Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-30
POPULATION OF U. 5.
 ESTIMATED ON JAN. 1
 AT ll4,3ll,OOO FIGURE

SlOWlnS up, III Splte Oi tHe. -Idct Ludt the number of people in the country is placed at 114,311,00 for Jan. |, 1925, according to estimates announc- ed today by the National Bureau of Economic Research, of this city Both the birth rate and the death rate are falling, the latter faster than the for mer, while immigration accounts for only one-fifth of the annual popula- tion increase of continental United States. The total population figure for Jan. 1, 114,311,0O0, compares with the bureaus estimate of 112,684,000 on Jan 1, 1924, and the census count of 1O5,711.O0O in 1920.
 Continuing the bureau says that the estimated gain during the year 1924 was 1,627,000 which is approximately 100000 less than the average gain for the last five years The year of greatest gain since 1920 was 1923, when the population grew by 1,996,- 900. In 16 year period the year of greatest gain was 1909 when 2,173,000 were added.
 The natural increase of population through excess of births over deaths was four times the amount added by net immigration in 1924, the bureaus figures declare
 In 1924 net immigration was 315,- 900, while births are estimated at g. 645,0O0 and deaths at 1,333,00O.
 Since 1911 the number of deaths has tended to remain constant, while the births have increased by nearly II per cent and the population has grown by some 21 per cent.
 Of the total population, 3S out of every hundred persons are engaged in some gainful occupation, that is work ing for direct money income.
 .lThis study of population growth was made by pr. Willard l. King, of the bureaus research staff, as a part of the bureaus general and continuing investigation of income in the United States and it's changes from year to year.
 The greatest percentage growth, ac- cording to the figures of the bureau, took place in 1909 and the smallest in 1918, year of war and of influenza epidemic. The year 1923 shows one of the peaks of the period, while 1924 is slightly below the average, the change from 1923 being due to the falling off in immigration.
 Estimates made by Dr. King indi- cate that, during the 16 years, there occurred in the United States more than 41,O00,000 births and approxi- mately 22,000,000 deaths. It appears, therefore, that the gain in population from excess of births over deaths was something over 19,O0OOOO, or more than three times the increase in pop- ulation due to immigration. The chief cause of increase in population in the United States, therefore, the bureau says, is not migration but rather the fact that more people are born than die
 ' The number of births since 1909 has been little less than double the num- Der of deaths, but the figures indicate that, during the last five years, the ratio of births to deaths has almost reached to l. This ratio has chang ed materially since 1911, year which was about normal In that year the number of births was apparently some 2,3S9, 900, while the number of deaths was about 1,32S,O0O In 1914, 13 wears later, the number of births appears to have increased by more than 25O,OOO. while the number of deaths was ap- proximately unchanged. Since 1911 the number of deaths has tended to constant, while births have by nearly II per cent and the population has grown by some 21 per cent. The death rate, in other words, has fallen faster than the birth rate. The death rate has been per- sistently low during the last decade except in the last half of 1918, the first half of 1919, and the first half of 1920. This low death rate has been responsible to no small degree for the rapid gain in population.
 The gainfully occupied constitute about 3S per cent of the populat ation, the remaining 62 per cent being al most equally divided between child ren and adults. The proportion of the population gainfully occupied increas- ed noticeably during the war period, put had returned by 1924 to approxi- nately the same percentage as that in 1909.
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