FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS. 



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The excess of families over dwellings in 1890, 1880, and 1850, 

 both as regards number and per cent, is shown in the following 

 brief table: 



Excess of Families over Dwellings. 



The statistics of dwellings and families already published show 

 the classification by the number of persons and dwellings for the 

 different States and by the United States as a whole. The follow- 

 ing brief summary, however, by geographical divisions, is all that 

 space will permit. This table shows the total number of persons 

 to a dwelling, from 1 person to 11 and over : 



Persons to a Dwelling, by Geographical Divisions. 



The facts in the foregoing table, reduced to percentages and to 

 a classification somewhat briefer than the foregoing summaries, 

 give the following results : 



