The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-10-19
POPULATION TOTAL
GIVEN FOR COUNTRY
Census Bureau Announces 105,983,.
1o8-Outlying Precincts Yet
To Report.


census bureau as 1o5,sss,1os. This
was an increase Of 13,71o,S42, or
14.9 per cent. since 1910. Today's
total does not include the popula-
tions of outlaying possessions which
will be announced as soon as the
figures for Alaska and the military
and naval services abroad are tabu-
lated. It is estimated, however, that
those possessions have 12.250,00O in
habitants, so that the total number
Of people living under the American
flag is in round numbers 11s,o0o,-
600.
The figures for continental United
States compare with 91,s72,266 ten
years ago and 75,es4,575 20 years
ago. The increase for the last ten
decades, however, fell 2,266,s4s or
6.1 per cent. below that of the pre-
ceding decade.
Director Rogers Of the census by.
reau, in formal statement, attr1bus-
ed this reduction to the almost COM
plete stoppage of immigration dur
ing the world war, an increase IN en-
igration during the same PERIOD,
deaths in the infiuenza epidemic OF
19i7-fS and war casualties.
The statement noted that the trend
Of population from the country to
the, city had been greatly accentuatt
ed since 1910. For the first time
IN III the country's history, it is said
more than half the entire population
was now living in urban, territory.
Preliminary tabulations, Mr.. Rog-
ers said, showed that 54,si6,20s or
SIG per cent. Of the people were
living in incorporated places Of 2,5oo
inhabitants or more and 5o,966,Ss9
or 4s:l per cent. in rural territory.
This situation was clearly rejected
id the figures as to farms in the
country which also were made public I.
today. These placed the total OF
farms at SASS, 1893, an increase OF
only. es, ,4s6or 1,5 per cent. in ten
wears as against an increase OF 6z4'-1
$50 or io.e per cent. during the de-
cade, ended ins1 s10.sss
s Rogers ST stated that while to-
day,s figures On: the eountry's popu-
laf;on we're prel liininary and; subject,
Cd revision, the Anal official popula-
linn ali transmitted ta. congress in
December for ap port iotment 'purpos-I
es was not likely to be greatly dlf-
ferent, although it might be slightly,
larger through The addition Of popu-
lation for small sections claimed NOT
to have been properly cansassed n by
cerasus enumerators.,
Devised figures for 9 number OF
cities and counties are yet to be an
nous1,ilcte.d, but the main work Of the
1890 census il, completed after nine
months Of labor. 80.
fhe census bureau to date has
ssnnent 40 weeks in supervising the
enumeration and tabulation Of the
eoonuntryss millions. A similar period
elapsed before the country's pofuia-
ton was made public in 1910. Ihls
vear. ho,ssver, all minor civil di-
visions and incorporated places OF
each state have been made publlc
with the announcement ef,the United
States total, while in 1910 the census
bureaus objective was to arrive at
the total as soon as possible, leaving
FIVE states and their. county civil di-
visions to be announced later. The
work Of the 18th census did not be-
gin until April-5 and ended Decen1-
Der 10, 1910.
On January /, this year, $4,000
enumerators began counting the
men. women and children OF the
country and collecting certain infor-
nation concerning the nations re-
sources. Under the direction OF Sam
d. Rogers, chief of the census bu-
reau. enunaerators collected data on
farms, manufactures, forest and OIL
production. and it is this work which
will occupy the attention of the bu-
reau froel now on, A large force
of stati ieians and clerks will be re-
tanned to complete it.
Washington, Oct. 7.-Populations
of seven states were announced this
morring.
OF the seven states the population
of which were announced this morn
ing, Pennsylvania had the largest
numerical growth. Its total popuia-
| ton is s,T20,159, an increase of l.
oor qnl II