Show RHODE ISLAND THICKLY POPULATED Nevada Has Smallest Num Nam her ber of Inhabitants to the Square Mile t i t CENSUS FIGURES ON POPULATION DENSITY Utah in Sixth Place From Rear of the Protes- Protes sion Slone d 1 W WASHINGTON A Dec 29 Rhode Rhode Island Island IsI- IsI and has persons to the square mile thus according to census bureau figures leading the list of states in the matter of density of population Nevada with only tenths seven of a a. person to to the square mile finds a a. place at the lower end of ot the table giving these facts r Second in the density list Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- supports persons to the square mile mUe New Jersey Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- and New York 1912 1012 The other states possessing more th than to the square mile ares Pennsylvania a IiI Maryland 1303 Ohio Delaware and Illinois I Wyoming boasting 1 persons to the square mile more than doubles Ne Ne- Nevada vada while Arizona with 18 stands third Hurd from the bottom Montana 1 New 0 Mexico Idaho Utah Oregon South South South-Da- Da Dakota Dakota kota Colorado arid and North Dakota all aU have hae fewer persons than ten to the mile Washington Makes Greatest Growth 1 Of the states of large population Washington takes takes' the lead in the t j I f growth of density bavin having advanced i from 78 to per square mile in in inthe the last ten years r r thus a place between Kansas with and Nebraska ka with Washington Washinton exceeds c her neighbor Oregon with seven persons persons perSons per per- sons to the square mile by than I 10 and even California with I. I T 11 4 iro t fT O 0 v Idaho increased from 19 to 39 and O Oklahoma lahoma from rom to 3 The figures for other are ale j Indiana Kentucky 57 Tennessee Tennessee Ten- Ten 51 4 Virginia v 1 2 West W es t V. V Vir Virginia Ir- Ir 1 ginia South Carolina r jV ch 1 igan Missouri New New Shire Si T Carolina G Gia c cia ma ia Wi Wisconsin on jn 4 42 2 Alabama bama r I Iowa 40 Vermont t 39 S Mi v 38 Louisiana 36 Arkansas 30 I L 1 n eso t OI 1 Maine am 14 8 T Texas Texas- exas r Florida J |