Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
FACTS ABOUT
THE CENSUS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The man who studies the population
table issued by the director Of the twelfth
census, by which it appears that the in
habitants of the United States number
I6, 295, 220, viii find much to interest him.
He will discover that New York is,
still the peerless Empire State and that
there is not the remotest possibility OF
any other robbing her of first place Her
gain interpolation for the decade exceeds
that Of any other commonwealth, and she.
stands further in advance of her closest
rival to-day than ten years ago. Since
1890 New York has added 1,2T0, 1856 10.
the number of her inhabitants, giving n
total of 7,26S,0 09 as against 5,997. 1858 in.
1890. Her motto is still Excelsior and
the spirit of enterprise and activity which
decades ago placed her at the top Of the
list of States is still alive and will keep,
her there.
Pennsylvania remains second in the sis
terhood of commonwealth and none OK
her companions in the republic has made
sufficient advance IN the decade to endan-
ger the keystone States position on 10
make it appear probable that she will he
obliged to give it up for years to come
The great coal mining commonwealth,
has gained l,Q43,35l and her population.
now Is G,301 1865.
Illinois, boastful, vaingIorious Sucser
State is poor third Ever since the,
Worlds Fair time when her head was
swelled by compliments from all the ma
tons Of the earth because of that mag
niiccHt exhibition, she has been loudly
procaiming herself as the most progres~
sive Of all States and foretelliug the day
when she would pass New York. Herr
officials and newspapers have made ex-
travagant claims about the population.
At the beginning Of this year Gov Tan
ner estimated il Mt JSl0000. No wonder
therefore that Illinois is Inundated and
disappointed by the censns returns which
giki her 1891 $50. Her gain during the.
decade is 90, 1919, nearly 100000 lesss
than that OF the Empire State, which has
kept on the even tenor Of her way
husting. bustlng, without the bIare II
trumpets and self-praise. Illinois ought
to learn the lesgQn Of modesty IN this her
season Of humiliation.
Ohio with 4157, 4j4 inhabitants, aHR
stands fourth. and Missouri with 3.107
III. is fifth, but neither Of these Statess
has shown ony such gains ass Texas.
when. ADDING olD+JDb 10 the UIiuDFT OF
her inhabitants, has passed Massachu--
settS and bids fair to outstrip Missouri
in the next decade and Ohio in still an
other ten years. The Bay State. increas7
ing G6G. 403. Is seventh. Indiana, Michs-
gan and Iowa retain their former posi-
tions. eighth ninth and tenth, respec
lively. while Georgia has taken Ken
tucky's place in the eleventh niche, and
the latter now stands twelfth.
Some Of the other interesting reyeIa-
tions are the inconsiderable growth OF
Kansas and Nebraska. Western Stares
Of large area. which have added but a
few thousands 10 their population in the
decade. Nevada. most insignificant OF
States. has decreased from A.. 761 to a.
234. and the fact that this handful Of
people are permitted 10 enjoy the priv
ileges Of Statehood. while Oklahoma,
Arizona ard New Mexico are obliged 10.
be content with territorial rights is one
or the injrstices Of American politics.
These territories have grown amazingly
in ten years Oklaholla has increased
from 81 .S34 10 39s.243. Arizona from So
go to f22.2l2. and New Mexico from
1888 10 1871 Another section,
whose growtI. II remarkable Ii Idabo,
which has l6l,TT1, as against $3.50 ia
1890.