The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-08-14
ALASKA CENSUS
 SHOWS 4OOO GAIN
Tabulations Show That Alaska Ex- ported Products Last Year To The Value of $1,0O0 For Each Man, Woman and Child. Imports Were Half That Amount.

Poor in population but rich in per capita wealth, Alaska stands al- most alone in the world in that it has a surplus in It's treasury and no bonded debt.
 Remember these concise figures: The population of Alaska is 5000. There are 5S6,400 square miles. Ex- ports average nearly s60, 1000, ,000. a year. Imports average $30. 1000. .000. Gold shipments average $6,000,00 Land fur exports average $4,00O,- 900. Fish exports average s45.000- 900, and the Territory originally cost only $7,200.0OO. being admin istered by the government at con- siderably less than an average of 31.000,000 a year at practically no net loss.
 The 1890 census figures compiled here by the U. s. census bureau, show the population of Alaska to be nearly 59,OOO.
 All but twenty-four districts in the Territory have been enumerated and checked to date to show a to- tai population of 57,347 persons.
 An estimate of twelve of the re- maining districts makes 1t certain that there will be at least 1900 add ed to this total and 1t is expected that the other twelve districts will bring the total to within one or two hundred of the 5000 mark.
 With the area of Alaska being approximately 586.4O0 square miles, this would give nearly ten square miles of territory to every man, wo- man and child in Alaska, making it the least densely populated section of the United States.
 Of the total population of Alaska xhe fifteenth census figures show that the fourteen major cities have an aggregate population of 2O,5Os, or considerably more than a third of the entire population.
 The official 1920 census of Alas ka showed a population Of 55,036, of which there were 27,8S3 whites and 27,153 Indians and Eskimos. At that time there were 34,539 males and 2O,497 of the opposite gender in the territory. In 1924 the estimate. of Alaska was 60,O00 in habitants, either showing that the estimate was inaccurate or that the population has decreased in the past six years.
 The tabulated census figures are not available from the. territory as yet, but it is believed that there will be a proportionate increase in the number of whites, with decrease in the number Of Indians and Eski- mos. It is also believed that the number of the men and women will be nearer equal than it was in 1920.
 The census figures, together with the Department of Commerce tabu- lations, show that Alaska is re- markedly productive country when considered on a per capita basis. Every man, woman and child in AL aska exported products valued at more than s1,OO0 last year, and inn ported approximately one-half of that amount. The Territory of Al 4ska also is in an enviable financial position in that the treasury has a growing surplus and there is no funded debt against Alaska. Ha- waii, the insular Territory of the United States, has bonded debt of S28,52S.O0O. according to the latest figures available, while It's inhabit- ants, numbering nearly. six to every one Alaskan, produced only one third as much per person as the northerners.
 Following are the census figures of the fourteen leading cities of AL oaka fn nrdar of their size.