Texas Almanac, 1939-1940 Page: 93

POPULATION. 93

CENTERS OF AREA AND POPULA-
TION, TEXAS A, D U. S.
The center of area of Texas is a point
20 miles northeast of Brady, McCulloch
County. The center of gravity of popula-
tion, according to the census of 1930, was
near McGregor, Texas, according to un-
official estimate. Exact calculation for
1930 has never been made by the Bureau
of the Census.
There has not been very rapid move-
ment of the center of gravity of popula-
tion of Texas because, while there has
been rapid farm population increase in
the western part of the state, the growth
of the cities, lying largely in the eastern
half, has had a counteracting effect. The
center of population in 1880 was 6.4
miles southwest of Thornton, Limestone
County; in 1890 it was 3 miles southwest
of Otto, Falls County; in 1900 it was 4.5
miles north northwest of Otto, Falls
County; in 1910 it was 7 miles west south-
west of Waco, McLennan County; in 1920
it was 12.1 miles southwest of Waco and
G miles east northeast of McGregor, Mc-
Lennan County. The center of gravity of
population for Texas was not calculated
for the census of 1930, but it is probably
about 8 or 10 miles west of the point at
which it was located in 1920.
The center of area of the United States
is 10 miles north of Smith Center, Smith
County, Kansas. The center of gravity of
population, according to the census of
1930, was 2.9 mile* northeast of Linton,
Stockton Township, Greene County, Ind.
The center of population of the United
States was 23 miles east of Baltimore in
1790, date of first census. It moved rap-
idly westward and by 1840 was 16 miles
south of Clarksburg, W. Va. In 1920 it
was 1.9 miles west of Whitehall, Owen
County, Ind.
AREAS AND POPULATION OF LARGER
TEXAS CITIES.
Table below shows for the given cities (1) area
within corporate limits as of Dec. 31, 1938; (2)
population within corporate limits as of date of
1930 census; (3) population within corporate lim-
its according to 1938 estimate, and (4) population
including suburban territory according to 1938
estimate. Pop. 1938
Land Pop. Inc.
Area Pop. 1938. Subs.
City- (Sq. Mi.) 1930. (est.) (est. )
Abilene..........6.52 23,175 29,100 31,500
Amarillo ........16.40 43,132 48,509 50,000
Austin ..........30.77 53,120 63,000 67,000
Beaumont ....... 9.70 57,732 65,000 69,500
Brownsville ..... 7.00 22,021 28,500 31,200
'Corpus Christi... 7.45 27,741 58,500 63,000
Dallas ..........43.70 260,475 293,000 335,000
El Paso........ 13.40 102,421 108,000 121.000
Fort Worth...... 58.00 163,447 187,000 210,000
Galveston .......8.59 52,938 57,500 58.500
Houston .........80.00 292,352 334,000 380,000
Laredo .........12.25 32,618 41,200 44,500
Lubbock......... 7.50 20,520 28,600 31,200
Port Arthur...... 9.35 50.902 57,800 65,000
San Angelo.......6,92 25,308 30,100 33,000
San Antonio.... 36.00 231,542 262,000 283,000
yler ...........10.80 17,113 27,500 31,000
aco ... .17.50 52,848 61,000 69,000
Wichita Falls.... 11.00 43,690 51,500 54,500
*Land area only; there are also 4.38 square
miles of water surface within corporate limits.

AREA AND POPULATION OF STATES-
DENSITY
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U. S.... 12,973,7741122,775,0461129,257,000oo1
N. England-
Me . . 29,895 797,423 856,000
N. H.... 9,031 465,293 510,000
Vt. ..... 9,124 359,611 383,000
R. I..... 1,067 687,497 681,000
Conn. 4,820 1,606,903 1,741,000
Mid. At.-
N. Y ... 47,654 12,588,066 12,959,000
N. J.... 7,514 4,041,334 4343,000
Pa. .... 44,832 9,631,350 10,176,000
E. N. Central-
Ohio ... 40,740 6,646,697 6,733,000
Ind. .... 36,045 3,238,503 3,474,000
Ill. ..... 56,043 7,630,654 7,878,000
Mich. ... 57,480 4,842,325 4,830,000
Wis ... 55,256 2,939,006 2,926,000
W. N. Central-
Minn. .. 80,858 2,563,953 2,652,000
Iowa ... 55,586 2,470,939 2,552,000
Mo. .... 68,727 3,629,367 3,989,000
N. D.... 70,183 680,845 706,000
S. D.... 76,868 692,849 692,000
Neb. ... 76,808 1,377,963 1,364,000
Kan. . 81,774 1,880,999 1,864,000
S. Atlantic-
Del...... 1,965 238,380 261,000
Md. .... 9,941 1,631,526 1,679,000
D. C.... 62 486,869 627,0001
Va. .... 40,262 2,421,851 2,706,000
W. Va... 24,022 1,729,205 1,865,000
N. C.... 48,740 3,170,276 3,492,000
S. C..... 30,495 1,738,765 1,875,000
Ga. .... 58,725 2,908,506 3,085,000
Fla ... 54,861 1,468,211 1,670,000
E. S. Central-
Ky..... .40,181 2,614,589 2,920,000
Tenn. .. 41,687 2,616,556 2,893,000
Ala. .... 51,279 2,646,248 2,895,000
Miss. ... 46,362 2,009,821 2,023,000
W. S. Central-
Ark. ... 52,525 1,8$4482 2,048,000
La. ..... 45,409 2,101,593 2,132,000
Okla. .. 69,414 2,396,040 2,548,000
Texas .. 262,398 5,834,715 6,172,000
Mountain-
Mont... 146,201 537,606 539,000
Idaho 83,354 445,032 493,000
Wyo. ... 97,548 225,565 235,000
Co. . 103,658 1,05,791 1,071,000
N. M.... 122,503 3,317 422,000
Ariz. ... 113,810 5,573 412,000
Utah ... 82,184 5,847 519,000
Nev. .. 109, 821 9 ,058 101,000
Pacific-
Wash.. 66, 1, 396 1,658,000
Ore ....1 95607 93786 1,027,000
Calif. . 155,652 5,67,251 6,154,000

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POPULATION, RANK F CITIES OF UNITED
STATESIHAVING POP LATION OF 100,000 OR
MORE, 190 CENSUS.
Rank, City- Population.
1 New York, N. Y ..................6,930,446
Bronx Borough... ............... 1,265,258
Brooklyn Borough. ................2,560,401
Manhattan Borough ...............1,867,312
Queens Borough ..................1,079,129
Richmond Borough................ 158,346
2 Chicago, Ill ........................3,376,438
3 Philadelphia, Pa.....................1,950,961
4 Detroit, Mich.......................1,568,662
5 Los Angeles, Calif...................1,238,048
6 Cleveland, Ohio; ..................... 900,429
7 St. Louis, Mo..... .............. 821,960
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