The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-07

Washington, Sept. T. Census
Director Durand announced today
that the census bureau will begin
about January next the issuance
from time to time Of a series OF bull
letins, each giving certain popula-
ton statistics for a single state ana
its subdivisions. The form OF these
bulletins, which will later be bound
up to constitute regular census vol
umes, marks a very distinct depart
ure from the method of publishing
census statistics ten years ago. IL
is one step in the carrying out OF
| Director Durand's aim to simplify
and make more accessible the CEN
sus data. so that they can be readily
used. not merely by expert students
and statistlcians. but by the average
citizen. The directors statement
follows:
1T is the intention at the present
census to publish for each state n
bulletin which will contain at least
the more important figures derived
from the population census. both for
the state. as whole, and for its
counties. cities. and minor civil di-
visions. Moreover. the facts avail
able with regard to any given
county or any given city which are
contained in this bulletin. Will be
all published together in one place,
one item below another, the name
of the county or city appearing at
the head of the column. and the
various subjects being listed down
the side OF the page. The items re-
garding counties will require two
lpages to list.
"The bulletins for the several
states, as first issued, Will not, II
should be notsd. contain all the in
formation which the census will
ultimately publish with regard to
THAT state or It's larger cities.
Briefly, each OF these bulletins
will contain the following principal
tables:
"G) The State--A table showing
the number of inhabitants OF the
state as whole from the earliest
census to date. with the percentage
of increase at each census.
4 (2) Minor Civil Diyisions-A
table showing the number OF inhabi-
Itants in each county and minor
Icivil divisions for each OF the last
three censuses.
"(3) Incorporated Places - a
table showing the number OF inhabi.
tants at each of the last three cen
suses for each Incorporated city OF
town.
These first three tables show
lonly the number of inhabitants ant
no details with regard to their char
acteristics.
"(D Counties In Dstail-Th'
fourth table will show for eacf
county all the facts with regard e
1.-The characteristics OF the population
which the census proposes to publish
Iby counties. including various com
lparisons between the figures at th'
Ipresent census and at previous cen
suses. The totals OF these items fol-
1.-THE state as a whole will, of course
also be given.
"(5) Cities in Detail-The fftl
table will present similar informa'
ton in detail regarding municipali'
ties-cities. villages, etc.--haying
population OF $500 or more.
1.-The table showing detailed sta
Itistics OF Individual counties will be
the most bulky as well as the most
important feature of this first series
lof state bulletins. II Will contain
lsomewhat more information regard
ling each county than was available
at the census of 1900. Aside from
presenting certain classiflcations
which were not presented before
There will be more extensive use OF
percentages, which facilitate com
lparison between one county and an
other, and also more extensive pre-
sentation of the statistics of earlier
censuses for comparison with those
of the present census.
"The urban population of the
county will then be distinguished
from the rural, the former being
defined as including all places OF
l2.5OO POSSIBLY to be changed tc
2,OO0) Inhabitants or over. and
comparison will be made with the
census of 1900 in this respect. This
|, distinction, which was never shown
flor individual counties before, Il
important. for the purpose OF deter
mining the growth of the county il
, in its cities or in its farming popu'
lation, or what part of the growth
is in each. The density of popula
, tion per square mile VIII also be
shown for each county.
Next will be presented the sta
tistics of the population classified ae
cording to color. and. for the whites
according to general nativity, !. e.
native or foreign birth. The white
population for each census from
1890 to 1900 will be compared Will
the negro population. The distinc
tion of blacks and mulattoes fol
, 1910 and also the figures FOR Other
lnon-whites (Chinese. Japanese ana