. Cyclopedia of American government . ontains an interesting diagram rep-resenting graphically the population increaseof the United States and of the leading Euro-pean countries in the nineteenth century; it in-dicates that at the beginning of the century,Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Aus-tria, Spain, and Turkey had larger populationsthan the United States; while at the close^ofthe century this country had outstripped allbut Russia, and was increasing at a more rapidrate than the latter. Nebraska shows the smallest rate of increase, per cent, Kansas follows with per cent,and t
. Cyclopedia of American government . ontains an interesting diagram rep-resenting graphically the population increaseof the United States and of the leading Euro-pean countries in the nineteenth century; it in-dicates that at the beginning of the century,Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Aus-tria, Spain, and Turkey had larger populationsthan the United States; while at the close^ofthe century this country had outstripped allbut Russia, and was increasing at a more rapidrate than the latter. Nebraska shows the smallest rate of increase, per cent, Kansas follows with per cent,and the three New England states of Vermont,Maine and New Hampshire follow. The great-est increase, per cent, was in Washing-ton, followed by Oklahoma, per cent, andIdaho, per cent. The states which showan increase exceeding 30 per cent, with theexception of Florida and New Jersey, are alllocated in the west, and make up a solid beltincluding one-third of the area of the UnitedStates. The rate of increase. 1900-1910, was. The Center of Population of the United States Geographical Divisions.—In addition to thedivision by states, the United States censusnow divides the population by nine geographi-cal divisions. The table on the following pagesindicates the population of each division andstate at the last three censuses, the increasefrom 1890 to 1910, with per cent of increase,the rank of each in population, 1900-1910, andthe population of each state per square mileat the last two censuses. This table is an instructive exhibit of theincidence of the population changes now inprogress. The middle Atlantic, the west southcentral, the mountain, and the Pacific, arethe only four of the nine geographical divi-sions which show an increase in 1910 equal toor in excess of the average rate of populationincrease in continental United States. Theeast north central and the west north central,comprising the prairie states, where the growthwas most rapid thirty years ago, show an
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