Show THE STORY IN FIGURES bulletin of geographical distribution of population in united states the census bureau has issued a bul letin of the geographical distribution of the population of the united states it shows that almost 66 per dent of 0 the total population lives in the coun try drained by the atlantic ocean over 53 per cent in that drained by the gulf of mexico 44 per cent in the drainage area of the mississippi river almost 3 per cent in the area drained by the great lakes 4 per cent on the pacific coast halt half of one per cent in the great basin the proportion living within wit hin the re gion glon drained by the atland At lanti ocean Is 19 steadily diminishing while that part drained by the gulf of mexico Is be coming relatively more populous as Is the case in a still more marked degree in the great basin and pacific ocean reg region f on of the foreign born 93 per cent live in the region drained to the atlantic ocean 36 4 per cent in the region drained to the gulf of mexico ana and 15 per ent lu lit that drained to the great lakes the proportion in the region drained to the pacific ocean Is 6 1 per cent out of every 1000 1 negroes are found in the regions drained to the at bantle lantic ocean and 61 4 per cent are in the lands drained to the gulf of mex ico the proportion in the west and on the pacific coast being trifling ng |