The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

increase of only per cent in the poDrs lation of Kansas. 3.4 per cent h tha4 of Vermont, and per cent In thak III Maine. &.
 The gross urea Qand and water 1ux~ face) of the United Suites. exclustvo oE Alaska and Hawai-. is 3,096.6Oo sQuaxe miles. The United States at the firat census in 17so. comprised only the ter,3 ritory between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River. representing ~ gross area Of .S44 square mileG.l There was no change in the gross aroR of the country 1t the census of 10o0. but in 1903 there were added by th6 Louisiana purchase more than a mll- lion square miles. making the 6roqs area of the country at the census of 1910. 1898, 776 square miles. In 1819 or chase of the Floridas from Spain td 2.- 06s.043 square miles, which represented the gros sarea of the country at the censuses of 1Sze. 1880 and 1s40. Between lS40 and 1850 there was large acquisi- ton of territory from Mexico, so that at the census of 1850 the gross area of the United States comprised 2ssS0.s59 square miles. By the Gadsden pur- chase in 1853 our territory was further increased to 3.025. 600 square miles, the country. exclusive of the areas of Alaska and Hawaii. The Territory Of Alaska. comprising 5s0. .ss4 square miles. was acquired from Russia in 1887, and the Territory of Hawaii, comprising S. 449 square miles, was acquired by an- nexation in 1898. Including Alaska ana Hawaii. the entire area of enumera- ton at the present census comprises s,-s 622, ,933 square miles. Thus the area Of the United States has increased from S27 ,s44 square miles in 1790 to 3s2a2, 2,835 square miles in 1900. exclusive of the. Philippines and Porto Rico.
 Excluding the District of Columbia, which Is in-effect a municipality, Rhode Islapd. with 407 inhabitants to the square mile in 1900. Is the most densely settled State in the Union, while Massachusetts comes next. with not quite s4s inhabitants to the square mile. New Jersey. with a ifttle more than 25o inhabitants to the square mile in 1900. is the third State in point Of density of population, while Counecti- cut. with somewhat more than 117 tn- habitants to the square mile, occupies fourth place. Four other States have more than 10e inhabitants to the square mile in 1900. namely, New York. with 1926 inhabitants; Pennsylvania. with 140.1 inhabitants; Maryland, with t20b inhabitants; and Ohio. with 102 inhabi- tants to the square mile.
 Alaska has. on the average, but one- tenth of person to the square mile In 1900. and. similarly. Nevada has ori- ly four-tenths of person to the square mile. Wyoming has not quite one in- habitant to the square mile in 1900. while Arizona has an average to the square mile of II inhabitant; New Mexico of 1:6 inhabitants; Montana Of IT inhabitants: and Idaho of 1.9 inc habitants.
 The newly acquired territory of Ha- waii shows an average density of popu- lation in 1900 of not quite A pessers. ranking in this respect between Maine, with 23.2 persons, and Arkansas, with 2.7 persons to the square mkle.
 The above figures have been given out by the Census office within one year from the time the field work he- gan. showing a decided improvement over the last census in point of spoe1 As to correctness it may be said that the present work far exceB that of the last census. and Is as near correct as the short training and the material of selecting enumsrators would permit. All the errors that have crept into this work are due to the inefficiency of supervisors and enumeraters. A great deal of editing has been necessary to find out what these field workers really meant by their returns. though the in- formation 50 far compiled is compafi- lively free from erros. .