The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
United States Alone Has a Population of Practi-
 CaI|y 92,OOO,OOO
GREATEST INCREASES
 HAVE BEEN IN THE WEST
Southern states show Remarkable Gain for Ten Years and the Growth of All Has Been Much More
 Than Was Expected

United States and all it's possessions ths stars and stripes protect 1Ol, ,1oo0oo souls. This enormous number is the official es- innate of the United States bureau ot the census, announced today in connec- ton with the population statistics for the country as enumerated in the thir- teenth decennial census
 It includes the Philippines, Samoa, Guam. Hawaii, Alaska and the Panama canal zone
 Within it's borders on the North Amer ican continent exclusive of Alaska, tie United States has a population of 91. .972, ,26s inhabitants During the last 10 years ths state of the union had an aggregate in- crease in population of 15,s77,69i, which amounts to 21 per cent over the l9Oo | figures.
 Since the first census was taken in 17so the country has grown 95 times as large. the population then having been S,929.2f5 slightly larger than the present popula- ton of the state of Texas
 The growth of the country was greater than has been expected by the expert statisticians. who have closely watched | Durand's Statement l In statement explaining the increase or the population of the continental United States to 9l.979.z66, Director ru- rand attributes the growth largely to greater additions through immigration.
 MT Durand finds a wider disparity in ths rate of growth of the different states dur l ha la ct for a long time. The range is from de- crease of 5.S per cent in Iowa to an in crease of 120 per cent in Washington.
 "The country he says. "is plainly marked off in broad groups of states. according to the differences in the rate of increase. The states showing the lowest rates of increase, falling below 70 per cent are five in the great central sec- ton Of the country. namely. Iowa, Mis- souri, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee: the three northern New England states and Maryland and Delaware. The states showing the next higher in- crease between 10 and 20 per cent lie ad- jacent to those showing the lowest rate, and include, in the middle west, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas and on the other hand. great belt of southern states. namely, Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Missis- sppi.
 States which show an increase from 20 to 30 per cent are, for the most. the great manufacturing states. including Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecti- cut. New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the only other states increasing between 20 and 30 per cent are Arkansas and Texas.
 Manufacturing States The states which show an increase ex- ceeding 30 per cent are, with the excep- tion of New Jersey and Florida all To- cated in the west and make up a sofia belt comprising fully one-third of the area of the United States. South Dako- ia, Colorado and Utah had rates of in- crease between 20 and 90 per cent, while North Dakota, Wyoming. Oregon, Cali fornia, New Mexico and Arizona increased between 50 and 100 per cent, and Okla homa. Idaho and Washington more than 100 per cent
 "The rate of increase during the ten years 1900 to 1910 was greater than during the previous decade in 26 of the 49 states 10 of these being west of the Mississippi river.
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 "The increases during the last decade was less than during the previous one in l3 states, six of which are east of the Mississippi river
 'The greatest change in rate of growth is found in the three Pacific coast states and Nevada and New Mexico all of which grew far faster during the last ten years than during the preceding period
 "rhe population of the nine geoeraphlc divisions Is as fOliowS
 New England. e,552.ss1: middle Allan tc, 1e,315,S92; east north central. 1S.s5e.- j21; west north central 1l.637.2sl south Atlantic, l2,194,s95; east south central, B. 409.9o1: west south central. S,7s4.534: noun tain. 2. ,517 Pacific, 4192, ,304 The pop uation of the northern section is 55. 157.- 1i5; southern section, 2s.SS9.3SO: western section. 6,S25S21.
 "The per cents of increase from 1900 to 1910 in the geographic divisions are as follows
 New England, 17.s per cent; middle Atlantic, 25; east north central, 14.2: vest north central. 12.5; sonth Atlantic. 1s.s: east south central, 11.4; west south ceR- tral. 34.5; mountain. 57.s; Pacific 73t. The increase was IF per cent in the northern section; 19.S per cent in the southern seo- ton. and 6e.s per cent in the western see- tion.
 Rate of Growth Explained
 lHe ldct tnHt lne rate or increases TOT the country as a whole was greater from 1900 to 1910 than during the preceding de- cade was due entirely to the added rate of growth in the middle Atlantic. noun tain and Pacific divisions. In all six of the other divisions tho increases during the last decade was less than during tho previous one.'
 MT Durand expresses the opinion that later statistics probably will show that not more than 45 per cent of the popuia- ton of the country is urban: that is. In places of 25oo inhabitants or more. Tho population living in cities of 25,0o0 or more inhabitants has increased more rap idly than that in the rest of the country. The population of such cities in 1910 was cs.50s, ,001. as compared with 2f.0,s,lS9 for the same cities in 1900, the increase being ,4s9S1s, or 35.2 per cent
 In the north the proportion of the total population living in cities of 25,0oo .n- habitants was i0.6 per cent; in the south