MOTHER TONGUE OF FOREIGN WHITE STOCK In the following tables, prepared by the federal census bureau, the foreign white stock referred to is the aggregate white population of the United States which is foreign either by birth or by parentage. It embraces all foreign born whites and all native whites having one or both parents foreign born. It must be remembered that the foreign stock as here defined only includes the first and second generations-immigrants and native children of immigrants-and does not include the grandchildren or greatgrandchildren of immigrants. In other words, the figures do not include the exact relative importance of the several ethnic stocks in the total population. The eight major mother-tongue stocks in the United States, arranged in the order of their importance, are shown in the following table: Mother tongue. Yiddish and Hebrew. Total eight mother tongues...28,203,407 All mother tongues....................... .32,243,382 100.0 *Includes persons reporting Irish, Scotch or Welsh. Per cent of distribution. Slavic and Lettish. Polish Bohemian Slovak Russian Ruthenian 130,379 118,379 3,240,467 1,831,666 1,408,801 All mother tongues.32,243,382 13,345,545 18,897.837 Queenstown to New York, Raunt's Rock to Ambrose channel lightship (short course). 4 days 10 hours 48 minutes, by the Mauretania, Sept. 1115, 1910; long course (2,891 miles), 4 days 17 hours 6 minutes. Mauretania, Feb. 13-18, 1909. New York to Queenstown, 4 days 13 hours 41 minutes. by the Mauretania, Sept. 15-20, 1909. Hamburg to New York, 5 days 11 hours 54 minutes. by the Deutschland, Sept. 2-8, 1903. Cherbourg to New York, 5 days 11 hours 9 minutes, by the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, Aug. 1925, 1908. New York to Cherbourg. 5 days 16 hours, by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Jan. 4-10, 1900. Southampton to New York, 5 days 20 hours, by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, March 30-April 5. 1898. Havre to New York, 6 days 1 hour 12 minutes, by La Provence. Sept. 6-13, 1907. New York to Southampton, 5 days 17 hours 8 minutes, by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Nov. 23-29, 1897. New York to Havre, 6 days 2 hours 48 minutes. by La Provence. May 31-June 6, 1906. New York to Plymouth (short course), 2,962 miles, 5 days 7 hours 28 minutes, by the Deutschland, Sept. 5-10, 1900: (long course), 3,080 miles. 5 days 9 hours 55 minutes, Kaiser Wilhelm II.. Aug. 18-24. 1908. Plymouth to New York, 5 days 15 hours 46 minutes, by the Deutschland, July 7-12, 1900. Moville, Ireland, to Cape Race, N. F.. 4 days 10 hours, by the Virginian (turbine), June 9-13. 1905. The best day's run by any steamer was 676 knots, made by the Mauretania, January, 1911. Distances: New York to Southampton. 3,100 miles: to Plymouth. 2.962 miles; to Queenstown, 2,800 miles: to Cherbourg. 3.047 miles; to Havre. 3.170 miles: to Hamburg. 3.820 miles. 1 63,260 141,094 31.0 69.0 200,417 46.3 53.7 13,367 68,508 16.3 83.7 605,530 536,460 53.0 47.0 307,060 365,705 45.6 54.4 1,469,739 907,810 61.8 38.2 United States....42,623,383 40,348,883 46.3 53.7 INCREASE IN URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION. Comparing the rate of growth in urban and rural communities, it is shown by the census bureau that during the period between the census of 1900 and that of 1910 the increase in urban population in continental United States was 11.013,738, or 34.8 per cent, while the increase in rural population was 4,963,953, or 11.2 per cent. There had been an increase in urban population in every state, while in six states there had been an actual decrease in rural population. These states were: New Hampshire, 5.4 per cent; Vermont. 4.2 per cent; Ohio, 1.3 per cent: Indiana. 5.1 per cent; Iowa, 7.2 per cent; Missouri, 5.1 per cent. Utah 172,934 Nevada Washington Oregon California POPULATION OF PORTO RICO. Belgium (1912)... Asia 819,221,925 Bulgaria (1914).. Europe 449,883,542 Denmark (1916) North America. 144,244,508 France (1911). Oceania 65,125,454 Germany (1914).. South America.. 58,794,922 Greece (1914)... Iceland (1911) POPULATION OF THE WORLD. [Based upon the Statesman's Year-Book for 1918 and publications of the bureau of the census.] BY GRAND DIVISIONS. Austria-Hungary (1913) 50,079,780 Windward islands (1917) 176,000 67,812,000 4,821,300 4,896,000 Montenegro (1914). 516,000 700,000 Abyssinia (est. 1917).... 8,000,000 (1917) .53,816,000 French Africa (1914)....32,893,518 Ger. Africa* (est. 1913) 11,406,024 Italian Africa (est. 1913) 1,378,176 Belgian Congo (est. 1913) 15,000,000 Liberia (1916) Norway (1917) San Marino (1916) Netherlands (1916) 6,583,227 Dutch East Indies (1913) 48,000,000 2,570,923 Fiji islands (1915) 159,321 5,957,985 Guam (1916).. 13,491 7,508,009 .147,321,500 11,648 New Guinea, Germant 4,547,992 (1913) 634,579 2,100,000 2,747,893 New Zealand (1917) 1,100,000 Morocco (1916) 6,000,000 Portuguese Africa (1916). 7,734,701 Switzerland (1915). 3,880,500 Spanish Africa (1916).. 235,844 Turkey (1914). 1,891,000 Samoa (1916). 7,426 United kingdom (1915). 46,089,000 Solomon islands‡ (1914) 205,000 AREA OF THE UNITED STATES IN SQUARE MILES (1910). Arranged according to rank in gross area. Rank. Gross. Land. Water.* 265,896 262,398 1 State. Rank. Gross. Land. Water. Alabama 28 51,998 51,279 719 New York.. .29 49,204 47,654 1,550 Montana 3 146,997 146,201 796 Louisiana 122,634 122,503 113,956 113,810 146 Pennsylvania 869 Virginia Oregon 96,699 95,607 1,092 Kentucky Utah 2,806 Indiana 84,682 80,858 3,145 534 South Carolina.. ..39 30,989 30,495 494 Kansas .13 South Dakota. 77,615 ..14 76,868 747 Nebraska... 15 77,520 9,124 440 70,183 654 New Hampshire. Oklahoma .17 70,057 69,414 69,127 66,836 2,291 Connecticut 145 20 59,265 58,725 Florida 21 58,666 54,861 District of Columbia.49 70 Illinois 23 56.665 56,043 622 Iowa 24 56,147 55,586 561 Total 56,066 55,256 53,335 52,525 .27 52,426 48,740 810 810 3,026,789 2,973,890 52,899 *Does not include water surface of oceans, the Gulf of Mexico or the great lakes lying within 3,686 the jurisdiction of the United States. |