The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-12
THE CENSUS AND THE SOUTH.
Relative Rates of Increase in the Last and
Previous Decade.

WASHINGTON, October 3l.-Accord-
ing to statement made by the census
Office to-day the population OF South
Carolina is rated at LII, ,1Gl in 1880, as
against 995,5H persons ten years ago.
al increase of Isl ,5S4, or Is % per cent.
Throughout the South Atlantic and
Southern Central States the rate OF ln-
crease has diminished. y certain re-
duction in the percentage, especially IN
the eastern part of this region being
expected. due not only to the operation
OF general laws, but also to the fact
that there had been considerable inml-
grafton from the states east OF the
Mississippi river to the Westward and
but little emigration.
OF the States which were ravaged by
war Virginia, whose soil was the prln-
cipal theatre of the war, suffered most
severely. and during the period in ques.
tion it increased at the rate Of but IA
per cent. Next to Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee suffered the most severe
", and yet they increased respectively
Ii and 13 per cent. On the other hand.
North Carolina. which suffered less
severely, gained but per cent, and
South Carolina, which suffered less in
comparison with Virginia, apparently
remained at standstill as regards
population. Georgia gained y per
cent, while Alabama and Louisiana
gained but 3 per cent. and MISSISSIPPI
gained but 8, although they were COM
paratively remote from active opera
tions and suffered relatively little from
the ravages of the war.
On the other hand, those States which
suffered the most severely from the
war made during the decade between
1870 and 1880 the smallest proportion
of gain Of the Southern States, whereas
the reverse should have been the case.
Thus Virginia gained % per cent,
kentucky 25 and Tennessee %, while
the States that were farther removed
from active operations were North
Carolina. which gained 81, South Caro-
lima IL, Georgia 80, Alabama y, Mis-
sissipps 81 and Louisiana % per cent.
These startling discrepancies can be
due only to the imperfectlonS OF the
census OF 1870, which were, as has been
demonstrated. greatest in South Caro-
lima, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama,
Georgia and North Carolina, although
they were not by any means wanting
in Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The industries of these two sections
are almost purely agricultural. Dur
ing the past ten years manufacturers
have obtained a slight footing and
mining has made considerable growth
in the mountaln regions, but these
causes have produced but comparA-
tive trifling movement Of population.
The urban population, although great
in proportion to that which existed
formerly, is very small in proportion to
the rural population of the region.
During the first half of the last de-
cade Florida had rapid growth. The
population between 1850 and 1885 in
creased 73.05S. or at the rate of p per
cent. This rapid growth, however, re-
ceived a serious check in 1887 and 1855,
by an epidemic of yellow fever and by
severe frosts. The growth since 1885
has therefore been comparatively slow.
Arkansas has continued to grow at
a rapid rate, having increased 10 per
cent. in the last ten years. Texas also
has increased with great rapidity, the
numerical increase of its population
being 64O,471, or over 40 per cent
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