The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-07
3,743 IN HUMBOLDT;
NEVADA HAS 77,407

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Oct. 6.-The
population of Humboldt county was
announced by the census bureau to-
day as being 3743, a decrease OF 30S2,
or ASP per cent from the previous
census. The population of Golconda
is 2S8.
The division of Humboldt county.
out OF which Pershing county was
formed, is reflected in the census fig
ures and is responsible for the de-
crease charged against Humboldt
county, says the Gazette.
Pershing county, at the time it was
organized, took away less than half
of the original territory of Humboldt
and slightly less than half its popula-
tion. Centers of population falling
in Pershing county included Love-
lock, which was the second largest
city in Humboldt county, and the
fourishing mining camps of Packard
and Rochester.
The population of Humboldt coun-
ty, which then included the territory
now comprised in Pershing county,
was 6S25 in 1910. In this years CEN
sus Pershing county is accredited
with with 2S03. making the popula-
ton of the combined territory GAG
this year, decrease of 279, or four
per cent.
Federal enumerators counted IT,
407 persons In Nevada for the 1920
decennal census. This total is A.
46s, or five per cent less than the
figure for 1910. according to news
dispatches received from Washington
Nevada's population in 1910 was ST.
S75, according to the federal census
and the previous federal census in
1900 gave the states population as
l2,335 persons.
Estimates on population of the var
ious states have been made yearly un-
der direction of the department of
labor and commerce. These estimates
claimed that Nevada's greatest popu-
lation period was in 1916 when the
population was estimated at 106, ,734
Estimates are available for each
year since 1910 when the estimated
population of $1,000 was only slightly
higher than the figure obtained by
the count of inhabitants of the state
The figures given by the federal de-
partment show a decided increase
year by year beginning with the 1910
CURES and in 1911 the estimate was
S6.714; in 1912, 9071S; in 1913, 94,-
722: in 1914, 9S.726; in 1915, 02.730
and in 1916 the estimate was 106, 1874
Nevada is sixth in point of area
with 1G9,S21 square miles of terri
tory, almost a section and half of
land for each man. woman and child
in the state.
II was the states third population
decline, the decade ending with 1890
showing 1t to have decreased 23.9 per
cent and during the following ten
vears its loss was 10.6.
The state, however. more than made
up its first two losses during the de-
cade 1900-1910 when it increased
a3.4 per cent.
In spite of the announcement of
the United States census bureau that
Nevada registered a decline in popu-
lation between 1910 and 1920, the
school census of Nevada shows an
Increase in the same period of more
han sixteen per cent.
In 1910 there were 12.443 persons
in state of ages ranging from six to
eighteen years. In 1920 the enroll
ment of persons of the same age was
14,4S5, an increase of 2042. These
statistics were compiled by the state
under the direction of the superin-
tendent of public instruction and in
every instance the enrolment was OBJ
tanned by personal visitation.