The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-29
a PEKP AT rHE CENSUS.


The Probable Population Of the Country
and Various states
Gath In Cincinnati Enquirer.
One Of the division suhoruinates took q
table instantly to typewriter, and in about
an hour after left The census Office got
this list of figures:
The population OF the United States in
the year 1850 was Fifty million
and about one-sevenfh. 1t is esti-
mated tha& the population in 1880
viii be nearly 81. SOC. 900. The exact figures
put down by the surmisers are O., AZ, so7.
They, however. reckon that three Of the
divisions of the country which they have
estimated are too small; they pat down
s-a.o0 ard Wyoming at $4,000, and say
that they are all too small. The probable
ties. therefore. ara that the American GEN.
sus, correctly surmised. may be some
thing like Ga. 20. 600.
In the next census, as surmised. but not
state Of New York will he 9. 80, 600, an in
crease OF nearly ,ooo. for the popula-
ton ten years ago was less than 5.i00, ou0.
The next state in Importance in the CEN
sus of 1890 will be Pennsylvania, which is
snrmised to have more population than
New York ten years ago. Pennsylvania
has increased according to the surmise
behind the state OF New York
only ABOUT 100000. though the
ratio Is nearly the same as in iS30.
BY the comp, tat;on or representation
OF the census Office. the population of ILL.,
nois in 1880 is about 10 900 more than the
population of Ohio. Ohio led Illinois in
1880 by 10000. This would make Illinois
the third state in the Union. The popuIa-
ton OF Indiana is put down in this prog
nostication at nearly 2.5.i000, an increase
OF about 4oo. GOO in ten years. Texas is put
down at about :. sos, oco. and therefore
stands in the rear of Indiana. and some
what in advance of Massachusetts. which
Is recorded by guess work at 2.iof 900.
Michigan shows a surprising increase in
ten years. Her population is now put
down at 2.096 900. an increase of about
$4,000. Missouri has also made remarka-
bic gains and is supposed to have about
2,5lo coo people in it. an increase Of nearly
go 900.
Virginia is put down in the estimate of
the census bureau, provided the figures
received are correct, as having diminished
somewhat in population She had 1872
600 ten years ago and is now supposed TO
have 100000. while West Virginia has
gained about $4,000 people. and has run
up TO 742.0 geo. which is nearly the popuia-
ton recorded of Dakota. Iapprehend that
Dakota will not be found as ropulous in
the summer OF 1890 as has been heretofore
considered. 1t is set down in this estimate
as not two states, but one. and with a com-
bined population of AS. 900. which is about
2i,o00 more than the population of Con-
nectieut.
Arkansas 10 estimated by our friends in
the census bureau 20 be now over 1000 600
people. whereas it was only $4,000 ten
years ago. ! should think that there might
be some exaggerating.
Alabama is put down at 1876, 900, an in
crease of 10000 in ten years. Mississippi
Is supposed to have increased 225 600 in The
same interval
Maryland is put down with the large pop
ulation of LIP 900. an increase OF about
10000. Wisconsin is estimated to have
gained nearly 500, 600 in ten years and to
stand above the figure of 800 600, or per-
haps 125,W0 more than the present popula-
ton of Tennessee.
South Carolina Is supposed to have
gained about 10000 Inhabitants in ten
years. Even Nevada is estimated to have
increased her population, which may be q
matter of dispute, and to have nut II 0C0
people upon the 81, 600 she had in 1890
Minnesota is put down at nearly 1,250,-
coo inhabitants, an increase of about 500,-
90. Louisiana IS rated at an increase of
about 80 .0o0. and to have over / ,a00ooo
people. Kentucky is given an increase OF
about $4,000. and has perhaps 1875
coo Inhabitants. 1t is rather amusing
to see In tnis year OF 1880 how many
states are put down at either l.
500, 900 or 100000. Georgia is recorded as
probably having 1887 goo people. Iowa is
estimated al $4,000. q little less than
Kentucky. Kansas shows an astonishing
increase, and is recorded ct I,673. 900. Ne
braska Is put down in this prophecy as
having over 1000 900 people clear or within
about 10000 of as many as South Caro-
lima New Jersey is estimated 10 have
about 1,4ii,000 people. Colorado is mod
estiy estimated at about POI 900, an increase
OF nearly s1C0. 900. however and California
Is set down TO he about $4,000.
The population of the District OF
Columbia is thought to be about
23l 600, one of the most remarkable in.
creases in our affairs. Maine is set down
at exactly the figure she had in 1850, which
Is calculating TOO closely. New Hamp.
shire is put down as having grown about
$1,000. North Carolina Is represented as
having about l.6s0.00O people, and Rhode
Island as having gained about SIS 900 in ten
years. Utah is put down at 10000. yer-
mont at 332 900.
The population of Delaware Is supposed
10 have increased about $1,000 in ten years
and Florida to have come forward about
10000. Connecticut is Represented at
$4,000, an increase OF about 10000 in ten
years. The smallest political division in
the country in population. according to this
estimate, Is Wyoming, and next 10 Wyo-
ming the least is Idaho.
express merely a private doubt when
conclude upon the above statistics that
they are too high. l doubt whether the
United States will show more than sixty
two million people In the coming June
However. the people at the census office
ought TO be better informed than a guesser
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