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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



home for this country. One would sup- 

 pose that if they wished to leave old 

 England they would have gone to Canada 

 or Australia. The case becomes still 

 more difficult when we learn that there 

 are about an equal number of Canadians 

 in this country, two-thirds of whom are 

 of English extraction. 



The average number of people to a 

 square mile, or the density of population, 

 has been affected not only by our total 

 number of inhabitants, but by the area 

 of the country. In 1802 the great prov- 

 ince of Louisiana was added to our 

 original territory; in 1819, the Floridas ; 

 between 1840 and 1850, Texas and most 

 of the southwestern States, and in 1852 

 the Gadsden purchase. As the popula- 

 tion here treated is that of continental 

 United States only, the addition of 

 Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico are not 

 here considered, either as to population 

 or area. In spite of all these additions, 

 which have nearly quadrupled the origi- 

 nal size of the country, the density of 

 its population is now more than six times 

 as great as 120 years ago. 



The following table gives by States 

 and Territories the population in 1910, 

 the per cent of increase from 1900 to 

 1910, the density of population in 1910, 

 and, in the last column, the proportion 

 which the number of inhabitants of cities 

 of 25,000 or more bears to the popula- 

 tion of the State. The States are ar- 

 ranged in geographic instead of alpha- 

 betic order, so that those having similar 

 characteristics may be placed near one 

 another. 



Population, Rate of Increase 1900-1910, Den- 

 sity of Population, and Per Cent of 

 Increase of States. 





Population, 



Per cent 

 of 



increase. 



Dens- 



Per cent 





1910. 



ity. 



urban. 



Maine 



742,371 



7 



25 



II 



N. Hampsh'e 



430,572 



5 



48 



22 



Vermont .... 



355,956 



4 



39 



0 



Mass. 



3,366,416 



20 



420 



64 



Rhode Island 



542,6l0 



27 



517 



68 



Connecticut. . 



1,114,756 



23 



230 



45 



New York. . . 



9,113,614 



25 



191 



69 



New Jersey.. 



2,637,167 



35 



337 



52 



Pennsylvania. 



7,665,111 



22 



170 



39 



Delaware . . . 



202,322 



10 



103 



43 



Maryland . . . 



1,295,346 



9 



131 



43 





Population, 



Per cent 



OI 



increase. 



Dens- 



Per cent 





191c. 



ity. 



urban. 



Dist. of Col.. 



11 J 06Q 



TQ 





TOO 



Virginia 



2 06 T 6 TP 



1 1 



0 L 



T/l 

 A 4 



West Va 



1,221,1 19 



27 



^0 



6 



N Carolina 



2 206 287 



17 



40 



•3 

 O 



S Carolina 



T C, T ^ 400 



T 3 



C2 



6 



OeorQ'ia 



2 60Q 121 



— y ' \- ' / , -1 — 1 



18 



44 



12 



Florida 



7^2 6lO 



42 

 4^ 



T/l 

 A 4 



T Q 



Alabama 



2 Tl8 OQ1 



T7 



4o 



TO 



Mississinni 



.*-iJ-1i_Jv_J1iJv^1 L/ YJ A ■ ■ 



I 7Q7 I 14 



l6 



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Louisiana 



J — { K-J U 1 O 1 CI 1 1 CI • • • 



i 6^6 ^88 



20 



-^6 





Texa s 



1 8q6 ^42 



28 



t e 

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T 53 

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A rka usa s 



T K7A AAQ 



20 



^0 



•3 

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Oklahoma . . . 





1 10 



2d. 

 ■^4 



6 



Tennessee . . . 



2 i8_l 780 



8 



C2 



T c 



TCpntn ckv 



J.VC 1 1 l ci v_ iv y ■ > * 



2 280 OO 



/ 



C7 



T C 

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Ohio 





T C 



x d 



T T7 



0/ 



T ii r 1 1 n ti 2 



0 7nn 876 



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c 6^8 cot 



T7 



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46 



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4y 



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Wi QrniKin 



2 111 860 



T ^ 



40 



2^ 



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2 07 C 7o8 



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x y 



26 



^0 



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2 224 77T 



0 



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1 oqi nc 



6 



48 

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N Dakota 



£77 OC6 



81 



8 



0 



V--' • -1— ' CI IV W lil. . . 



=;8? 888 



45 



8 



0 



Nip nrn cVn 



T TO? 9T/I 



1 ^ 





16 



Tc n n C r\ c 



T 60O O 10 



T LT 



x 0 



?T 



1 1 



l\/l r\ n 1" q n n 



o/ u , u oo 



cr 



0 



TO 



Wyoming .. . 



T 1 c q6 c 



■;8 



I 



0 



Colorado . . . 



790,024 



48 



8 



36 



N. Mexico.. . 



327,301 



68 



3 



0 



Arizona 



204,354 



66 



2 



0 



Utah 



373,351 



35 



5 



32 



Idaho 



325,594 



101 



4 



0 



Nevada 



81,875 



93 



1 



0 



California . . . 



2,377,549 



60 



15 



45 



Oregon 



Washington. . 



672,765 



63 



7 



31 



1,141,990 



120 



17 



37 



Alaska 64,356 



Hawaii 191,909 



Porto Rico.. 1,118,012 

 Military and 



Naval 55,6o8 



THE STATES THAT HAVE INCREASED MOST 

 RAPIDLY 



New York is, as it has been continu- 

 ously for 90 years, the most popu 1 ous 

 of all the States, having now more than 

 9,000,000 inhabitants. This is more than 

 double the population of the entire coun- 

 try in 1790, and very nearly equal to its 

 population 30 years later, in 1820. 



Our second State in population is 

 Pennsylvania, which has held that posi- 

 tion since 1830. Then follow in order 

 Illinois and Ohio, which held the same 

 positions in 1900. Going on down the 



