Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-08
IN CONDENSED FORM
Summary of the Results of
Thirteenth U. S. Census.
PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU
Regarded by Director as Most Com
prehensive Ever Issued.
EMBRACES STATE FEATURES
Digested Information of Interest to
People-Number, Acreage and
Value of Farms.
PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU
EMBRACES STATE FEATURES

A condensed summary of the results OF
the thirteenth census of the United
States has Just been issued by the bu
reau of the census. the summary Cor alb
stracD, according to a statement of Di
rector f. Dana Durand. being the mos
comprehensive ever issued by the bureau
of the census.
1t contains digested and condensed in
formation as to the number and geo
graphical distribution of the nearly nine
ty-two million inhabitants of the country
their race. nativity. nativity of parents
sex, age, marital condition. state of brit
of natives and country of birth of for
eign inha bitants. citizenship, school at
tendance, illiteracy, dwellings and fami
lies. 1t shows the number, acreage ano
value of farms; the number and value OF
livestock; the acreage, production and
value of the various crops. and the pro-
duction and value of dairy and other
farm products
1t contains statistics regarding the
manufacturing, mining and quarrying in
dustries, showing capital invested, guam
tity and cost of materials. wages and
other expenses. quantity and value OF
products, number of employees and other
important information. Statistics on all
and. where applicable, for every large
city. Throughout the volume are maps
and diagrams illustrating the tables.
The abstract is a very different docu-
ment from any ever published in connec-
ton with the preceding censuS,es. and Di-
rector Durand expresses the belief that
1t will prove the most useful census pub
LEGATION ever issued, not only to students
and professional statisticians, but also
and more particularly to the business
fl,<f ar n
Director Durand's Comment.
In commenting upon some of the fea-
lures of this volume, Director Durand. In
statement issued today, says:
Among the new features of the presen,
abstract is the emphasis that has been
laid upon the geographical divisions OF
the country. On account of the large
number of states, it is usually very diff
cult to grasp the broad geographical diff
ferences regarding population, agriculture
and manufactures by means of cOmpari-
sons among individual states and particu-
larly so when they are arranged alpha
betically and thus separated from those
with which they are geographically re-
lated. For this reason the states have
been grouped into nine We'll recognized
geographical divisions. Full statistics
with necessary comments are presented
for these divisions. Besides, in the ables
of statistics by states the latter are
grouped geographically. thus permitting
easy comparison among neighboring
states.
Again, in the population statistics in
the abstract, details as to each subject
are given for urban and rural commune
ties separately. Fundamental differences
in industrial and social life between cities
and rural districts result in marked diff
ferences in the composition and charac-
teristics of the population. In many
cases it is impossible to understand the
differences between states or sections OF
the country except through this distinc-
ton between urban and rural population.
Very little use of this important distnc-
ton was made in the population stats
tics of previous ccnsuses.'