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UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



will be seen that in the column for population 

 in 1850, and sometimes in that for 1870, there 

 are blanks. In these instances it will be under- 

 stood either that the city had no corporate exist- 

 ence under the name it now bears at the time of 

 taking of the seventh or ninth census, or that no 

 mention is made of such place or places in the 

 census volumes on population. 



The urban population of the United States 

 and Territories, according to the census report, 

 is 18,235,670, out of a total population of 62,- 

 622,250 (exclusive of Alaska and Indian Terri- 

 tory), the percentage being 29-12. The table given 

 below, as shown in a bulletin exhibit, reveals the 

 proportion of urban population to the whole 

 since 1790: 



Another official exhibit of great value in view- 

 ing the rapid growth of municipalities is here 

 inserted, giving, with the one above, an excel- 

 lent record of urban prosperity and progress : 



CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF 100,000 AND OVER. 



Colored Population of the South. The 

 result of the race count for the South Atlantic 

 and South Central States, and for Missouri and 

 Kansas, has been officially announced in the 

 following table. 



Fifteen sixteenths of the entire colored popu- 

 lation is given in the totals for 1890, that pro- 

 portion being inhabitants of the States included. 

 In the remarks of the Superintendent of Census 

 it is pointed out that the colored population in 



the States given increased at the rate of 13'90 

 per cent, during the decade 1880 to 1890, the in- 

 crease in the white population in the same States 

 during the same period being at the rate of 

 24'67 per cent., or nearly double. 



Increase and Decrease in Population. 

 On the chart accompanying this article may 

 be seen a dotted line inclosing spaces here and 

 there throughout the States. The area inclosed 

 represents localities wherein there has been a 

 decrease in population since 1880. These de- 

 creases occur in 138 counties, the losses being 

 g'incipally in the central parts of Maine, New 

 ampshire, Vermont, New York, northern New 

 Jersey, and eastern Virginia, the decrease in the 

 last-named State being from the summit of the 

 Blue Ridge to the Atlantic. Decreases are 

 frequently to be noted through Ohio, Indi- 

 ana, Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky. In 

 southern Michigan and Wisconsin the dotted 

 lines are also to be seen. In eastern Iowa many 

 counties have lost population. The mining coun- 

 ties of Colorado show a decrease, and the area of 

 a diminished population includes the whole State 

 of Nevada, excepting only two counties. 



On the other hand, very rapid increases are 

 recorded in the census returns from the great 

 plains and generally throughout the agricultural 

 regions of the Cordilleran plateau. Northern 

 Michigan, western and southern Florida, Arkan- 

 sas, southern Missouri, and central Texas show 

 phenomenal growth, while here and there 

 throughout the southern Appalachian region are 

 areas of great increase. 



The geographer of the census and the su- 

 perintendent, in publishing a graphic exhibit, 

 from which the dotted areas shown in the chart 

 have been taken, draw atttention to the fact 

 that, "in the upper Mississippi valley and in 

 Virginia, where some of the greatest areas of 

 loss are indicated, the community is in a transi- 

 tion stage from agricultural to manufacturing 

 industries. The rich lands of the farther West- 

 ern States are drawing their farmers away to 

 reap larger profits, while other industries have 

 not yet attained such a footing as to attract or 

 retain population in their place. The condition 

 of things now prevailing in these States was 

 suggested by the census of 1880, when Ohio was 

 seen to be in this transition stage. Since then 

 this transition wave has extended westward 

 across Indiana, Illinois, and well into Iowa," 



