AREA AND POPULATION

883

Geographic Divisions

Land Area :

English

sq. miles, 1910

Population

in 1910

Poi)ultttion

in 1900

Pop. per

sq. mile,

1910

West North Central

510,804

11,637,921

10,347,423

22-8

Minnesota (1858) .

80,858

2,075,708

1,751,394

25-7

Iowa (1845) . . . .

55,586

2 224,771

2,231,853

40-0

Missouri (1821) .

68,727

3,293,335

3,106,665

47-9

North Dakota (1889) .

70,183

577,056

319,146

8-2

South Dakota (1889) .

76,868

583,888

401,570

7-6

Nebraska (1867) .

76,808

1,192,214

1,066,300

15-5

Kansas (1861)

81,774

1,690,949

1,470,495

20-7

Sotith Atlantic

269,071

12,194,895

10,443,480

45 3

Delaware (1787) .

1,965

202,322

184,735

103-0

Maryland (1788) .

9,941

1,295,346

1,188,044

130-0

District of Columbia (1791) .

60

331,069

278,718

5517-8

Virginia (1788) ...

40,262

2,061,612

1,854,184

51-2

West "Virginia (1863) .

24,022

1,221,119

958,800

50-8

North Carolina (1789) .

48,740

2,206,287

1,893,810

45-3

South Carolina (1788) .

30,495

1,515,400

1,340,316

49-7

Georgia (1788)

58,725

2,609,121

2,216,331

44-4

Florida (1845)

54,861

752,619

528,542

13-7

East South Central.

179,509

8,409,901

7,547,757

46-8

Kentucky (1792) .

40,181

2,289,905

2,147,174

57-0

Tennessee (1796) .

41,667

2,184,7^^9

2,020,616

52-4

Alabama (1819) .

51,279

2,138,093

1,828,697

41-7

Mississippi (1870).

46,362

1,797,114

1,561,270

38-8

West South Central

429,746

8,784,534

6,532,290

20-4

Arkansas (1836) .

52,525

1,574,449

1,311,564

30-0

Louisiana (1812) .

45,409

1,656,388

1,381,625

36-5

Oklahoma (1907)1. Indian Territory (1907) i

38,624 \ 30,790/

1,657,155

398,331 \ 392,060 /

23-9

Texas (1845).

262,398

3,896,542

3,048,710

14-8

Mountain ....

859,125

2,633,517

1,674,657

3-1

Montana (1889) .

146,201

376,053

243,329

2-6

Idaho (1890).

83.354

325,594

161,772

3-9

"Wyoming (1890) .

97,594

145,965

92,581

1-5

Colorado (1876) .

103,658

799,024

539,700

7-7

New Mexico (1912)

122,503

327,301

195,310

2-7

Arizona (1912)

113,810

204,354

122.931

1-8

Utah (1896) . . . .

82,184

373.351

276,749

4-5

Nevada (1864)

109,821

81,876

42,335

0-7

Pacific

318,095

4,192,304

2,410,692

13-2

Washington (1889)

66,836

1,141,990

518,103

17-1

Oregon (1859)

95,607

672,765

413,536

7-0

California (1850) .

155,652

2,377,549

1,485,053

15-3

Non-contiguous Territorij

597,3332

1,429,885

308,8123

—

Alaska (1867)

590,8842

64,356

63,592

—

Hawaii (Ter.) (1900) .

6,4492

191,909

154,001

—

Porto Rico ....

—

1,118.012

953,243'1

—

Soldiers, etc., abroad .

—

55,608

91,219

—

Grand Total . .1

3,571,2235

93,402,151

76,303,3873

—

1 Oklahoma and Indian Territory entered the Union as the State of Oklahoma, November 16, 1907. Total population, as shown by special census taken as of July 1, 1907, was 1,414,177 ; Oklahoma, 733,062, and Indian Territory, 681,115.

2 Including both the land and water area.

'■^ Exclusive of figures for Porto Rico. 4 Population as shown by census of 1899.

5 Including both the land and water area of Alaska and Hawaii.