The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-10-14
CONTINENTAL UNITED q
STATES 105,6SS, los

Washington, October THE 1920
population Of continental United
States was announced today by the
census bureau as l05,683 ,108 This
was an increase of 13,7l0,842, or 14.9
per cent. since 1910.
Todsy's total does not include the
populations of outlying possessions,
which will be announced as soon as
the figures from Alaska and the milf
tary and naval service board are tab
ulated 1t is estimated, however,
that these possessions have 1880
coo inhabitants. so that the total
number Of people living under the
American flag is in round numbers
118,000,O00.
The figures for continent United
States compare with 1892 266 ten
years ago, and 75,994575 twenty
years ago The increase for the last
decade, however fell 2,266,S49, or 81
ner cent, below that of the preceding
decade.
Director Rogers of the census bu-
reau. in formal statement, attribut-
ed this reducten to the almost COM
plete stoppage Of immigration dur
irg the world war. an increase in
emigration during the same period
deaths in the influenza epidemic Of
fqi7-18 and war casualties.
The statement noted that the trend
# population from the country to the
ritv had been greatly accentuated
since 1910. For the first time in the
cou~ trv's history, it said. more than
half the entire population was now
living in urban territory.
Preliminary tabulations, Mr. Rog-
ers said. showed that 54,816,269, or
31.9 per cent. of TIE people were liv-
ing in Incorporated places of $500 in
habitants or more and 50,866,899, or
48.1 per cent. in rural territory.
This situation was clearly reflected
IN the figures as to farms in tho
ountry. which also were made public
oday. These placed the total Of
farms at 6,459,998, an increase of
nly 8.496. or is per cent in 10 years
as against an increase Of GA, 1870, or
10,9 per cent, during the decade ended
in 1910
Mr.. Rogers stated that while to.
lays figures on the country's popula-
ton We're preliminary and subject tC
revision, the final official population
as transmitted to Congress in Deem
ESer for apportionment purposes. wa'
not likely TO be greatly different. al
though It might be slightly larger
through the addition Of population
for small sections claimed not to have
been properly canvassed by censu
enumerators.
Revised figures for a number o
cities and counties are yet to b.
announced, but the main work Of tn
1920 censps is coN'pletea after nj"
months of labor.
The 1920 census figures for pophla
sion Of states follows:
New York, 10,384,144; Illinois
2 t96 098; Texas, 4,661 OPT; Missouri
| Z, 403 SAT; New Jersey, 3,155,374; Wis
onsin, 1881 ,s39; Kentucky. 2,416,
i 91S; North Carolina, 2,556,486; Ala
anna. 2,347 ,295; Mississippi 1889,
1884: Kansas. 1.769,257; Oklahoma
2 OPT .564; Louisiana, 1,797,798; Sout
Garolina 1888, 662; West Virginia
/ 463, $40; South Dakota, 635,S39
North Dakota. 645,7S0; Montars
SAT, 1913; New. Mexico. 360,247; Idaho
43l 1862; Arizona 333273; Wyoming
!, 1914 400; Nevada, 77407.
Tennessee stands nineteenth anon
The 48 states Of the Union, accordin
to the bureaus table Of relative ranl
alTn 1910 Tennessee was the sever
teenth state in population and !
600 Il ranked fourteenth. Arkansa
anks twenty-f;fth. the same rank 2
; in 1900 and 1910.
Mississippi ranks tWeHty-third; !
1000 it stood twentieth state and !
! 1910 the twenty-first.
Alabama stands eighteenth. the
ania os IN 1900 and 1910