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| Per cent. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900. | 1890. | 1860. | |
| Gross area with Alaska | 75.4 | —— | —— |
| Gross area without Alaska | 59.1 | —— | —— |
| Population, gross | 27.5 | 26.6 | 8.6 |
| Urban population | 17.6 | [* 1]13.1 | 14.1 |
| Number of farms | 35.8 | 32.6 | 8.2 |
| Acres improved | 48.8 | 44.4 | 6.3 |
| Farms, total valuation | 44.1 | [* 1]36.7 | 6.9 |
| Farm products, value | 43.2 | 37.4 | 20.3 |
| Farm animals | 59.4 | —— | 11.9 |
| Wool, yield | 69.8 | —— | 4.7 |
| Hops, yield | 64.3 | —— | 7.1 |
| Timber, area | 55.4 | —— | —— |
| Lumber product, value | 32.4 | 24.9 | 10.0 |
| Gold, yield | 99.6 | —— | —— |
| Silver, commercial value | 99.8 | —— | —— |
| Coal | 15.1 | —— | —— |
| Railroad mileage | 45.2 | —— | .25 |
| Manufactures, value of product | 16.1 | 14.5 | 3.9 |
| Operatives in factories | 12.2 | 11.9 | 3.1 |
| Imports and exports | 19.0 | —— | —— |
POPULATION.
Aggregate population has increased 957. per cent in fifty years, and foreign population has grown faster than native:
| 1900. | 1890. | 1850. | Per cent of increase, 1859-1900. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americans | 18,375,337 | 14,117,931 | 1,785,462 | 929.0 |
| Foreigners | 2,659,317 | 2,556,478 | 213,942 | 1143.0 |
| Total | 21,034,654 | 16,674,409 | 1,999,404 | 957.0 |
| Per cent American | 87.3 | 84.6 | 89.2 | |
| Per cent foreign | 12.7 | 15.4 | 10.8 |
The proportion of native born, which suffered a sharp decline between 1850 and 1890, because of the influx of foreigners to the mines of California, Montana, and Nevada, and to the farm lands of Minnesota and the Dakotas, is again in the ascendant, the net gain for the decade just ended having been 2.7 per cent. The native population is largest in the group of southwestern states and territories, Arkansas leading with 98.9 per cent; Indian Territory, 98.8 per cent; Louisiana, 96.2 per cent; Oklahoma, 96.1 per cent. Along the Pacific coast it is
