Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-12

| w dSutiS ton, Zee. il.--ln Il!C Cnlleu
states and all it's possessions the Stars
and Stripes protect lO1, 100000 souls.
| This enormous number is the official
| estimate Of the United States bureau
| of the census announced Saturday in
connection with the population statis-
f! tics for the country. as enumerated in
| the 18th decennial census. 1t includes
tie Philippines. Samoa. Guam, Hawaii.
Alaska and the Panama Canal zone.
| Withiu the borders on the North
| American continent exclusive OF Alas
ka. the United States has "a popula-
| ton OF 91.972 .266 inhabitants. During
| tic last 10 wears tho states of the
| Union had an aggregate increase in,
population of 1887 G31, which amounts
t. Il per cent. over the 1900 figures.
| Stree the first census in 1870 the
country has grown % times as large.
the population then having been 3.42?,
IA. slightly larger than the present
population of the state of Texas.
| The growth ot the country was
| greater than has been anticipated By
| the expert statisticians who have
! closely watched til" progress eff the
! coul,try'S population.
| In ii statement explaining inc in
crease of the population Of tn CONT
| mental United States to 9l.91".2G6 hi
rector Durand attributes the growth
largely to greater net additions
| through immigration.
MIR. Durand finds a wider disparity
| in the rate of growth of the different
| states during the last decade than FOR
| any other for a long time. The range
| is from a decrease of L." per cent. in
! Iowa to an increase of I20 per cent. in
| Washington.
| The country" he says. lis plainly
| marked OFT in broad groups Of states,
| according 20 the differences in tie rate
| oil increase. The states showing the
lowest rates of increase falling below
| 10 per cent. are five in the great con
| tial section of the country, namely:
| Iowa. Missouri. Kentucky, Indiana and
| Tennessee; the three northern Ncw
England states and Maryland and Del
| aware.
"'rhc states showing the next higher
rates of Increase. but 10 and 20 per
cent lie, adjacent to those showing the
| loves. rate, and include. in the mid-
die West. Ohio, Michigan. Wisconsin,
| Illinois. Minnesota, Nebraska and
Kansas, and on the other hand. a
great belt of Southern states, namely,
| Virginia, North Carolina. South Caro-
| lima, Georgia, Alabama and MiSsiS-
sippi.
states Which show an increase from
| 20 to so per cent. are for the most part,
| the great manufacturing states. m
Guiding Massachusetts, Rhode Island.
| Connecticut, New York. Pennsylvania
| and West Virginia. The only other
states increasing between 20 and 80
| per cent. are Arkansas and Texas.
''rhe states which show an increase
exceeding 50 per cent. are. with the
exception of New jersey and Florida,
| ali located in the West, and max" UP
a solid belt comprising fully one-third
OF the area OF the United states
| South Dakota, Wyoming, Oregon. Ne
vada. California. New Mexico ana Ari-
| IONA increased between 80 and 100 per
| cent. and Oklahoma, Idaho ana " ASH
ington more than 100 per cent.
THE population Of the nine geo
| srapic divisions is as follows:
"New England, 6,552,6Si; Middle At
lantic. 19.315.S92; East North central.
| 1S.25O621; West North central. 1851
| 321: South Atlantic. 12.19f,S?3: East
! South central. S.4O9.9O1, West South
central, S.7S4.53i Mountain. 2,t3".olG
Pacific, 4,192, 3O4. The population Of tue
! Northern section is 55,751.l15: Southern
section. %. 3S9 go: Western section g.
S25, S21.
| "Thc percentages OF increase from
1900 to 1910 in the geographic divisions
are as follows:
| "New England i1.2 per cent; Middle
! A ,lantic, $50: East North central. H.;
| West North central. 12.5: South At
lautic. t6.S; East South central. ia;
West South central. 34.3: Mountain,
ETA. Pacific, 73.5. The increase was l't
per cent. in the Northern section, l".o
| narcontage in the Southern section and
66.s pcr cent. in the Western section.
Mr.. Durand expressed tho opinion
that later statistics probably VIII
show more than IS per cent. OF the
populatiCn of the country IS urban
that is. in places of $500 inhabitants
or more The population living IN
cities of $4,000 or more lnhd pitahtS
has increased much more rapidly tnai'
that i'm the rest of the country. lhe
nopu,aticn Of such cities in 1910 was
% EOS O07 as compared with 3lois.le'
Cor Inc same cities in 1900. the m
| or..so heiny 7.42a.S1S. or 3d. per cent.
Ar Durand finds that while there
has been Il somewhat greater diner
Ion,.e between the rate OF grow" VI
,,rh., nopulation and of rural popu-
,ation duriny the last decade imam
n,,.;nr that preceding, the differences
,s not as great as during the decade
1eeo RI 1890. or as it was in most
~ the earlier decades. THE conciu-
", cannct. therefore" he says. ee
elon drovn that there is. in any
aroaS sense. an Increasing tendency
rlby the population 70
IN, and go to the CITY. .: has