Dwellings And Families In The State

The number of dwelUngs in the ?tate is reported at 483,685. The total population is 2,241,641, an average of 4.63 persons to each dwelling. The increase In dwellings has been : Fi'om 1850 to 1860, 79,336 ; from 1860 to 1870,86,084 ; from 1870 to 1880,84,478 ; from 1880 to 1890, 112,856, amd ïrom 1890 to 1894, 49,315. The lincrease in the decade 1850 to 1860, 110.78 per cent.; from 1860 to 1870, 57.03 per rent.; from 1870 to 1880, 35.64 per cent.; from 1880 to 1890, 35.10 per cent.; and in the four years from 1890 to 1894, 11.35 per cent. The number of dwellings occupied by 1 person ie 15,2";5 ; 2 persons, 73,674 ; 3 persons, 'J7.717 ; 4 persons, 86,548 ; 5 persons, 72,402 ; 6 persons, 52,535 ; 7 persons, 34,895 ; 8 persons, 22,230 ; 9 persons, 13,074 ; 10 persons, 7,458 ; 11 to 16 persons, 8,153 ; 16 to 21 persons, !)74 ; amid 21 persons and over, 792. Of ome thousand dwelïings, 32 are aro occupied by 1 porscm, 152 by 2 persons, 192 by 3, IS") by 4, 150 by 5, 109 by 6, 73 by 7, 46 by 8, 07 by 9, 15 by 10, 17 by 11 to 16, 1 iby 16 to 21, and 1 by 21 and ovga-, anti in oach one thoueand population, 7 live 1 in ia dwellinrï ; 66 live 2 in a dwelling ; 124, 3 ; 160, 4 ; 161, 5 ; 141, 6 ; 109, 7 ; 79, 8 ; 52, 9 ; 33, 10 ; 44, 11 to 16 ; 8, 16 to 21 ; and 16, 21 and over. iMore dwelïings are occupied by 3 ttoan by any other number of persons, but moire persons ltvie 4, more 5, and more 6 in a, öweliing tnan live 3 in a dwellimg. The exact numbers are as follows : The number of persona living 3 tn a dweiling is 278,151; 4 in a dwellimg, 358,192 ; 5 in a dwellimg, 362,010, and 6 in a dwelling, 315,210. In 1890 more dwelliJngs were oocupied by 4 than by any ather number oí persons, but the number so occupied- 80,191,- was only 1,418 larger thain the number occupied by 3 persons. There are more dwellings in the lor corporated cities occupied by 4 than by any other number of persons, but the number occupied by 3 persona is only 74 lesa. The number occupied by 5 or less persons is 114,487, or 68.10 per cent of the vrhole mmber, anid 47.87 per oen, of the popuLaition live in these dwellings. In the country outskle the cities the the number of dwelliiiiïs occupied by 5 or less persons is 229,087, or 7ü.6O per cent. of the whole number, and 54.06 per cent of the population live in these dwellings. ' FAMILIES. The number of families in the state is reported at 506,779. This is 23,094 more families than d-welltaga, lnflloattag that 23,094 families live more thian one fami'.y in a dweiling. The average number oï persons to each family i 4.4Ü. This is 0.21 persons less than the average number oí persons to a dwellimg. The increase in families has been : From 1850 to 1860, 72,150 ; from 1860 tor 1S70, 96,245 ; from 1870 to 1880, 95,967 ; from 1880 to 1890, 11S,O31, and ïrom 1890 to 1894, 51,775. The increase in the decade from 1850 to 1860 was 99.37 per cent.; from 1860 to 1870, 66.49 per cent.; from 1870 to 1880, 39.82 per cent.; from 1880 to 1890, 35.03 per cemt.; ind in the four years 1890 to 1894 11.38 per cent. Bach census, compared with the preceding, shows a deerease in the average mimber oí persons to a family. In 1850 the average was 5.48 persons ; in, 1860, 5.17 persons ; In 1870, 4,91 persons ; in 1880, 4.86 persons ; in 1890, 4.60 persons, and in 1894, 4.42 persoms. The decrease fñom 1850 to 1894 is 1.06 persons. The number of familks of one person each Is 17,07 ; 2 persons, 86,952 ; 3 persons, 102,760 ; 4 persons, 94,416 ; 5 persone, 73,875 ; 6 persons, 51,915 ; 7 persons, 33,723 ; 8 persone, 20,879 ; 9 persons, 11,831 ; 10 persons, 6,392 ; 11 to 16 persons, 5,739 ; 16 to 21 persons, 564 ; and 21 persons and over, 6-is. In. one tlnousaníl families there are 34 of 1 person each. ; 172 of 2 persons each, 203 of 3 each, 186 of 4, 146 oí 5, 102 of 6, 67 of 7, 41 ol 8, -'3 of 9, 13 of 10, 11 of 11 to 16, 1 of 16 to 21, and 1 of 21 persons and over, anl In each one thousand populatiom, 8 live ome in a family ; 78 liVe 2 in a family ; 13S, 3 ; 168, 4 ; 165, 5 ; 139, 6 ; 105, 7 ; 75, 8 ; 47, 9 ; 29, 10 ; 30, 11 Do 16 ; 4, 16 to 21 ; amd 14, 21 and over. ■ There are more families of thre persons each than of auy other number, but t'here are more persons living- ftrai-, five and six In a íamily than there are living three in a family. The mimbers are 308,298 persons llivtluee, 377,064 livitag fcrar, 369,375 living five, and 311,490 living six in a familv.