The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-10-15
U.S.CENSUS SHOWS
O5,6S3,lO8PE0RLE
OUTLYING POSSESSIONS NOT IN
cLUDED IN FIGURES
FARMS INCREASE.
NEARLY IS Per CENT GAIN
Over 12 Million OF Our People in Out
lying Possessions-Alaska Re-
ports Not Received-Some.
States Mentioned.

WASHINGTON.-The total popula-
ton of continental United States IL
los. 683, 108, an increase of l3,710,842,
or 14.9 per cent.
This figure does not include ap-
proximately 12,25O,OOO people living
in the country's outlying possessions.
The population of Alaska and the
total classed under the military and
naval service abroad are yet to be
announced.
There are in the United States s.
459,998 farms, an increase of 98,496,
or LIS per cent over a total number
recorded in 1910, the n bureau
announced recently.
State Figures.
Pennsylvania 8,72O,159, increase L.
055.0 or 1873 per cent.
Ohio ~5,759,368, increase 992,247, OF
20.8 per cent.
Iowa 2,403, $50. increase 17S,859. or
8 per cent.
Michigan 1867, 222. increase S57,04s.
or 30.5 per cent.
Nebraska 1895, 500, increase 1913, 2S8,
or 81 per cent.
Minnesota 2,S86.37 increase 3lO,6S3
or Is per cent.
st. Paul, MINI. (revised), 234,686.
increase 1896, or 9.3 per cent.
Detroit (revised), 993,678, increase
527,9 12 or 1913 per cent. Previously
announced 993,73
The growth of the country's popu-
atlion wa snot expected to show SO
large a relative. increase during the
last decade as during the previous
decade ended with 1910 because Of
the almost complete stoppage of i'm
migration during the world wal and
the heavy emigration during that
period.
With the outlying possessions, the
United States in 1910 had a popula-
ton Of 101,115,487. These possessions
included Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico.
the Philippine islands, the Panama
canal zone, Guam and Samoa, and
the total of persons in the military
and naval service abroad was added.
This year the population Of the vir-
gin islands of the United States, &C
quired from Denmark, is included.
With the announcement of the
country's total population, the bureau
OF the census, under Director Sam l..
Rogers, has accomplished only a por-
ton of its tremendoum task which
will continue to occupy a large force
of statisticians and clerks for the bet
ter part of a number of years. But
the primary object, for which the
fathers of the country provided in
the constitution that a counting OF
the people should be made every 10
years, has been achieved. That OBJ
ject was to obtain the total popula-
ton in order that apporitionment OF
the members Of the house of repre-
sentatives may be made by congress.
In 179 the number of representa-
tives was fixed at 65 each, repre-
senting approximately 10000 people.
The number has increased with each
decade, based IN censu returns, until
each of the present 435 members Of
the house represents approximately
211,877. The actual ratio of repre-
%sentation varies from 8O,293 in Ne
vada to 228,027 in Washington. Ne
yada, Delaware, Wyoming and Arr
iona, whose population were less than
the number which would entitle them
to n representative by apportion,
ment, were each given n under con-
stitutional provision that each state
shall have at least one representative
in the house.