Show OF NATION OFFICIAL REPORT OF DU REAU SHOWS population OF HUNDRED MILLION there are inhabitants bf b united states while residents Rest dents of american colonies brings total up to washington thele are nople stople in the united states and its 10 os sessions according to the of the census buer bierau au made public or satui Satu saturday day iday this includes not only the states but tho the philippines guam hawaii alaski and the panama canal zone in the philippines are 7 people within its borders on the bortl american continent exclusive 0 of f alas ka the united states has a population of inhabitants in the last ten bears eara the states ol of the union had an increase in tion of which amounts to 21 2 per cent over the 1900 figures since the first census was taken li it 1790 the country has grown twenty five times as large the population then having been slightly larger than the present population ol of texas the population ot of the nine nin go goo graphic divisions is now new england 6 middle atlantic east north central is wesl north central south atlan tic eart baet south central 8 west south central mountain pacific the population ot of the north ein e n section southern sec tion lion 29 western section 6 there la Is a wide disparity in the growth of the states ranging from an actual decrease of 6 5 6 per cent to an 1 nerease nc rease of per cent the state of washington showing the greatest in rease the states which show an increase exceeding 30 per cent are with the exception of new jersey and florida ill in the west est and makeup make up a belt corn com one third of alj area of the united states south dakota col colorado orado ind and utah had increases bet between Neen 30 and t n d 50 per cent while north dakota wyoming oregon nevada california t new II mexico exico and arizona increased between 50 and per cent and okla loma idaho and washington more han per cent |