No. 8.-POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE, BY STATES: 1800 TO 1930

NOTE. The population of continental United States has been divided by the total land area, although it
included at each census some unorganized territory which was not canvassed by the enumerators. For
each State or Territory the population as returned at a given census has been divided by the land area
as constituted at the time that census was taken. The areas of Indian reservations, outside of Indian
Territory, are included in the areas of the several States and Territories, although the population was
not ascertained and cannot be considered in figuring density of population prior to 1890. The census of
1870 in the Southern States is considered incomplete. Population density in 1930 of Alaska, Hawaii,
and Puerto Rico, and of Philippine Islands, Dec. 31, 1918, based on gross area, and not land area, was
as follows: Alaska, 0.1; Hawaii, 57.5; Puerto Rico, 449.5; Philippine Islands, 90.0

? Dakota Territory: Less than one-tenth of 1 in 1860, 0.1 in 1870, and 0.9 in 1880.

3 Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined. Separate data are as follows: Indian Territory, 5.9 in 1890
and 12.7 in 1900; Oklahoma, 2.0 in 1890 and 10.3 in 1900.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Reports of Fourteenth and Fifteenth Cen-
suses, Population, Vol. I.

No. 9.-POPULATION, FOR URBAN SIZE GROUPS AND FOR RURAL TERRITORY: 1900 To 1930

NOTE.-Prior to 1930 all incorporated places and also towns (townships) in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire having 2,500 or more inhabitants, are classed as urban areas. For 1930. urban areas also include unincorporated political subdivisions with a total population of 10,000 or more inhabitants and a population density of 1,000 per square mile and include for the 3 New England States named above only those towns which contain a village of more than 2,500 inhabitants comprising, either by itself or when combined with other villages within the same town, more than 50 percent of the population of the town. The total urban and rural population for 1880 and 1890 is as follows: Urban-1880, 14,358,167; 1890, 22,298,359; rural-1880, 35,797,616; 1890, 40,649,355; percent urban-1880, 28.6; 1890, 35.4

No. 10. POPULATION OF PLACES WITH 8,000 INHABITANTS or More: 1790 to 1930

Source of tables 9 and 10: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. I.

No. 11.-POPULATION, URBAN and Rural, BY STATES: 1910 to 1930

NOTE. See headnote, table 9. The proportion of urban and rural population in 1930 as compared with data for earlier censuses was affected by changes in the classification. If the segregation of urban and rural had been made in 1930 on the same basis as in 1920, the percent urban in 1930 for the areas affected would have been as follows: United States, 55.9; New Hampshire, 66.3; Massachusetts, 95.3; Rhode Island, 97.5; Connecticut, 65.0; New York, 83.4; New Jersey, 77.5; Pennsylvania, 65.7; California, 72.4

979, 292 1,859, 119 113, 306 130, 907 486, 107

7, 740, 734 33. 3 37.7 41.8 1, 306, 337 41.0 44. 1 49.0 1, 491, 647 30. 6 36.4 39.6 1, 770, 248 42.5 46.6 51.2 567, 539 11.0 13.6 16.6 561, 942 13. 1 16.0 18.9 891, 856 26. 1 31.3 35. 3 29. 2 34.9 38.8

729, 834 1, 151, 165

115, 234

656, 657

785, 537 1,636, 314
491, 504 1, 237, 701
809, 847 2,360, 429
371, 080 1,367, 685
895, 4922, 013, 014
759, 778
708, 433
2,778, 687
799, 026
896, 538
744, 273
338, 850

4, 427, 439
382, 878
833, 532
821, 681
2, 389, 318

1, 457, 922
181, 036
129, 507

70, 097
519, 882
106, 816
149, 856

266, 264
34, 464

5, 534, 881
884, 539
489, 746
4, 160, 596

7, 108, 527
1,815, 563
1, 720, 018
1,901, 975
1,670, 971

7, 749, 391
1, 471, 604
1, 268, 061
1,574, 359
3, 435, 367

2, 243, 867

2,

25. 4 31.0 36. 1 48. 0 54.2 51.7 50. 8 60.0 59.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 23. 1 29.2 32.4 18.7 25.2 28.4 14. 4 19.2 25. 5 14.8 17.5 21.3 20. 6 25. 1 30.8 29. 1 36.7 51.7

18. 7 22.4 28. 1 24. 3 26. 2 30.6 20. 2 26.1 34.3 17.3 21.7 28. 1 11.5 13.4 16.9

22.3 29.0 36.4 12.9 16.6 20. 6 30. 0 34.9 39.7 19. 3 26.6 34.3 24. 1 32. 4 41.0

36. 0 36.4 39.4 356, 570 35.5 31.3 33.7

315, 525 21.5 27.6 29. 1 155, 468 29.6 29.5 31. 1

515, 909 50. 7 48. 2 50. 2 316, 501 14. 2 18.0 25, 2

285, 717 31.0 35.2 34.4 241, 583 46. 3 48.0 52. 4 56, 594 16.3 19.7 37.8

659, 552 56. 8 62.4 67.5 678, 857 53.0 55. 2 56. 6 464, 040 45. 6 49. 9 51.3 1, 516, 655 61. 8 68.0 73.3

5, 698, 122 10, 095, 467
123, 146

1 See headnote.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Reports of Fourteenth and Fifteenth Censuses, Population, Vol. I.

No. 12.-POPULATION ON FARMS AND IN RURAL AREAS OTHER THAN FARMS, BY STATES: 1920 AND 1930

X--For farm population Jan. 1, 1935, as reported in the Agricultural Census of 1935, consult index for references to tables in section 25, Farms General Statistics

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. II.

No. 13.-POPULATION, ESTIMATED AS OF JULY 1, BY STATES: 1928 TO 1937

NOTE. Estimates of population for 1928 and 1929 are based on the assumption that the increase (or decrease) each year between the censuses of 1920 and 1930 is equal to the annual average change between the two enumerations. For 1930 to 1937, the total population is estimated upon the basis of the available birth, death, immigration, and emigration figures, allowance being made for unregistered births and deaths. For State estimates for 1934 and 1935 a study of local conditions was made through State data, principally school statistics, State censuses, and a review of the farm population as indicated by the Agricultural Census of Jan. 1, 1935. The figures for 1930 to 1933 are obtained by interpolation between the 1930 census figures and the 1934 and 1935 estimates. For estimate for continental United States for 1938, see table 14, p. 11. No later estimates of the population of States will be made until the 1940 census figures have been compiled. For actual enumerations for 1940 (preliminary figures), see table 5, p. 3; for 1790 to 1930, see table 7, p. 4 [All figures in thousands]

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; annual population estimates.

980 5,826

990

999 1,008 1,017

1,027

5.879

5,937

5,997

6,059

6, 154