The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
NOSE COUNT N 1910
WILL NEED ARMY OF ENUMERA-
TORS FOR THE WORK.
Pennsylvania Leads in the Number of
Men That Will Be in the Field:
They Are Supposed to Work Eight
Hours Per Day; Job Must Be
Completed in a Month; Increase
in Population.
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Washington, ID. C., Sept. ll.-About
sixty-five thousand enumerators will
be needed for the thirteenth decennia.
census of the United States, and also
of Hawaii and Porto Rico, according
to estimates prepared for census di
rector Durand by Geographer Charles
). Sloane of the census bureau in
whose division the enumerators' dis
%tricts are defined and fixed. This is
an increase of about 1000 ocer the
number of schedule carriers in the
census of 1900.
Director Durand points out that the
per diem enumerators in 1900, accord
ing to the provisions of Section l6
OF the act approved March 3, 1899,
were required to work ten hours a
day, but, in the act providing 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.
Time for Enumeration.
The present census law requires that
the enumeration of the population shall
be taken as of the fifteenth dav of
April, 1910, and the enumerators must
forward their returns to the superyi-
sors within thirty days from the COM
mencement of the enumeration, ex.
cept that in any city having five thou
sand inhabitants or more at the pre-
cedlng census, the enumeration shall
be completed within two weeks.
In looking into the details of the es-
inmates, Oklahoma and Washington are
conspicuous, as they will call for about
300 per cent increase over the 1900
force of enumerators.
Pennsylvania will continue in the
leadership, having slightly the largest
number of enumerators; the 1910 force
being estimated at 5000 against d.
720 in 1900. New York is second
with a probable 5000 for 1910 as
compared with 4,54l in 1900. Next
will come Illinois, then Ohio, Texas,
Missouri, Massachusetts, Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota and California: all
needing 1000 or more enumerators
each.
Noteworthy increases in population
will, in 1910, occasion about a so per
cent increase over the 1900 force
in California, Florida, Georgia, Massa-
chusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Jer-
sey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas,
West Virginia, and Wyoming.
There will very likely be no mater
ial increase in the number of emu
merators for Vermont and only a
small additional force for Arkansas.
Iowa, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island,
South Dakota and Tennessee.
The Subject by States.
Taking up the subject by states, it
is noted that Alabama in 1900 was
divided into 1882 enumeration dis
@tricts. The increase of population viii
not require more than 1900 districts
in 1910. The average enumeration dis
trlct 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
required by each enumerator to COM
iplete his work in 1900 was twenty
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 1913 in 1908. In
1900, the 926 enumerators in Arkansas
were employed twenty-one days and
eight hours. Only a slight increase
in the number will be necessary for
1910. California, in 1900, was enumer-
ated by 1868 men. A great increase
in population, especially in the south
ern part of the state, will require
about 1000 enumerators to do the
work in 1910. The Colorado force in
1900 numbered 39l. The increase in
population and the reduction of the
working day from ten to eight hours
will require about 800 enumerators
within the time limit in 1910. The
number OF Connecticut enumerators will
be increased from 554 to $50. Della
wares list will swell from los to
$50. The district force will Jump from
l6O to 225. The number of Florida
enumerators required will increase from
l279 in 1000 to $50 in 1910. The rise
in Georgia's population will require
the number of enumerators to be adj
J vanced from 1876 in 1900 to about
/, $50 in 1910. Hawaii will be increased
from los to about $50.
Idaho's force will be advanced from
l64 to 200. The increase in Illinois
will be from 3,409 to about 1900.
Cook county will require about l,5OO
enumerators. While the Indiana cities
have increased, parts of the state have
not grown much since 1900, so that
the 1852 districts of 1900 will be
expanded to about 1920 in 1910. A
very slight increase will be required
in Iowa. The Ito districts used in
1900 will number about 1850 in 1910.
The Kansas districts will rise from