Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-22
10, 1,n,tea st,tes is estimated

mental United States is estimated as
| double the average rate of Europe. ~
lis nearly double that of Canada, ana
| exceeds by one-siXth that of Mexico
| and by one-tenth that of Australia.
| The rates of increase on the two SD :
es of the northern Atlantic differ much
less than they did 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 div
|isions 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 fol-
flowed by the western north central.
In the decade 1890 to 1900 for the
first time in the national history, the
southern states increased faster than
the northern East of the Mississippi
river. however, the Northern states
have grown somewhat more rapidly
than the southern; but west OF that
river the southern states have increas-
ed almost two and one-half Tunes as
RAPIDLY as the northern, and 1t is this
fact which makes the growth or the
south as a whole exceed that OF the
north.
In the North Atlantic division the
rate of increase has risen steadily since
the civil war, a notable contrast TO the
trend in the country as whole. Iae
region west of the Mississippi river is
still increasing faster than east of &C.,
but the difference between the rate 81
growth in the two regions, 1890 TO l9OV
was little more than one-tifth OF what
it was 1880 to 1890.
The region east of the Mississippi In
creased more rapidly from 1890 to 1900
than from 1880 TO 1890. while that west
of the Mississippi increased in the lat
ter decade not much more than half as
fast as it did in the earlier. The con-
clusion is drawn that the increased
growth of the east and the decreases
growth of the west may both be con-
nected with probable decline in the
current of westward migration.
The rates of increase in the north
and the south during the last twenty
years were practically the same. But
in the character of this growth the two
regions differ widely, there being 4 rel
atively uniform growth over the whole
south equalized by a balance in the
north between a lower rate OF rural
growth and higher rate of urban
growth.
Extensive but sparsely settled areas
in the western parts of kansas, Ne
braska and South Dakota shows a de-
cline Of population in the last ten
years, a fact which, it is said, may be
connected with the increase of popu-
lation in many agricultural counties "f
Iowa Illinois and adjoining states,
1890 TO 1900 after losing population
during the preceding ten years.
Between 1890 and 1900 the per cent
of increase in the population of all Cit
les having at least $500 inhabitants
was only about two-thirds of what it
was between 1880 and 1890. The in
crease in the aggregate population l1v-
ing outside of such cities was approx
imately the same for the two decad-
es.
The most noteworthy result of the
entire discussion. 1t is stated, is the
cumulative evidence of the rapid APP
proach to equality of the United States.
This appears whether north be COM
pared with south, east with west, or
city With country.