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Rh {| This American Northwest of ours comprises 21 per cent of the area of the whole United States, but has only a little more than 6 per cent of the population. The railroads have been active in providing facilities, and there are only 190 people to the mile of railroad as Rh
 * rowspan = 2 | States
 * rowspan = 2 | Admitted to the Union as a State
 * rowspan = 2 | Land area sq. miles
 * rowspan = 2 | Area acres
 * colspan = 2 | Population
 * | 1880
 * | 1910
 * | Minnesota
 * | 1858
 * | 80,858
 * | 51,749,120
 * | 780,773
 * | 2,075,708
 * | North Dakota
 * | 1889
 * | 70435
 * | 44,917,120
 * rowspan=2 | 135,177
 * 577,056
 * | South Dakota
 * | 1889
 * | 76,863
 * | 49,195,520
 * 583,888
 * | Montana
 * | 1889
 * | 146,201
 * | 93,568,640
 * | 39,159
 * 376,054
 * | Idaho
 * | 1890
 * | 83,354
 * | 53,346,560
 * | 32,610
 * 325,594
 * | Washington
 * | 1889
 * | 66,836
 * | 42,775,040
 * | 75,116
 * 1,141,000
 * | Oregon
 * | 1859
 * | 95,607
 * | 61,188,480
 * | 174,768
 * 672,765
 * | &emsp;&emsp;Total
 * | 619,907
 * | 396,740,480
 * | 1,237,603
 * | 5,753,054
 * }
 * | 174,768
 * 672,765
 * | &emsp;&emsp;Total
 * | 619,907
 * | 396,740,480
 * | 1,237,603
 * | 5,753,054
 * }
 * | 5,753,054
 * }