Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-08
Figures May Reach Total of
11S,OOO,OOO With Citizens.
Abroad and Possessions
TREND IS TO CITIES
Increase in Ten Years is 13,71O,S42
or 149 Per Cent Since 19l0.-Flfty
One Per Cent in Cities

The 1920 population Of continental
United States was announced yester-
day by the census bureau as 1O5,-
S3.1OS. This was an increase OF
13,710,S42, or 14.9 per cent, since 1910.
The total given does not include
The population of outlying posses
sions. which will be announced as
soon as the figures for Alaska and
the military and naval services
,blcad are tabulatcd 1t is estlnat-
ID. however. that these possessions
have l2.250,000 inhabitants, so that
the total number of people living un-
ler the American flag is, in round
numbers, 11S,0O0,000.
Director Rogers. in making the an
nourcement, said that while the fig-
,rres were preliminary and subject
% correction the final off cial popu-
lation, as transmitted to Congress IN
December for apportionment pur-
poses, was not likely 10 be greatly
!;fferent, although Il might be slight
" larger through the addition OF
population for small sections of the
territory claimed not to have been
properly canvasscd by the census
,numcrators m January and which
IRE now being investigated.
"Thc population Of the United
States. as announced yesterday,
said Mr.. Rogers, is l05,GSa.loS, as
compared with a total in 1910 Of 81 I
972. 2s6 and in 1900 of 75,994.57h.
This is an increase since 1910 OF l3,-
7le,Si2, or 14.9 per cent, as com-
nared with an increase from 1900 to
1910 of 15.977,691, or Il pc" cent.
"The large falling off IN the rate
Of growth for the country as a who'll"
as shown by these figures, is due
mainly tn an almost complete ccssa-
tion of immigration for mora thar
five years preceding tn" taking 'oi
The census in January last and IN
some degree also to all epidemic CT
Influenza and to the casualties re-
su!ting from the wcr!. war.
"The results Of the census Of pop
ulation in 1000 at frs, glance ma"
seem somewhat disappointing and
open 10 question possibly, but the sub
stantial accuracy Of the cnumcra-
tion in January is fully borne ont by
comparison with estimates based
unon the probable excess Of births
over deaths throughout the decade
and the excess Of Immigration over
emigration.
"From all available data j, may be
roughly estimated that the annual
excess of births over deaths through
cut the United Stays * apnrnx'-
matelv 1O.5 per cent dur!n" til" d.
"adc. Thrs the nearly 92,00A,209
persons present in the United St9t"S
in 1910 might be expected TO increase
to about 1O1 100000 in 1920.
"In addition, the excess Of immi-
grafton over cmigra"an during thc
decade was Approximately 3.733.0a0
Since the bulk Of these forcign-borr
pcrsons came to the country during
the first four wears of the decade il
may De roughly estimated that the
i increase due to eXcetS GI~births owe,
deaths in their families was about 1C
per cent.
"Thus the population of the conr-
trv NAV he assumed 10 hay" h""r
augmented by about i,10h,00a dnr.
ing the decade through excess Of i'm.
| migration over -emirrafion. Tha two
estimates taken together would indi-
cate, therefore. y probable popula-
! ton of 105.S00.000, or only a small
fraction of per cent more than The
total shown by the returns Of the
! fourteenth census.
"The figures of the present cen,
sus also show that the trend of pop,
ulation from this country to the city
has become greatly acccntuatcG since
1910 and that. for the first time il
the country's history, more than hall
| the entire population .s now living
in urban territory as defined bv the
census bureau. That IS to say, of th'
! los .6S3. los persons enumerated II
the fourteenth ccnsu=, rreliminar,
tGbulaticns show that 54.S16.209 OF
51.9 per cent, are living in incorpo
rated places of $500 inhabitants Of
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