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.
