The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
GREAT INCREASE
 IN CENSUS TAKERS About 65,OO0 Will Be Used By
 Director Duraud WORK TEN HOURS A DAY Alabama Will Have About 300 More Enumerators Than Were Used
 Ten Years Ago and Other
 States in Proportion.

Washington, September 1S-(Special.) J. About 5000 enumerators will be needed for the thirteenth decennial census of the United States, and also of Hawaii and Porto Rico according to estimates pre- pared for Census Director Durand by Geographer Charles S. Sloane of the cen- sus bureau, in whose division the enum- erators districts are defined and fixed. This is an increase of about 11,O0o over the number of schedule-carriers in the census of 19oo
 Director Durand points out that the per diem enumerators in 1900, according to the provisions of section 16 of the act ap- proved March 8, 1899, were required to work 10 hours day. but, in the act pro- viding for the thirteenth and subsequent decennial censuses, the time is fixed at eight hours a day. This reduction in the daily hours will require an additional number of enumerators in the portions of the country in which the per diem rates will prevail.
 The present census law requires that the enumeration of the population shall be taken as of April 15 1910, and the enumerators must forward their returns to the supervisors within 30 days from the commencement of the enumeration, ex- cept that in any city having 5000 inhabi- tants or more at the preceding census the enumeration shall be completed within two weeks.
 In looking into the details of the esti- mates, Oklahoma and Washington are conspicuous, as they will call for about a 300 per cent increase over the 1900 force of enumerators.
 Pennsylvania will continue in the lead ership, having slightly the largest num- Der of enumerators; the 1910 force be- ing estimated as 5200 against 4720 in 1900. New York Is second with a prob able 5000 for 1910, as compared with 45n in 1900. Next will come Illinois. then Ohio, Texas, Missouri. Massachusetts, h. diana, Michigan, Minnesota and Call fornia. all needing POGO or more enumer- ators each.
 Noteworthy increases in population will, in 1910. occasion about 50 per cent in- crease over the 1900 force in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts. Mon tana, Nevada, New Jersey. New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.
 There will very likely be no material in crease in the number of enumerators for Vermont and only a small additional force for Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Ten nessee.
 AIabama's Quota.
 Taking up the subjects by states, 1t Is noted that Alabama In 1900 was divided into 1232 enumeration districts. The in- crease of population will not require more than 150o districts in 1910. The average enumeration district in 1900 was such that, using the same areas, more population can be counted by the enumerators in 1910 without exceeding the time limit set in the census act. as the average time re- quired by each enumerator to complete his work in 1900 was 20 days and four hours. A considerable increase In the number of Arizona districts will be made, owing to the growth of the population in certain sections. The estimated enumeration will be 200 against 12S in 1900. In 1900 the 926 enumerators in Arkansas were employed 21 days and eight hours. Only slight