. Cyclopedia of American government . from 80° Greenwich Distribution of the Population in 1790 The middle Atlantic division, in which arelocated New York and Pennsylvania, demon-strates the growth of the great manufacturingstates in contrast with the comparatively sta-tionary position of the agricultural states,with the exceptions above noted. Urban Growth.—This is the most significantdevelopment of the census of 1910—a devel-opment further marked by the fact that thepopulation growth of these manufacturingstates is almost wholly confined to the cities,the strictly rural districts of these st
. Cyclopedia of American government . from 80° Greenwich Distribution of the Population in 1790 The middle Atlantic division, in which arelocated New York and Pennsylvania, demon-strates the growth of the great manufacturingstates in contrast with the comparatively sta-tionary position of the agricultural states,with the exceptions above noted. Urban Growth.—This is the most significantdevelopment of the census of 1910—a devel-opment further marked by the fact that thepopulation growth of these manufacturingstates is almost wholly confined to the cities,the strictly rural districts of these states show- 745 POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Distribution of the Population East of the 100th Meridian in 1810 ing in many instances an actual decline inpopulation. In New York, where there wasan increase of per cent, twenty of thesixty-one counties have decreased in populationsince 1900. In that year one-half of all thecounties in the United States, of which there are 2800, either decreased in population orshowed an increase of less than 15 per the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mich-igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,Kentucky, and Tennessee, comprising the greatnorthern middle section of the country, and 746 POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES
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