The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-05
SAW STATES BIRTH
Many of Those Who Witnessed
Event Now Living.
TOTAL NUMBER Is 81 .949.
Mary interesting Facts Cleaned From
the Census Report lust Complet-
ed and Flied.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

state and between different parts of the
state are obtained. There are 3l,049
persons enumerated who have lived IN
the state fOrty-seven years, or since its
admission TO the Union. As the territorial
census OF 1857 gave Il population of 49,
031. it will be seen that one-tifth OF
them are still living in the state OF
these old settlers, Hennepin county has
4,43l, Ramsey 3,l7l, Fillmore 1868 and
Goodhue l,20S.
There are in the state l,444,SSl people
who have resided in the state from five
to twenty-five years and 342, 466 who
have lived there from twenty-five to
forty seven years. The bureau estimates
that there are 44,0l3 persons who have
removed from the state in the last five
years, and they arrive at this deduction
in the following way:
''Deducting the number of people who
have lived III the state over five years
from the total population of the state,
which is l9799l2, there remains 535,-
OBJ who have resided in the state five
wears and less This includes all per-
sons born in the state during the last
five years. The population of the state
five years ago was l,15l 1894, and using
per cent, which is considered a fair
average birth rate, the total number
of births in the state each year would
be about 80 900, or 10000 in five years.
Deducting the births in the state the last
five years from 535,03l and there re-
mians 360,03l, which would represent the
number of people who have moved into
the state i'll the last five years.
But there is another factor which has
not been taken into consideration in ar
irving at the real increase of population
in the state, and that is the mortality
record which must be taken into account
in the calculation. The average death
rate in the state is about one per cent,
or, using the population of the state five
years ago, IL 500 year, which is five
years amounts to 81 800. This deducted
from 36003l leaves net increase in
population of 272,53l. This could be
termed the actual increase in population
provided that the entire number of peo-
pie in the state five years ago remained
in the state.
The difference in population of the
state five years ago and according to the
ed from 272,53I leaves 44,0l3, which
would represent the number of people
who have removed from the state il
the last five years. The statistical de
ductiOn is far from being accurate, but
is not without interest in that it show.
in an approximate manner the loss il
population because of removal from the
state
The report also shows considerable
movement between different parts Of
the state This would seem to border or
in his district less than a year, and one
in two has lived there from one to five
years.
The number of people who have re-
sided in the district where enumerated
one year or less than one year is 1872, 944
while the number who have resided in
the district over one to five years in
elusive is 560,7S2, or Il total of 953.7 1926
almost one-half the entire population OF
the state. This would see INTO border OF
the realms of fiction, but the results
are obtained from a tabulation of census
includes many thousands who have re
sided i'm the state in excess of the dis
trict period and who contribute to the
great shift of population.
"An examination of the data for the
large cities shows great urban move
ment of two kinds-into the cities, an(
constant movement from one part of {
city to another. This population move
ment is more noticeable i'm the larger
cities, but is going on with mighty
momentum in all parts of the state.
'In the older settled sections of tn,
state, where, according to tabulation re
suits, population has declined, there is {
constant influx of population, despite the
outward movement. In the township o.
Verona in Faribault county, the popula
ton tables show decrease of fifteen il
the last five years. There have been for
ty-nine births in the same period and 6
further accession to the population OF
1874. of which ll2 are from other parts
of the state and % from outside the
state Aurora township in Steele coun
ty shows a loss of p in the last five
years, and yet the number of person:
who have lived in that township with
in the five-year period is 25S. An ex
animation of the data which shows the
number who have lived there within the
period indicated produces the follow