Show OF NATION OFFICIAL REPORT OP OF CENSUS OU BU REAU SHOWS population OF HUNDRED MILLION there are inhabitants inhabitant 0 of united states while residents of american colonies brings total up to washington Washing tom the thero ro are arc people in the united states anil and its possessions according to the report ol of the census bueras buer alt made public on saturday this includes not hot only the states but the philippines PhIlIppin cs samoa guam hawaii alaska and the panama canal zone in the philippines are ae people within its borders on the north american continent exclusive at 0 alas ka the united states has a population of inhabitants in the last ten years the states of 0 the union had an increase in tion 0 of which amounts to 21 per cent over tho the 1900 figures figure since the first census was taken in 1790 the country hits hils grown twenty alvo times as large the population then having been slightly larger than the present population ol of texas the population ot at the nine geographic divisions W Is now england middle atlantic east north central west north central south atlantic east south central 8 west south central mountain pacific the population of the north ern section southern see sec tion 29 western section there thera Is a disparity in the growth of 0 the states ranging from an actual decrease 0 at 56 per cent to an increase of 0 per cent the state of washington showing the greatest in crease the states which show an increase exceeding 30 por per cent are with the tha exception ot of new jersey and florida all in the abo west and make up a belt corn com pris irig one third of 0 the area of tho the united states south dakota colorado and utah had increases between 30 and 60 50 per cent while north dakota wyoming oregon nevada california new mexico and arizona increased between 50 and per cent and oklahoma idaho and an washington more than per cent |