Evening journal., 1914-12-18
united States
atlas OUT soon
Census Publication Treats Of
Agriculture, Manufac-
lures, Cotton, Etc.
FARM PRODUCTION
ON THE INCREASE

YIN L he lINONEAOE
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. 1s.-The
Statistical Atlas OF the United States
soon will be ready for distribution.
Il is issued by William J. Harris,
Director of the Bureau of the Census
of the Department of Commerce. The
Atlas is compiled primarily as a
popular volume and will also prove
of great value TO educators and statis-
ticians. The statistics of the Census
Bureau are presented In a graphic
manner. which renders them easy Of
comprehension and well adapted for
use for lectures and technical studies
Of the various subjects presented n
the census reports. AS the edition is
limited, these volumes can not be as
freely distributed as other census
publications.
The Atlas contains 80 pages of de-
scriptive text and 5O3 pages compris-
ing 69S maps and 27S diagrams, and
includes comparative figures for
many Of the censuses from 1890 20
1910 The illustrations cover the
subjects of population, agriculture.
manufactures, mines and quarries,
cotton, financial statistics of cities,
vital statistics. religious bodies. mar
riage and divorce, and insane in hos
pitfalls. The text includes a short de-
scription of each of the maps and
diagrams.
The area OF enumeration In 1910
embraced the states and territories,
and the outlying possessions Of Alas
ka, Hawaii. and Porto Rico The
gross area in square mics of the
territory enumerated was 3,627 ,557
and the population returned was 49,
4O2,151 The increase In population
from 3.929,212 at the Census of 1890
to 93,402,151 at the Census of 1910
was S9,472,939, or about "A persons
In 1910 to each person returned at
the First Census. During the same
period the area was extended from
S92, 1876 square miles to 3,627557
square miles. The area, therefore,
increased only four times as COM
pared with the population increase of
nearly twenty four fold.
BY density OF population is meant
the number Of persons to each square
mile Of land area. Excluding the
District of Columbia, Rhode Island.
with 50s.5 persons per square mile,
is the most densoly populated state
In the Union, closely followed by
Massachusetts. New Jersey, and Con
nectlcut, in the order named, the only
states which had more than 200 per-
sons per square mile There were
only 10 states with a density in ex-
cess Of 100 persons per square mile,
/ N...k 1 4 ..It
less than 10 persons per square mile
Nevada, with or persons per square
mile, or persons to 10 square miles,
had the lowest density. Ft
Center OF Population.
The center of population may be
said TO represent the center of gravi-
" Of the population. If the surface
OF the United States be considered
as a rigid plane without weight. cap
able OF sustaining the population
distributed thereon. individuals being
assumed to be of equal weight. and
each, therefore, to exert a pressure
on any supporting pivotal point IL
rectly proportional TO his distance
from the point. the pivotal point on
which the plane balances would, Of
course, be its center Of gravity. and
this is the point referred to by the
term center Of population"
AT the Thirteenth Census the cen
ter Of population was in southern In
diana. in the western part OF Bloom
ington city, Monroe County. During
the last decade, 1900 to 1910, the CEN
ter OF population moved west ap-
proximately 80 miles. while its north
ward movement WIS only approx
mately seven-tenths OF a mile. In 1890
the center Of population was at a
point about % miles cast OF Baltl-
more.
The centers Of population OF each
OF the as states at each census from
1880 to 1910. the center OF the
foreign-born population. the center of
the negro population, and the CEN
ters OF the urban and rural popula-
ton are located and the movement
described In detail In the Statistical
Atlas.
The enumerators Of the Thirteenth
Census returned data for 6,361 ,502
farms in the United States. contain
ing S7S,79S,325 acres. of which 47S.-
4b1,750 acres we're improved land,
the remaining 4O0.346.575 acres COM
prising the acreage of woodland and
other unimproved land in farms. The
average acreage OF all land per farm
in the United States In 1910 was 1881
The states OF Iowa and Illinois had
the highest proportion lover IS per
cent? of improved land to the total
land area. In the total value of
farm property in 1910. Illinois ranked
first. with S3,905. 1921 .O75; Iowa was
second. with S3.745.S6O,544 while
Rhode Island was last, with S32.-
99O.739.
The figures for the value OF all
farm crops in 1909 showed that Illi-
nois was first. closely followed by
Iowa. Texas, and Ohio. in the order
named. The value of farm crops in
the United States increased SO pei
cent during the decade 1S99-19Os The
states Of Massachusetts,, Rhode Is.
land, and Connecticut reported the
highest average value per acre o
crops. followed by New Jersey, Soutt
Carolina, and Arizona, all OF which
states produced crops in excess of
SIS per acre. For average value o
farm crops. per farm, North Dakota
led; Nevada was second: California
third: South Dakota, fourth; anC
Nebraska, fifth-each with valua
tion for crops of over $1,000 pei
farm.