The sun., 1900-10-31
COUNTRY HAD A
HEALTHY GROWTH
SINCE LAST CENSUS
The Population Of the United
States Announced at
1926, ,22O.
TWENTY-ONE PER CENT GAIN
Taking the Population in 1890 as a
Basis, Director General Mer-
riam Says We Have Now
1925, ,484 More
Than Then.

Washington, Oct. 30-The official an
nouncement of the total population of
the United States for 1900 is 1895, ,220,
of which 74,627 ,907 are contained in the
45 states, representing approximately the
population to be used for apportionment
purposes. There is total of 134, ,15S
Indians not taxed.
The total population in 1890, with
which the aggregate population of the
present census should be compared, was
63,o69,756 Taking the 1890 population
as a basis, there has been gain in popu-
lation of 1925, ,464 during the past ten
years, representing an increase of nearly
21 per cent
The director OF the census makes the
following statement
The figures of the population are the
result of careful computation by means
of the latest tabulating machines. 1t
has been the custom heretofore to make
a rough count. using the names on the
schedules as basis. But in this decade
it was determined to avoid the errors
likely to arise from preliminary count
and also the necessary expense and delay
incident to such proceeding. The plan
was adopted Of verifying the count at
once by the use of the electrical con-
trivances referred to above.
Bulletins to He Issued.
Bulletins will be issued for the various
minor civil divisions in the different
states and territories as fast as possible
The entire number, it is hoped, will be
ready for the public use before the list
of January. Those Immediately in charge
of the work are very much gratitied with
the rapidity with which the count has
been made by use of the machines.
The early completion of the tabuation
of the population of the states enables
the census office to submit the figures to
congress as soon as it convenes in De-
cember, thus giving that body the infor-
nation necessary to dispose of the ques-
tion of the reapportionment of represent
atiyes at the coming session. All the
field work of the twelfth census, so far
as it relates to the collection of the data
relating TO population, agriculture, vital
statistics and manufactures, is now com
plete.
1t is the aim of the officials in charge
of the work to push the tabulation of the
returns so as to give the complete reports
to the public in accordance with the law
which requires that they shall be issued
by July 1, 1902. 1t is proper to state
that the present census act is such vast
Improvement over any legislation hereto-
fore enacted that the officials are able to
proceed with the work with greater ac-
tivity and certainty than in the past. Up
to this date the number of schedules re-
ceived relating to agriculture is about
5,S00,000 The chief statistieian in charge
Of the details relating to manufactures
reports at this time that his work is prac-
tically finished and that he has collected
something over 621 900 schedules as
against 355,000 in the former decade,
thus showing a very large increase in
this part of the work.
The enumerators' accounts, numbering
something over $4,000, have all been paid,
with the exception of 55, whose accounts
are held up for various technicalities. In
the last census it took eight or ten months
TO pay all the enumerators. All the su-
peryisors have been paid, with the ex-
ception of few, which have been de-
layed for various reasons.
The cost of the administration of the
bureau up to this date, including the ex-
pense incident to the preliminary work.
as well as the cost of the enumeration
and supervision, is $6,361 ,961, of which
over S4,000,000 has been expended for
supervision and enumeration.
Population by States.
Following is the official announcement
of the population by states. In the fig
ures the first column represents the cen
sus for 1900 and the second for 1890:
Alabama .,"..,.".......... 1,s2s,607 1,51S,017
Arkansas ................... 1911 1864 1,l2S,179
california ....'.........,,... 1,4s5,O5S 1,20s,1 ,13O
Colorado