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 AREA AND POPULATION

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Alaska, was in June, 1919, 55,562 square miles (in 1900, 121,665 square miles), with an Indian population of 333,702 (in 1900, 270,544).

In 1910 (not including Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and other non- contiguous possessions, and persons in the military and naval sen-ice stationed abroad) 78,456,380, or 85*3 per cent, were natives and 13,515,886, or 14*7 per cent., foreign -born.

Origin of the foreign-born white population, 1910 census : —

England ....

876,455

Wales

82,479

Scotland ....

261,034

Ireland. . ..

1,352,155

Total United Kingdom

2,572,123

Germany

2,501,181

Canada ....

1,196,070

Sweden. . ..

665,183

Norway ....

403,858

Russia and Finland

1,732,421

Italy

1,343,070

Denmark

181,621

Austria .... France ....

1,174,924 117,236

Switzerland

124,834

Net het lands.

120,053

Mexico.

219,802

Cuba and West Indies '

23,169

Hungary

495,600

Belgium.

49,397

Portugal.



Spain China

21,977

333

Japan

193

Greece

101,264

Turkey.

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Other foreign countries

151,685

Total

. 13,345,545

1 Except Porto Rico.

II. Movement of Population-.

The registration area for births was established in 1915, and the birth rates are computed from returns for certain areas for which the registration of births is accepted by the Bureau of the Census as approximately complete. In 1917 these areas included Connecticut, Indiana. Kansas, Kentucky, Maiue, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. The estimated population of this area was 55.033.1&5, or 53*1 per cent, of the total estimated population of the United States, and the number of births (ex- clusive of stillbirths) returned was 1,353,792, or 24*6 per 1,000 population.

Death rates are computed from returns for certain areas where local registration records are kept. In 1917 these areas included California, Colorado, Connecticut, In-iiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mas- sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Hawaii, and 43 cities in non- registration states. The estimated population for the registration area was 75,527, 4S6, or 727 percent, of the total estimated population of Continental United States and the territory of Hawaii ; and the number of deaths returned for that year was 1,072,642 (including the deaths of 2,221 soldiers, sailors and marines after the beginning of the war), corresponding to a death rate of 14 2 per 1,000 population.

Marriage rate per 10,000, (for 1916) based on total population. 105. Divorce rate per 10,000, based on total population, 112.

It is estimated that, from the foundation of the Government up to 1820, about 250,000 alien passengers arrived.

The total number of immigrants from 1820 to 1919 (June 30) was