Census Figures

Washington, Nov. 1.- Bulletin No. 12 on the population of the United States was issued by tho Census Offloe Frtday. It says: 'The population oithe United States June 1, 1890, as sbowti by the first count of persons and families, exclusive ot white persons In Indlan Territory, Indiana on reservations and Alasita, was 62,480,M0. These figures may be slightly changed by Ínter and more exact compilatlons, but suchchanges wlll not be material. "In 1880 the population was 50,155,783. The absolute lncrease of the population In the ten years lntervenlftg was 1'-,S!4,7"7 and the per oentage of lncrease was 24.57. In 1870 the population was stated as 38,558,371. Accordtng to these figures the absolute increase in the de. cade between 1870 and 1880 was 11,597,412 and the percentage of increase was 30.08. "Upon their face these figures show that the population has increasod between 1880 and 1890 only 7;7,345 more than between 1870 and 1880, whüe the rate of increase has apparently dimintshed trom 30.08 to 24.57 per cent. If these figures werc derived from correct data they would be indeed disappointing. Such a reduction In the rate of increase in the face of the cnormous immigration during the last ten years would argüe a great diminutlon in the fecundity of the pipulation or a eorrespending lncrease in its deatb rate. These figures are, however, ensily erpli charaoter of the data utii is undentoo& It is wellknown, the tact baring boon demonBtratcd by ex'tonsivr and thoroujrh investiRution, that Ihr, censan of 1370 wasgroMsiy defloientin the Southern States, so much so au not only to give an exaRgerated rate of lacrease of the popuiation between 1S70 and 1880 in these States but to affect very ma. tefially the rate of inorewe in the country at largo. omiuioiu werc not the fault nor were they wlthtn tho control ot the Census Office. Theoeasiu of 1870 was takenundera law which the superintendent, General Francia A. Walker, characterized as 'clumsy, antiquated and barbarous.' The Census Office had no power over it-j enumerators save a barren protest, and its risht was even questioned In sonie quarters. ■ï!!S!t.t'.-ig írñín consideration tbose Btate In wbich tbe censúa of 1870 is known or Is presnmed to have been faulty, the rate of inrrease between 1870 and 1880 In tbe remainin; Statef bas been very nearly malntalned In tbe decade between 1880 and 1890. "Tbe tollowlng table shows th3 populatlon of tbe several States as found by the censúa enumeration of tbe vears 1890 and 1880: 1S9C. 1SO. United States 82,480,540 60,153.783 North Atlantlo división.. .17.384. 429 14,607.407 Maine 680,361 608,936 New Hampshire 875.837 346,991 Vermont S32.2 338,289 Massachusetts 2,233,407 l,78s!,0S3 Rui.de Island 345,343 276,531 Connecttcut 74.861 e-.TOO New York 6,981.934 5.082,fc71 New Jersey 1,441.017 1.131.116 Fenr.sylvanla 5,24,574 4,2H2,691 South Atlantlo división. . . . 8,836.759 7,597, 197 Delaware 16171 146,608 Maryland 1,010.431 934 943 District of Columbla S29.Ï9U 177,624 Virginia 1.64,911 1,512.565 Nonb Carolina 1,617.340 1,399,760 South Carolina 1,147.161 99!,577 Georgia 1,834.366 1.542,180 Florida 890,435 269,493 West Virginia 7fA448 618.457 Northern central división. 23.32A1M 17,364,111 Ohio 8.688.719 J,198,06U Indiana 2.189,030 1,978,301 Illinois 8.81S.536 8,077,871 Michigan 8.089,792 1,636,937 Wisconsin 1.683.697 1,315.497 Minnesota 1,3011,017 780,773 Iowa 1,906.729 1,624.615 Missouri 8,677,080 2,168,380 North Dakota 182.425 36.9jO South Dakota 327.848 98,288 Neuraska 1,056,793 462,402 Kansas 1,223,485 996,098 Southern oentral district. 10,948.253 8,918,371 Kentucky 1.855.436 1.648,693 Tennessee 1,763,723 1,543,359 Alabaroa 1,508,073 1263.505 Mississippl 1,284,887 1,131.597 Louisiana 1.116,828 9-Í9.946 Texas 2,232,320 1,591,749 Oklahoma 61,071 Arkansas 1,125,385 BttMM Western división 8,008.948 1,767,697 Montana 131,769 39.159 Wyoming. 60,589 20.789 Colorado 410,975 194,337 New Mexico 144,862 119,565 Arlzona 56.691 40,440 Utah 206,49S 143,963 Nevada 44.327 62,266 Idaho 84.229 33,610 Washington 846,518 75,110 Oregon 312.490 174,768 California 1.204.002 864,694 In the rèlative rank of the States in populatlon, New York comes ürst, Pennsylsania seoond, wbile Illinois has outstripped Ohio, and is now third. Of the other changes the most marked are those of Texas, which riscs from No. 11 to No. 7; Kentucky, whloh drops from 8 to 11; Minnesota, which rises from 26 to 20; Nebraska, which rises from S0 to 26; Maryland, which drops from 23 to 27; Colorado, which rises from 85to31; Vermont, which drops from 33 to 36; Washington, which rises from 42 to 34 ; Delaware, which drops from 38 to 42 ; Nevada, whioh drops from 43 to 49, and Arlzona, which drops from 44 to 4&