Facts Concerning the Peopee of Indiana 27 



TABLE 1. POPULATION OF INDLiNA FROM 1890 TO 1010 



Census. 



Total. 



Rank. 



Increase in Population. 



Indiana. 



U. S. 



Year Periods. 



Number. 



Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



1910. . . . 



2,700,876 



9 



1900 to 1910 



184,414 



7.3 



21.0 



1900. . . . 



2,516,462 



8 



1890 to 1900 



324,058 



14.8 



20.7 



1890. . . . 



2,192,404 



8 



1880 to 1890 



214,103 



10.8 



25.5 



§2. Interstate Migration 



It was noted in the opening paragraph of this section that up 

 to 1910 Indiana had actually lost through interstate migration. 

 This is in striking contrast to some of the Western and Middle 

 Western States that have gained materially in this Avay. Of her 

 own native born population still living in 1910, 2,805,516, there 

 were 774,174, or 27.6 per cent, living in other States, leaving 

 2,031,345 native born living in Indiana. On the other hand, 501,420 

 persons born in other States were, in 1910, living in Indiana. Thus, 

 up to 1910, Indiana actually lost through interstate migration 

 272,751, or 7.8 per cent. Table 2 summarizes the facts relative to 

 interstate migration. 



TABLE 2. LOSS IN NATIVE POPULATION THROUGH INTERSTATE 

 MIGRATION, INDIANA— 1910 



! Total Number. 



Per Cent of Total. 



Born in Indiana 



2,805,516 



■ 



Living in other States 



774,171 



27.6 



Living in Indiana 



2,031,345 



.... 



Born in other States, living in 

 Indiana 



501,420 



19.8 



Loss through interstate migration. 



272,751 



7.8 



§3. Distribution of Residents in Rural and Urban Communities 



As a preliminary measure in determining the kind and char- 

 acter of vocational education needed in a State, the facts relative 

 to the number of residents in rural and urban communities are of 

 great importance. For instance, in those sections where the great 



