The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . STATE SE.\L OF MASSACHUSETTS. MASS. See Missal, Vol. XVI, pp. 508, 511. MASSACHUSETTS. See Vol. XV, pp. 611-616, for article of recent date. The census of 1890 gave the population of thestate at 2,238,943, of whom 1,087,709 were malesand 1,151, 234 were females. The twelfth censustaken in 1900, under National authority, showeda material increase, a total of 2,805,346, or a gainof per cent for the ten years area of the state is 8,040 square milesMassachusetts had, at the time of the takin
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . STATE SE.\L OF MASSACHUSETTS. MASS. See Missal, Vol. XVI, pp. 508, 511. MASSACHUSETTS. See Vol. XV, pp. 611-616, for article of recent date. The census of 1890 gave the population of thestate at 2,238,943, of whom 1,087,709 were malesand 1,151, 234 were females. The twelfth censustaken in 1900, under National authority, showeda material increase, a total of 2,805,346, or a gainof per cent for the ten years area of the state is 8,040 square milesMassachusetts had, at the time of the taking ofthe last decennial census, a greater number of. state CAPITOL, BOSTON. females to each 100,000 males than any of thestates of the Union, and a greater percentage ofurban population than any of the states, with thesingle exception of Rhode Island. Of the in-habitants, 1,564,931 resided in the 47 cities, con-stituting per cent of the total percentage of native-born citizens ; of foreign-born, The negroesnumbered 22,144, a decrease of 3,447 since1880. The density of population was the square mile in 1890, and tothe square mile, according to the 12th censusof 1900. Massachusetts led the states, withRhode Island excepted, in the density of popu- MASSACHUSETTS 45 lation, and has retained the same relative positionsince 1800. Massachusetts is pre-eminently a manufactur-ing state, and, as is shown by the annual reportsof the state bureau of statistics of labor, the in-dustry is increasing constantly. The decennialcensus returns, which gave the business of 1889,are the last complete statis
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