Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
MEXICO CENSUS
SHOWS GROWTH
All States and Territories
Except One Reveal
Good Gains

All states and territories Of Mex
ico except one-Colima-showed a
population increase in the 1880 CEN
u oVer the last census. that taken
in 1921. The 1890 census places
the population Of the entire repub-
lie Of Mexico at i6. 1850. a gain Of
more than 1000. 900 over the 1921
population which totaled l~4.334.780.
Only IA Of Mexico's 80 states. ter
IIfItories and districts l<ve more men
nan women, the figures show. The
3ctal population includes 8.065.69
men and $685. 1876 women. The Nor
thern District Of Lower California
shows the largest majority Of men.
6.405.
Five states and the Federal Dis
trict have a population Of more than
1000. 900. The Federal District has
q population Of 1917 1858. and the
states in the select circle re: Vera
cruz, I,376.865: JaliSco. 1879 484;
Oaxaca. l.070.852: Puebla, 1,l43.286;
and Michoecan, 1~.0l4,o20.
Outside Of the Islas Marias penal
colony. which has a population OF
1.146. OF which 978 are men Quin-
tana Roo. a territory. showed the
smallest population. one Of l2-l5O. an
Increase OF 1.Is4 over the 1921 fig
ures.
Gain Over 100000
The following places showed gains
Of more than 100000: Federal Dis
trict. 3I1.600: Ve-acruZ. 2l6.930;
Puebla. 123. 33l; Guanaiuato. 12i 500;
and San Luis Potosi, 113,425. United
States border states showed gains
as follows: Tamaulipas, 56.773: Nue.
vo Leon, 79.76l: Coahuila, 40.833;
chihuahua. 90.271: Sonora. 40.i85;
and the Northern District Of Lower
California gained 22.939.
Colima, the only state that lost
population. now has 60.845 inhabit-
ants compared 70 91.749 nine years
ago. The reason for the loss is un-
l3explaEned. C:olima Is q small state
III south Of Jalisco on the Pacific coast.
I It's capital Is Colima. and its prin-
cipal city is the port Of Manzanillo.
which has been losing prestige with
the rise of Acapulco. Pacific port in
the state Of Guerrero. Guerrero's
population now Is 637530. a gain Of
70.694 v e than OF 1921.
lllt lStUN MAI Ids HTlAdA A1AAAlN
three islands off the coast OF Nay
arit in the Pacific ocean. where
Mexico sends its criminals, showed
a gain Of z64.
Wars Hurt Some
Mexico has an area Of 767.1es
square miles. One reason for its
slow growth in population hat has
! been cited prominently IS the fire.
Quency OF its revolutions in the pact.
I The 1921 figures showed a decrease
over those OF 1910. because OF the
hectic years initiated by the Madero
revolution in 1911. The mountainous
topography OF the country also nee
essarily keeps down the population.
The population by states. terrific
ries and districts Of the republic Is
as follows. Aguascalientes. 132 ae2:
Northern District Of Lower C%alifor-
mia. 1889. Southern District Of
Lower California. 46476: Campeche,
R497l: Coahuila. 4s43i3: Colifna.
a. oil: Chiapas. SCI 319: Chihuahua.
1893: Federal District. 1877 663.
Wirango. 3oS BOT. Guanaiuato. CAL
963: Guerrero. s2T.52n. Hidalco. STA
STA: Jalisco. 1895. 4e4: Mexico. e7s.-
4l2: Michoacan. 1.o14 900: Morelos.
1889; Navarit. l7oO54: Nuevo
Leon. 416173: Oaxaca. 1910 a52:
Puebla. 1.148 286: oueTetaro. 234 ss6:
Quintana Roo. 1880: San Luis Po-
tosi. 5591n6. Sinaloa. 3a5 $40. Son
ora, 315.312; Tabasco. 223 1893. Tam
aulipas. 343. SIT: Tlavcala. 204 424.
Veracruz. 1.377.865: Yucatan. 394 :
TsO; zacatecas. 465 OBJ: Islas Marias.
1,14S.