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Show ENUMERATORS GIVE RESULJDF COUNT POPULATION OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES PLACED AT 105,683,1G8. Figures for Outlying Possessions Add Approximately 12,250,000 More; Relative Increase in Growth Exceeds Expectations. Washington. The total population of continental United States is 105,-0S.S.1OS. 105,-0S.S.1OS. an increase of 13,710,842, or 14. t) per cent. This figure does not include approx-mately approx-mately 12,250,000 people living in the country's outlying possessions. The population of Alaska and the total classed under the military and naval service abroad are yet to be announced. an-nounced. Director Rogers of the census bureau, bu-reau, in making the announcement of the country's population, said that while the figures were preliminary and subject to correction, the final official population as transmitted to congress in December for apportionment purposes pur-poses was not likely to be greatly different, dif-ferent, although it might be slightly larger through the addition of population popu-lation for small sections of territory claimed not to have been properly canvassed can-vassed by the census enumerators in January and which are now being investigated. in-vestigated. The states, with their 1920 and 1910 populations, follow : 1320 1920 1910 1910 Rank State Pop. Pop. Rank 1 New York 10.884,144 9,113,614 1 2 Pennsylvania 8,720,159 7.665,111 2 3 Illinois 6,485.01)8 5,638.591 3 4 Ohio 5,759,368 4.767.121 4 5 Texas 4,661.027 3.896,542 5 6 Massachusetts 8,8ol,tirl5 3,366,416 6 7 Michigan . 8,667,222 2,810.173 8 8 California 8.426,536 2,377,549 12 9 Missouri 3,403,747 3,293,335 7 10 New Jersey 8,155,374 2,537,167 11 11 Indiana 2,930,644 2,700,876 9 12 Georgia 2,893,955 2.609,121 10 13 Wisconsin 2,631,839 2,333,860 13 14 North Carolina .... 2.566.4S6 2.206.287 16 15 Kentucky 2,431,826 2,289,905 14 16 Iowa 1408,630 2,224,771 15 17 Alabama 2,847,295 2,138,093 18 18 Tennessee 2,337,459 2,184,789 17 19 Minnesota 2,386,371 2,075,708 19 20 Virginia 2,306,361 2,061,612 20 21 Oklahoma 2,027,564 1,657,165 23 22 Mississippi 1,789,182 1,797,114 21 23 Kansas 1,769,183 1,690,949 22 24 Louisiana 1,797,798 1,656,388 24 25 Arkansas 1,760,995 1,574,449 25 26 South Carolina 1,683,662 1,516.400 26 27 West Virginia 1,463,610 1,221,119 28 28 Maryland 1,449.610 1,295,346 27 29 Connecticut 1,380,385 1.114,756 31 30 Washington 1,856,316 1.141,990 80 31 Nebraska 1,295,502 1,192,214 29 32 Florida 966,296 752,619 33 33 Colorado 930.376 799,024 32 34 Oregon 788,285 672,765 35 35 Maine 767,996 742,371 34 30 North Dakota 646,730 577,066 37 37 Soulh Dakota 635,839 583,888 36 3S Khode Island 604,379 642,610 38 39 Montana 647,593 376,053 40 40 Utah 449.446 373,351 41 41 New Hampshire.... 443,083 430,672 39 41 Dist. of Columbia 437,671 331,069 43 42 Vermont 352.421 355,066 42 43 Idaho 431,826 325.594 45 44 New Mexico 360,247 327,301 44 45 Arizona 833,273 204,354 46 46 Delaware 223,003 202,322 47 47 Wyomintt 184,402 145. J65 48 48 Nevada 77.407 81.875 49 OUTLYING POSSESSIONS. Pop. Pop. 1920 1910 Porto Rico 1,297,772 1.11S.012 Hawaii 255,912 191,909 Alaska 64.356 Fanama Canal Zone 62.810 Virg n Islands 27.0P6 Guam 9.000 S:moa (Amn.) 8,056 6.100 Military and naval 55,608 PlnKppine Islands 7,635,426 |