Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-12-14
HUNDRED MILLION SOULS
Population of United States and Pos.
sessions 1o1 ooo-Bounded by
States Number is s1,s72,ooo.

Washington-In the United States
and all of its possessions the Stars
and Stripes protect 1o1,1OO,O0O. This
enormous number is the official esti-
mate of the United States Bureau of
the Census, announced in connection
with the population statistics for the
country as enumerated in the Thir-
teenth Decennial Census. 1t in
cludes, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam,
Hawaii, Alaska and the Panama Canal
Zone.
.SasssWithin its borders on the North
American continent, exclusive OF
Alaska, the United States has a popu-
laton of 91,972,266 inhabitants. Dur
ing the last ten years the States of
the Union had an aggregate increase
in population of 15,977691, which
amounts to 81 per cent. over 1900
The grand total includes. 7,635,426
in the Philippine Islands as enumer-
ated in the census there in 1903, and
estimates for the population of the
island of Guam, the American pos
sessions in Samoa and persons on
the Panama Canal Zone.
s,gThe number of persons in the mil.
itary and naval service of the United
States stationed abroad and on naval
vessels is 55,6CS.
The population of the other States,
announcement of which was with
held until the country's total popula-
tion was announced, follows:
Georgia, 2,6O9,121, an increase of
392,79o OF 17.7 per cent. over 2,216,331
in 1900.
Montana, 276,C5S, an increase of
132,724, or 54.5 over 243,S29 in 1900.
Washington, 1,141,99O, an Increase
of 623,SS7, or 1904 per cent. over $751;
:103 in 1900.
Wisconsin, 2,33,S6C, an increase of
264,S1S, or 1877 per cent. over $685.
o42 in 1900.
State of Wyoming 1896, an in
crease Of 53,434, or ST. per cent. over
92,531 in 1900. The increase from
1890 to 1900 was 31,S26 or 52.4 per
cent.
The territory of Alaska 64,356, an
increase of 764, or 1.2 per cent. over
63,592 in 1900. The increase from
1890 to 1900 was 31,54O or 9S.4 per
cent. &,
The Hawaiian Islands 191,909, an
increase of 37;908, or 246 per cent.
over 14,Oc1 in 1900
The States in their respective rank,
according to population, are:
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio, Texas, Massachusetts, Missouri,
Michigan, Indiana, Georgia, New Jer.
sey, California, Wisconsin, Kentucky,
Iowa, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala.
bama, Minnesota, Virginia, Mississip.
pi, Kansas Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, South Carolina, Maryland,
West Virginia, Nebraska, Washing
ton, Porto Rico, Connecticut, Colo
RADIO, Florida, Maine, Oregon, South
Dakota, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Montana, Utah, Yer
mont, District of Columbia, New
Mexico, Idaho, Arizona, Delaware, Ha-
waii, Wyoming, Nevada and Alaska.
. Corrected figures issued by the
census Office this morning give the
State Of New York's population as
9,113,614, increase 1,S44,720, or 25.4
per cent; Florida, 752,619, increase
224,O77, or 42.4 per cent, and Mary
land, 1,295,346, increase 107,3O2, or
80 per cent.
Unquestionably it will be necessary
to alter the basis of representation in
Congress. At the present ratio OF
$4,000 people to each member of the
House of Representative the House
would contain about 474 members, as
against 1872 at present. 1t is the gen
eral belief that this number would be
unwieldly. Even at the rate Of 22O,'
900 as a basis the House would con-
tain 41S members, an increase OF
twenty-seven.