UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



In one State, Kansas, a census has been taken 

 every year since 1885 with the following results 

 (the figures for 1880 are given to facilitate refer- 

 ences): 1880, Federal census, 996,096; 1885, 

 State census, 1,268,530 ; 1886, State census, 1,406,- 

 788 ; 1887, State census, 1,514,578 ; 1888, State 

 census, 1,518,552 ; 1889, State census, 1,464,914 ; 

 1890, Federal census, 1,427,096. 



The rate of increase between 1870 and 1880 in 

 Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont has not 



quite been maintained, "probably due t<> tin- 

 fact of a large migration of the farming popula- 

 tion to the far West and manufactures n,,t huv. 

 ing yet assumed sufficient prominence." The <!- 

 cline in the rate of increase in Ohio, Indiana. 

 Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois (not considering Chi- 

 cago) is noticeable. Ohio has fallen from 20 to 

 15 per cent. ; Indiana from 18 to 11 ; Iowa 86 to 

 18 ; Missouri 26 to 24 ; Illinois from 14-9 to 5-0 per 

 cent. " In these States the agricultural indu.-try. 



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