Bingham Bulletin | 1931-03-05 | Page 4 | Nation's Population Center

I Nation's Papulation Caster The center of population, according accord-ing to the bureau of the census, may be said to represent the center ' of grnvlty of the population. If the surface of the United States be considered ns a Held plane with-out with-out weight, capable of sustaining the population distributed thereon. Individuals being assumed to be of equal weight, and each, therefore, to exert a pressure on any supporting support-ing pivotal point directly prppqr-tlonal prppqr-tlonal to his distance from the point, the pivotal point on which the plane balances would, of course, be Its center of gravity, and this Is the point referred to by the term "center of population" ns used by the bureau of the census In Hs reports.