namod d.
visions In 1879, 1880 and $780, the absolute In
crease Tor the two decades and the rate OF
increase Is set forth in the following table: