Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11
U.S.CENSUS GIVES
lOl,l00,0OO LIVING
UNDER OLD GLORY
Nation, Without Counting Foreign
Possessions, Has 91,972,-
266 Inhabitants
1O-YEAR GAIN Il PER CENT
Pacific Coast States Make the
Best Showing in In
creased Growth
1O-YEAR GAIN Il PER CENT
fAssoclated Ptessl

souls. This is the official estimate of
the United States bureau of the census
announced today, in connection with
the population statistics for the country
as enumerated in the thirteenth decen-
nial census. 1t includes the Philippines
Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska and the
Panama canal zone.
Within it's borders on the North
American continent, exclusive of Alas
ka, the United States has a total Of
91,972,266 inhabitants. In the last ten
years the states of the Union had an
increase in population of 15,977,691
which amounts to q per cent over the
1900 figures.
Since the first census was taken in
1880 the country has grown twenty-five
times as large, the population then
having been 3929,214, slightly larger
than the present population of Texas.
The growth of the country was great
er than has been anticipated by the ex-
pert statisticians, who have closely
watched the progress of the country's S
population.
In statement explaining the in
crease of the population of continental
United States to 81 ,972, ,266, Director Du-
rand attributed the growth largely to
greater net additions through immigra-
tions.
He finds a wider disparity in the
growth of different states in the past
decade than for any other The range
is from decrease from SIS per cent to
an increase of 100 per cent in Washing
ton.
PACIFIC COAST INCREASES
1.-THE greatest change in growth is
found in the three Pacific coast states
and Nevada and New Mexico, all of
which grew far faster in the last ten
years than in the one preceding.
"The states showing the lowest in
crease, falling below 10 per cent" he
said, "are Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky,
Indiana and Tennessee, the three north
ern New England states and Maryland
and Delaware.
1.-THE states showing the next lowest
increase between 10 and 20 per cent in
clude Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Virginia North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
states which show an increase from 20
to 80 per cent are, for the most part,
the great manufacturing states, includ-
ing Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, and the only other
states between 20 and 80 per cent are
Arkansas and Texas.
1.-The states which show an increase
exceeding 80 per cent are, with the eX-
ception of New Jersey and Florida, all
in the west and make up a belt COM
prising one-third of the area of the
United States. South Dakota, Colo
rado and Utah had increases between
80 and so per cent while North Da-
kota, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada, Cali
fornia, New Mexico and Arizona in
creased between 80 and 100 per cent
and Oklahoma, Idaho and Washing
ton more than 100 per cent.
WEST FORCES AHEAD
"The increase in the ten years, 1900
to 1870 was greater than in the pre-
vious decade in tWentysiX of the forty
nine states, fifteen of these being west
of the Mississippi river.
'The increase in the last decade was
less than in the previous one in thir-
teen states, most of which are east of
the Mississippi river.
"The population of the nine geo.
graphic divisions are: New England,
6,552,281; middle Atlantic, 1885, 1872;
east north central, 1926, ,621; west north
central, 1861, ,921; south Atlantic, 49,
west south central. S,7S4,534; mountain,
2633,517; Pacific, 4,192,3O4.
THE population of the northern sec
ton is 55,571,155i southern section, 29,-
3S9, $3.50; western section, 6825,821.
1.-THE percentages of increase from
1900 to 1910 in the geographic divisions
are: New England, 17.2; middle At
lantic, %; east north central, 14.2; west
north central, 1875; south Atlantic, 1853;
cast south central, 11.4; west south
central, S45; mountain, 573; Pacific,
1876.
1.-THE increase was 17.7 in the north
ern section, 1913 iii the southern Sec
tion and 66.8 in the western section.
FIGURES ARE ANALYZED
"The fact that the increase of the
whole was greater from 1900 to 1910
in hp
entirely to the added growth in the
middle Atlantic, mountain and Pacific
divisions. In all six of the other di-
visions the increase in the last decade
was less than in the previous one"
Mr.. Durand expresses the opinion
that later statistics probably will show
that more than 45 per cent of the pop
uation of the couatry is urban-that
is, in places of 2500 inhabitants or
more. The pOpulat ation living in cities
of $4,000 or more has increased much
more rapidly than that in the rest Of
the country. The population Of such
cities in 1910 was 28508,00 as com
pared with 21,078, ,1S9 for the same cities
in 1900, the increase being 7429,S18, or
352 per cent.
In the north the proportion Of tho
total population living in cities of $4,000
inhabitants was 40,6 per cent; in the
south it was l2.S per cent; in the west,
31.5 per cent.
The population in the rest of the
country, including smaller cities and
rural districts, in 1910. was SO, ,464, ,25g,
as compared with 549l63 1856 in 1900; the
increase, 8,S57o73, or only about a mil
lion more than the increase of the cities
alone. The Per cent of increase was
1916 per cent, or less than half the rate
shown by cities of $4,000 inhabitants.
FARMS HOLD PEOPLE
He finds that while there has been
probably a somewhat greater difference
between the growth of urban popula-
tion and of rural population in the last
decade than in that preceding, the diff
ference was not as great as in the dec
ade of 1880 to 1890, or as it was in most
of the earlier decades.
1.-THE conclusion cannot therefore, be
safely drawn that there is, in any
broad sense, an increasing tendency
by the population to leave the country
and go to the city,
The decline in rural population has
been substantially general throughout