Population Part 1

By Department of Health and Human Services

Book Id: WPLBN0000172962
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Population Part 1
Author:	Department of Health and Human Services
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Excerpt
By the terms of the census act, approved March 3, 1899, the Census Qffke was charged with the duty of enumerating the population of each of the states and organized territories, including the District of Columbia, and, in addition, the population of Alaska, Hawaii, and Indian Territory. For the purposes of this enumeration 300 supervisors’ districts were established, and in 297 of these districts, comprehending all the area to be canvassed, with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii, the conduct of the work was vested in ofhers termed by the census act supeimisors of census, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. In the remaining 3 districts, namely, 2 in Alaska and 1 in Hawaii, the enumeration was placed in charge of special agents, appointkd by the Director of the Census, under the disctietion given him by the census act. The area comprising the 29’7supervisors’ districts was in turn divided into 59,726 enumeration districts, and, similarly, that comprising the 3 districts in Alaska and Hawaii into 145 districts. The censuswas taken as of June 1, 1900, and was to be completed in two weeks in places of 8,000 inhabitants or more...

Table of Contents
CONTENTS–PART I. Maps and diagrams (liit) Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ----------------------------------- J------- . . . . . ..- -------- -------- . . Letter of transmittal of Chief Statistician for Population tothe Director of the Censm--------------------------------------- xv xiv STATISTICS OF POPULATION. . I~TRODTJCII-r-O---I-i------------- ---------------------------------------------------- . xvii, xviii Areas of enumeration and division into districts --------------------------------- . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- xvii Enumeration of certa$ elemente of the population ----------------- . . . . . . . . . . -------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special provision forthe enumerationof tiepopulation of cities. -.-. --. -.-.. --.= --------------------------------------- xvii xvii Receipt ofcompleted returns and settlement of enumerators’ acmu.ts- . . . ---------------------------------------------- Announcements of population .-.. -. xvii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --------------------------- . . . . . . . . >----------------------- xvii, xviii POPULATIOONFSTATEASWTERRITORIE--S-------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- xvrn-xxxi ... Population of the United States, by ~tatesand territories, in 1900. ---------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- ... Indians not t~ed, in 1900 ---- Xvlu ------.--- ; -------------------------------------- ----------- ----------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Persons enumerated at military and naval stations abroad, in 1900 ----- Xvln ---------------- -------------------------------- Censuses of Porto Rico and Cu~a taken in 1899 under the direction of the War Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix xix Census of the Philippines, Guam, and Tutuila not taken since their possession by the United States. --------.-------..---- xix Census of Indian Tetitory or Infianresemations nottiken prior til89O ----------------------------------------------- xix Census of Alaska nott&en prior to18S0 ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- xix Censusesof the Hawaiian Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..- --------- . -.,------ ------------------------------ ..-.----.----- Xix Comparison of popnlafion for equivalent areas, in 1890and.1900 -------------------------------------------------------- xix Population of the United States ateachcensus, from1790 ti1900 ------------------------------------------------------- xix Deficiency inthe population of the Southern states in1870 ------------------------------------------------------------ xx Increase inpopulation of the United States ateach census, from1790 to1900 -------------------------------------------- xx Population ofstates abdterritories, arranged geographically, in1890 and 1900------------------------------------------- xx, xxi Increase in population of states and territories, arranged geographically, from 1890 to 1900 ----------------------- -------- xxi Population of stat&sand territories, arranged geographically, from 1790 to 1900 ---------------- ----------------------- xxii, xxiii Increase in populating of states and territories, arranged geographically, from 1790 to 1900..-- . . . . . -------------------- xxiv, xxv Population of certain states,according to the state census of 1895, as compared with their population in 1890 and 1900------ xxvi Discussion of the growth of population of the several states and territories, from 1790 to 1900 .---- . . ------------------ xxvii-xxxi DEW,ITYOFPOPULATIO--N-- ------------------------------- , ---------------------------- . . . . . . . . . --------------------- Xxxi-xxxv Accessions of territory by the United States.. --