The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-10-04
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Some Interesting Facts COncerRIDg
the u. \. Census of 1890.
EDITED BY rRoF, j. $, wilson,

Some Interesting Facts CONCERNING
the U. \. Census of 1890.
has cost more than $l5O00,000.
1t is said to be, and it ought to be
the most perfect census ever made.
1t shows the debt OF the United States,
Of its States, Counties, smaller civil
divisions and municipalities, and OF
the world, similarly analysed.
There are many curious facts work.
ed out Of this great systematic compi- |
lation of figures. A leading fact is
that on June l, 1890, there were g.
2G,25O people in the United States, or,
including all Indians, go. 979,766. This
shows that OF these people, who once
roamed from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, only 357,5l6 are left
The centre OF population in 179O,when
the first census was taken, was found
TO he twenty.three miles east OF Balti-
more, now it is about twenty miles
east of Columbus, Indiana, i. in 100
years it has travelled 500 miles nearly
due west. The center OF the area OF
the United States is in Northern Kal-
sas. Will the center of population
and the center OF area ever coincide?
This is an interesting question. We
do not believe the center OF population
will ever get west Of the Mississippi.
Green, in his history of English peo-
pie, speaks prophetiCally Of that time
when 2O0,0O0,000 English men shall
dwell in the Valley Of the Mississippi
The last census shows that already
nearly one.half of the American peo-
pie dwell there. On the Father OF
Waters and his tributaries are found
T.. more than 100000 of our populs'
ton. Ohio now has fiity-four inhab'
itants to the square mile, while the
~ valleys of Missouri and Arkansai
which are as fertile as Ohio, only
have eight or nine to the square mile
lhe most densely settled portions o
our country, looked at from the stand
point of latitude, are found lying be
tween the 10th and 41st parallels
Although it does not include the cen
ter Of population, which has KEEP
steadily south Of it, this strip-one dc
gree in WIDTHS the zone of capits
and accumulated wealth, OF manufaC
lures and commerce. Statistics sho
that this favored degree Of latitud
has held this commanding positio
for the century past. Have natur,
conditions marked it out for this pc
petual pre-eminence? Combinin
latitude and longitude, the most pop,
lous square degree has 2,578,OOO i
habitants, and is the one which i
eIudes the greater part OF our Gre
City.
Liz CtUbuo dubllOIlblCS SuOPbOu
standard of 5000 popula ton as nect
sary to constitute a city. So we s
Johnson City is not city, notwit
standing its name. On this basis q
per cent. OF our population dwell
cities. One hundred years ago or
835 per cent. of our population we
in the city. II we we're to include
the towns under 5000 of course
much larger per cent, would be in t
urban element. One hundred yet
ago only about one-thirtieth of G
population was in the city. Is
fact gratifying to the moralist2 d.
it argue the perpetuity OF our insti
tions? In the last decade the increi
in the urban population has be
rapid, equaling over 6 per cent. TIL,
are twenty,eight cities having mi
than 100000 inhabitants, there {
2,10S having more than 1000. Ev'
country in Europe has mora fema
than males, but in the United Sta
the latter outnumber. This is owl
to immigration. There are about tn
male immigrants to two female.
Foreigners constitute IA n per CT
OF our population-only about Q
seventh not so many as persons 81
pose. There are about 100000 G
nese-just about one-sixth OF one
per cent.-not a dangerous element
far as physical power goes, but |
haps more dangerous in mt
point of view.
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