Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-09-18
AMERICAN POPULATION

Washington. Aug. 2l.-The Census |
Bureau has published as a bulletin a |
discussion on the increase OF population |
In the United States as shown by the !
census Of 1900.
The principal results OF a study OF |
these figures are summarized as fol
lows:
The increase in the population Of
continental United States, that Is, tie |
United States exclusive OF Alaska and
the recent insular accessions was $l3.-
0l6,SGl, or 20.7 per cent. Only ono
country, Argentina, has shown by tia
most recent figures more rapid rate
Of growth. The present rate of growth
In continental United States is ostimat-
ed as double the average rate Of Eu-
rope. 1t nearly doubles that Of Can
ada and exceeds by one-siXth that Of
Mexico and by one-tenth that OF Aus.
tralia.
The rates Of increase on the two sides
OF the Northern Atlantic differ much
less than they did a generation ago.
Among the five main divisions of con-
tinental United States the highest rate
Of increase Is found in the Western
division and the lowest in the North
Central. Among the eleven minor III
visions the highest rate Of growth Is
found in the Rocky Mountain group Of
States closely followed by the West
ern South Central: the lowest in the
Northern South Atlantic, closely fCl-
lowed by the Western North Central.
In the decade between 1890 and 1900.
for the first time In our national his
tory, the Southern States increased
faster than the Northern. Bast OF the
Mississippi River. however, the North
ern States as group have grown n
the past ten years somewhat more rap
idly than the Southern, but west Of
that river the Southern States have
Increased almost two and one-hali
times as rapidly as the Northern, and
II Is this fact which makes the growth
OF the South as whole exceed that Of
the North. In the North Atlantic d.
vision the rate OF increase has risen
steadily since the Civil War, a notable
contrast To the trend in the country as
a whole. The region west of the Mis-.
sissippi River is still increasing faster
than east OF II, but the difference be
tween the rates of growth IN the two
regions, 1890 to 1900 was little more
than one-fifth OF what II was from 1880
to 1890. The region west OF the Mis-
sissippi increased more rapidly from
1890 to 1900 than from 1880 to 1890
while that west of the MississiIp i river
increased in the later decade not much
more than half as rapidly as in the
earlier.
The conclusion Is drawn that the in
creased growth of the East and the le-
!, creased growth OF the West may be
Il connected with a probable decline Ia
the current Of westward migration
The rates OF increase in the North and
South during the last twenty years
were practically the same. But In the
character OF this growth the two re-
: giOns diner widely, there being rela'
lively uniform growth over the whole
J. South. equaliled by balance in the
I North between lower rate OF ruraI
. growth and a higher rate OF urban
growth.
Extensive but sParsely settled areas
In the western parts OF Kansas, Ne
braska and South Dakota show a de-
cline of population in the last ter
years, a fact which It is said may be
connected with the increase OF popu
lation In many agricultural counties Of
b iowa. Illinois and adjoining States, 1885,
u to 1900.
The most noteworthy result OF tn,
entire discussion, II is said,is the cumu
latlve evidence of the rapid approach
: to equality in the rates OF Increase o
various parts of the United States
This appears whether North be com
pared with South, East with West, o
!, city with country
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