Extraordinary Population Increases
“THE extraordinary facts in the new census of population are the increase in the population of the State of Washington, from 518,103 to 1,141,990—more than 120 per cent; of Oklahoma, from 790,391 to 1,657,155—more than 109 per cent; of California, from 1,485,053 to 2,377,549—more than 60 per cent; of Oregon, from 413,536 to 672,765—more than 62 per cent. The large percentage of the increases in Colorado (48 per cent), in South Dakota (45 per cent), in North Dakota (80 per cent), in Montana (54 per cent), in Idaho (101 per cent), in Arizona (66 per cent), and in Nevada (93 per cent), was expected, for the population of these States is yet small. Texas shows a growth of a little less than 28 per cent.”