POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AT EACH CENSUS (1850-1900). NOTE-The narrow column under each census year shows the order of the states and territories when arranged according to magnitude of population. 50,155,783 30.08 22.65 402,866 225,300 124,614 23,191,876 35.86 84,216,433 82.839.563 81.517,669 3,624,122 83,941 510 82.574,195 $52,630 Continental United States.. 28 26 3,026,789 2,974,159 81,261,856 within the jurisdiction of the United States. NOTE-The areas of the United States and insular possessions have been computed generally by planimeter measurements from the latest maps. Slight differences in the figures published hither to by the geological survey, general land office and the bureau of the census, due principally to variations in the maps used, were adjusted at a recent conference of representatives of these bureaus and an agreement was reached in regard to the areas. The figures agreed upon are those given in the foregoing table. AREA BY FEDERAL CENSUS YEARS. *State census. Less than 1 person per square mile. Exclusive of areas in great lakes. These are as follows: Illinois, 1,674 square miles in Lake Michigan; Indiana, 230 in Lake Michigan; Michigan, 16,653 in Lake Superior, 12,922 in Lake Michigan, 9,925 in Lake Huron and 460 in Lakes St. Clair and Erie: Minnesota, 2,514 in Lake Superior; New York, 3,140 in Lakes Ontario and Erie; Ohio, 3,443 in Lake Erie; Pennsylvania, 891 in Lake Erie; Wisconsin, 2,378 in Lake Superior and 7,500 in Lake Michigan. §Does not include the water surface of the oceans nor the Gulf of Mexico lying Excluding Alaska and islands, the gross area at each census from 1790 to 1900 compares as follows: Census year. Sq. miles. 1900.. 1890.. 1880.. Census year. Sq. miles. ..3,025.600 1870.. .3,025,600 ..3,025,600 1860. ..3.025,600 ..2,980,959 POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1910. If to the total estimated population of continental United States for 1906 and 1910 a conservative estimate of the population of Alaska and the outlying territory, Guam, Hawaii, Philippine islands, Porto Rico and Samoa, be added, we have the following: Continental States Alaska United 1900. 6,538 6,830 |