The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-12-14
Now Embraces Total of
93,402,l5lSouIs,
CENSUS FIGURES MADE PUBLIC
Show Continental United
States Has Population
of 91,972,266.
A GROWTH OF Fl PER CENT

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The popu-
lation of the United States is 3,402,-
ISL. This is the total number of peo-
pie enumerated throughout the
States, Territories, District of Column
bia, Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico
in the thirteenth census, which be-
gan April Is, 1910. The total does
not include the Philippine Islands.
The Increase in the country's pop
ulation during the last ten years was
16,145,521, or 2O.9 per cent. over
77,256,63O, and the population in
1900, compared with an increase of
14,276,S64, or 22.7 per cent. over
62,979,766, the population in 1890.
The population of Continental I'm
tied States is 81 ,972,266, an increase
of 15,977,691, or 81 per cent. over
75,994,575 in 1900, when the in
crease was 13,O46,S61, or 20.7 per
cent. over 62,947,714, the total In
1890.
WIN us pldCllCdlly VS'VUV,VVV
people, as shown by to-day's an
nouncement by the Census Bureau of
the total population, the Continental
United States exceeded the advanced
estimates of the bureau to the eX-
tent of about 2 100000. Previous to
the beginning of the thirteenth CEN
sus the bureau expressed the official
opinion based upon previous increas-
es, that the aggregate would be So
600. 900.
The increase is considerably
larger than had been expected at any
time until the final totals were COM
time until the final totals were COM
pleted. Even up to last night it was
not believed that it would greatly
exceed 20 per cent, whereas, when
the final tabulation was made 1t was
found to be 81 per cent, giving a
total increase of 15,959,S6O.
The rate of increase, however,
was smaller than that scored in any
previous decade, except that between
1S90-190O, when the increase
amounted to 2O.7 per cent. Between
1s6O-7O the increase was 22.6 per
cent. The largest increase ever
shown in any ten years was that of
36.4 per cent. between 1S00-1O.
Unquestionably it will be neces-
sary to alter the basis or represen-
tation in Congress. AT the present
fratio' of $4,000 people to, each
member of the House of Representa-
tiyes, the House would contain about
Ala members, as against 392 at pres
ent.1It is the general belief that this
number would be u9wieldy Even at
the rate of 220, 000bas basis, the
House would contain AIS members,
an increase of twenty-seven.
Statistics of the population of the
four: States. announcement of which
was withheld until the United States
total population was announced, fol-
lows:
Georgia, 2,6O9,121. an increase of
392,296 or III per cent. over g.
216,331 in 1900, when the increase
over 1890 was 97S,97S or 2O.6 per
cent.
Montana, 276,O5S, an increase O.
132,724, or 54.5 per cent. over 243.
329 In 1900, when the increase ov
1890 was 1OO,4O5, or 1913 per Ger
Washington, 1,141,990, an
crease of 62S,SS7 or 1904 per &c
over 51S.1OS in 1900, when the ?
crease over 1890 was 16O,S71, or As
per cent
Wisconsin, 2,S33,S6O, an increase
of 264,S1S, or 1877 per cent. over
2. O69,O42 in 1900, when the increase
over 1890 was S75.712, or 22.2 per
cent.
The total population of the Unit
, ed States, with all her possessions,
is about 1O1, 100000. This number
includes 7,635,426 in the Philippine
Islands, as enumerated in the census
there in 1903. and estimates for the
population of the Island of Guam,
the American possession in Samoa
and persons on the Panama Canal
zone.
! The number of persons in the mil
itary and naval service of the Unit
ed States stationed abroad and on
naval vessels is 55,60S.