The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
lOl,IOO,OOO
SOULS in The
united STATES
Official Estimate Made by the
Census Bureau Includes
All Possessions
California Is Given the Twelfth
Place in Point of PopuIa-
ton of States

WASHINGTON. Dec. Io.-In the Unit
ed states and all its possessions the
stars and stripes protect l01,1OO, 900
souls, This is the Official estimate of
the United States bureau of the CEN
sus announced today in connection with
the population statistics for the coun-
try as enumerated in the thirteenth de-
cennial census. It includes the Philip
pines Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska
and the Panama canal zone.
Within its borders on the North
American continent. exclusive Of Alas
ka. the United States has a population
Of 91.972.26 inha bitants. In the last
10 years the states of the union had an
increase in population of 1872, ,e91.
which amounts TO 2l per cent over the
1900 figures.
Since the first census was taken in
1890 the country has grown 25 times
as large. the population then having
been 3,929.214. slightly larger than the
present population of Texas.
Explaining the increase of popula-
tion of the continental United States to
9l972.266, Director Durand attributed
the growth largely TO greater net ad-
ditons through immigrations-
He finds a wider disparity in the
growth Of the different states in the
range is from a decrease from 5.6 per
cent TO an increase Of 120 per cent in
Washington.
The states showing the lowest in
crease, falling below 10 per cent he
said are Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky,
Indiana and Tennessee, the three
northern New England states and
Maryland and Delaware.
WEST HAS RAPID GROWTH
exceeding 80 per cent are, with the
exception Of New Jersey and Florida,
all in the west and make up a belt
comprising one-third of the area of
the United States. South Dakota,
Colorado and Utah had increased be-
tween 50 and so per cent, while North
Ds kota. Wyoming, Oregon. Nevada.
California. New Mexico and Arizona
increased between so and 100 per cent.
and Okla homs. Idaho and Washington
more than 100 per cent.
The increase in the ten years 1900 to
1910 was greater than in the previous
decade in IS Of the 49 states, Is of
river.
The increase in the last decade was
less than IN the previous one in Is
states. most Of which are east Of the
Mississippi river.
COAST STATES ARE RUNNERS
The greatest change in growth is
found in the three Pacific coast states
and Nevada and New Mexico. all of
which grew flr faster in the last 10
years than in the 10 preceding.
The population Of the nine geo
graphical divisions is:
New England. 6,552,2S1 middle At
lantic 19.315,SS2; east north central,
18.250,62l; west north central 1881
92l: south Atlantic, 12.194.S95: east
south central s,4O9,90l; west south
central. S.7S4.534; mountain, 2,633,517;
Pacific, z.l92,3O4. The population of
the northern section is 55,757,115;
southern section, 29,3S9,550; western
section, s,625,S21.
FAR WEST POTENT FACTOR
The fact that the increase Of the
country as 2 whole was greater from
1900 TO 1910 than in the preceding dec
ade was due entirely TO the added
growth in the middle Atlantic, noun
tain and Pacific divisions. In all six
Of the other divisions the increase
i'm the last decade was less than in
the previous one"
Durand expresses the opinion that
later statistics probably viii show that
more than 45 per cent of the popula-
tion Of the country is urban; that is,
in places Of $500 inhabitants, or more.
The population living in cities of 25,-
600 or more inhabitants has increased
much more rapidly than that in the
rest Of the country. The population
Of such cities in 1910 was 2S, sos, ,007,
as compared with 21.O7S,1S9 for the
same cities in 1900. the increase be-
ing 7,s29.SIS. or 35:2 per cent.
In the north the proportion of the
total poulation living in cities Of 25,-
600 inhabitants was 40:6 per cent; in
the south it was 1928 per cent; in the
west. 31:3 per cent.
COUNTRY HOLDING IT'S OWN
The population in the rest of the
country including smaller cities and
rural districts. in 1910, was 63,454,259
as compared with 549le,3S6 in 1900; the
increase, S,547,S73. or only about a mil
lion more than the increase of the
cities alone. The per cent of increase
was 1886 per cent or less than half
the rate shown by cities Of $4,000 in
habitants.
He hnds that while there has been
probably a somewhat great difference