The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-23
DAKOTA Showed GREAT
GROWTH Of POPULATION IN DECADE

binations and which show Increases
range from 1871 per cent in Richiand
county to 279.6 per cent in Logan
county. and the absolute increases Of
the same group Of counties range
from lao in Eddy county to 1903
in Morton county. Each combination
of counties shows a large percentage
Of increase. Three counties decreas-
ed in population during the last de-
cade; the percent1ses Of decrease be-
Traill and Walsh counties. respective
". and the absolute decreases $40 in
Pembina county. 562Pembina county.
$50 in Trail county, and 797 In Walsh
county. The aggregate increase OF
population from 1900 to 1910 In the
four combinations of counties and in
the 80 counties that showed increases
was 262,3S9; the aggregate decrease
Of population in the 8 counties that
showed decreases was 4. 47s. The
total increase Of population in the
state.
Density of Population.
The total land T of the state is
70.183 square miles . The average
number of persons to the square miles
in 1910 was SO; in 1900 and 1890 1t
was AS and 81, respectively. The av-
erage number per square miles for
continental United States az q whole
in 1910 was 800.
Morton county with 4.743 square
miles has the largest area, and Foster
county with ga square miles. has
the smallest area. Grand Forks coun-
ty, containing Grand Forks city, has
the highest density Of any county,
namely, 1876 persons per square miles.
while Mckenzie county with 2 persons
per square mile has the lowest den.
sity.
Minor Civil Divisions.
The political divisions into which
counties are subdivided are collective
~ termed "Minor civil divisions" In
North Dakota the counties are d.
vided into 1;4So primary divislcsn M
senoo1 soxn shG s'v y t ssnoo1 ai.tri IL.
is election precincts. ) towns. 81
cities and 143 villages. There are
also 2 secondary divisions. in the state.
each a village which 10 not an inde.
pendent minor civil division but
which forms q part Of the township
In which 1t is located. Besides these
minor civil divisions there r SIS
unorganixed townships. II Of which
have no population reported. and 3
reservations, though independent of
any county organization. are returned
under the counties in which they are
wholly or partly located.
Urban Population.
The urban territory Of the state in
1910-that 10. the cities Of $500 in
habitants or more-contained 63,236
Inhabitants, or II per cent Of the to-
tai population. while 513.820 inhab-
ttants, or SO per cent. lived in rural
territory. The urban territory as It
existed in 1So0--that u, the cities then
having $500 Inhabitants or more
contained 23,l13 Inhabitants, or rs
per cent OF the total population, while
zS6.533 inhabitants, or 9a.7 per cent,
lived In rural territory. There has
been q considerablo increase In the
proportion OF urban population. For
continental United States a. q whole
the urban population in 1910 snd 40.6
per csnt OF the total population ii
1900.
The state Of North Dakota had IN
1910 two cities Of over 10000 iHhaS.
iteuts each. Fargo and Grand Forks,
WHOSE combined population comprts-
ed, ~ Rer cent Of the total popula-
&toa ~ the btate, white TIE eie&t other
places Of over $500 Inhabitants to-