The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-01-10
OUR EXPANDED POPULATION.
What the Returns of the Twelfth Census
Shows-Phenomenal Growth of
the United States.


bureau yesterday issued a report an
nouncing that the population of the
| entire United States, including al!
| outlying possessions, was Si,233,069
lied as follows: Continental United
States or United States proper, 49,
994 SIS heretofore announeed); Phil!
ippines 6,961 ,339, being the estima 20
of the statistician to the Philippine
commissions; Porto Rico, 953, ,243; Ha.
waii, 54,0O1; Alaska, 63,592; Guam.
| 5000; American Samoa, 6,100; per-
sons in the military and naval serv-
ice of the United States outside TIE
territory of the United States proper
91,2f9.
The report announces that the
| twelfth census only extended to
| Alaska and Hawaii outside of "con-
tinental United States" hr. that the
| figures for the rest OF the Unitel
| States domain are taken from the
best available sources.
These figures are based on tie
| enumeration of June 1, 1900. The re-
port says;
a census of the Philippine islands
was in progress in 1896, when the IN
surrection broke out, and returns for
ever two-fifths of the population
were found stored in Manila. These
were carefully tabulated, and the
foregoing estimate is based upon the
result. The figures for Porto Rico is
taken from the census of 1899. smade
by the war department in conjunc-
ton with the census office. The fig
ure for Hawaii and Alaska and for
persons abroad in the military and
naval services are from the results
| of the twelfth census. Those from
Guam are an estimate made in re.
port of the war department, and
those from American Samoa an es.
innate reported to the census Office
by the acting secretary of the navv.
The total population of the Uni
ted States at the close of the
nineteenth century was about eighty
four and quarter millions. As the
population of the United States al
the beginning of the century was
about five and a third millions, the
fold in 100 years.
There are but three countries
which now have greater population
than the United States. viz: China.
the British empire and the Russian
Empire.
The Russian empire, China and the
British empire have, each of them,
| probably, between 350,000.000 an
i0o,000,000, or together nearly one
half of the total population of the
earth The Russian empire, wi tn
about 131 100000 people, has more
than half as many again as the Unit
ed States, and has been increasing
during the century just closed wiob
greater rapidity than any other Eu.
ropean power. Its growth. like thai,
Of the United States, has been partly
through the natural increase of IT.
population and partly through great
accessions of territory. Ii had about
3S,o00,000 people in 1900, and has III
creased more than three-and-a- -ha e
times during the nineteenth cen
tury.
France, including its dependen-
cies, is the fourth country of the
world in order of population. and he's
about eighty-three and two-thirds
millions, or almost the same numbe~
as the United States. Of these over
e5,oOo,0o0 are in African dependencies
nearly 17,o00,000 in Asia, and 1000, 900
in Madagascar. These five most pop
ulous countries together include over
two-thirds of the estimated popu'a-
tion of the world, which is placed by
the best authorities between 500
| 100000 and 100000.