. The modern commonwealth, 1893-1918. ost popular (142,234) has reached its zenith, and the continuance ofthe far westward movement gives to California 42,304 per-sons. The census for 1910 shows little change, except a strongmovement to Oklahoma (71,085), while the number in Cali-fornia grows to 87,291. The facts just cited leave no doubt as to the mobility of thepopulation of Illinois. The people slip easily over the statelines, whether moving in or out.^^ This mobility is not peculiarto the state, but is and always has been a marked characteristicof the American people, wherever l
. The modern commonwealth, 1893-1918. ost popular (142,234) has reached its zenith, and the continuance ofthe far westward movement gives to California 42,304 per-sons. The census for 1910 shows little change, except a strongmovement to Oklahoma (71,085), while the number in Cali-fornia grows to 87,291. The facts just cited leave no doubt as to the mobility of thepopulation of Illinois. The people slip easily over the statelines, whether moving in or out.^^ This mobility is not peculiarto the state, but is and always has been a marked characteristicof the American people, wherever located. It seems to be ^3 See an excellent map in Tenth Census of the United States, i: 385. 1^ In curious confirmation of this fact the writer is informed by Mr. J. of Griggsville, Illinois, that in the early nineties, a larger proportion ofthe members of the Griggsville Baptist church were living in Kansas than at home. ^^ This is doubtless true also of county lines, but unfortunately no statisticaldata exist to prove POPULATION 27 somewhat more marked, however, In the case of IlUnols thanof most other states. For instance, in 1910 the proportion ofpersons In the United States as a whole who lived outside of thestate of their birth was per cent, but for Illinois it was cent. For the same year Illinois was exceeded only by NewYork in the number of persons born in and leaving the state andonly by Oklahoma in the number of domestic immigrants whosettled in the state. To make the effect of this interstate migration upon thecomposition of the population of Illinois a little more concrete,let it be supposed that every native born person in the UnitedStates should return to the place of his birth. What would bethe effect of such a home-coming upon Illinois? In 1870 Illi-nois would have lost 835,190 domestic immigrants, but on theother hand would have gained 288,418 natives of the state whohad moved to other states; the total population would have beenless
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