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Show CORRECTS PLACE OF POPULATION CENTER WASHINGTON. Aug. II. Th cntr of population of tha United state waa announced by Director of the Cenu Durand yesterday to be In the western prt of Bloomlngton. Monro county. Ind. Thl Is eight miles west of tho location announced July 17. when Director Durand placed It four and a quarter mil aouth of Unlonvlll. In the m county. Th exact longttud of th center of population I eight mile from th previous previ-ous announcement. Ten year ago th entr of population wa alx mile southeast south-east of Columbus. Ind.. thirty-nine miles east of Its new location. The change In the center of population sine July IT I du to the discovery of an error made In the een.ua office. Two clerka worked separately In computing the geographical point, but both mad the aame error and the wrong result wss published as the census office's determination of the apot- The movement of the center of population popula-tion thlrly-nln miles westward la due to the increase of population on th Pacific coaet. "The great Increase In nopuistlon of New York. Pennsylvania and alates north of the ihlrtv-nlnth parallel haa balanced the increase In Texas. Oklahoma, Indian Territory and southern California,." said Director Durand. "The greater advance toward th west Is. to a large exlen. due to th Uicrc in population of lb" Psclflc cosst ttes, their dlstsnc from the center giving them much greater weight than the populoua states east of the center 'For Inatanee, San FrarrHseo. SesttH,. Portlsnd and Sacramento, with a population popula-tion of SO. 01, have aa great an Influence on the renter of population aa Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. Boston and Baltimore, with a population of ,7a.it"g.' Th total western movement of fh center of population since Ii9 Is SsS mile. " |