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50 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
POPULATION
Texas had a population of 4,663,228 according to the United States census of 1920,
and is accredited with 5,312,661 according to the estimate of the Bureau of the Census
for 1926. This estimate for 1926, however, is based upon the growth of Texas from
1910 to 1920, and it is the consensus of those closely in touch with Texas development
that the growth of population since 1920 has been more rapid than the average growth
during the decade preceding 1920.In 1920, Texas ranked fifth among the
States on basis of total population, and
thirty-fifth among the States on basis of
population per squa mile, which was
only 17.8 in Texas. he average popula-
tion per square mile in the United States
is 35.5-which -lacks only one-tenth of
being exactly twice that of Texas. In
other words, when Texas reaches the av-
erage density of the United States at the
present, this State will have a population
of 9,300.000. Less than one-half of the
cultivable land of. Texas is under the
plow at present; hence it seems entirely
feasible that Texas may at least double
its population within the not great dis-
tant future.
Not only has Texas potentiality for ex-
pansion because of its uncultivated acres,
there is great possibility for expansion
through industrial development and the
growth of urban population. In 1920,
Texas was 67.6 per cent rural (75.9 per
cent rural in 1910), and only twenty
States had larger percentage of popula-
tion living in the country. Even if Texas
should bring its urban population up to
the average percentage of the United
States, without further expansion of ag-
ricultural industry, the population of the
State would be increased by about
1,600,000.
Growth of Cities.
The growth of Texas cities during the
last fifteen years has been very rapid.
Increase in population of the larger
Texas cities between 1910 and 1920 in
most instances ranged above 33 per cent,
and one city, Wichita Falls, showing an
increase of 388 per cent, was outdis-
tanced in the percentage column by only
a few American cities of 25,000 or more
population.
Leading Urban Counties.
Texas counties present a wide range of
percentages of urban as compared with
rural population. Among those counties
having the largest urban populations ac-
cording to the 1920 census were: (1) Pot-
ter, 92.7 per cent; (2) Galveston, 88 per
cent; (3) Jefferson, 85.7 per cent; (4) Val
Verde, 83.3 per cent; (5) Bexar, 79.9 per
cent; (6) Webb, 77.9 per cent; (7) Maver-
ick, 77.7 per cent; (8) Harris, 76.3 per
cent; (9) 1l1 Paso, 76.1 per 'cent; (10) Dal-
las, 75.5 per cent, and (11) Tarrant, 74.5
per cent.
Leading Rural Counties.
Counties having the largest percentage
of population rural were: (1) Hartley,
94.8 per cent; (2) Red River, 90.5 per.
cent; (3) Robertson, 90.2 per cent, (4)
Cherokee, 90.1 per cent; (5) Houston, 89.3
per cent; (6) Gonzales, 89 per cent; (7)
Henderson, 88.8 per cent; (8) Falls, 88.1
per cent; (9) Bastrop, 88 per cent, and
(10) Nacogdoches, 87.5 per cent.
Racial characteristics of Texas are
brought out in statistical tables on fol-
lowing pages. Of foreign born, and total
foreign stock, Mexicans constitute 69.2TEXAS POPULATION, 1744-1926.
Pop.
-Increase- Sq.
Year- Rank. Pop. No. Pet. Mi.
*1744 .......... 1.5 ...... ...00
*18L6 ......... .. 7.000 .
*1831 ......... .. 20.000 .
*1836 ......... .. 50,000
*1845 ......... .. 125.000 ...... ......
*1847 . ......... 13.000 ...... ...
1830 ......... 25 212,592 ...... ... 0.8
1860 ........ 23 604.215 391.623 184.2 2.3
170 ........ 19 818.579 214.364 35.5 3.1
1880 ......... 11 1,591,749 773.170 94.5 6.1
1890 ......... 7 2.23..527 643.778 40.4- 8.5
1900 ......... 6 3,048.710 813.187 36.4 11.6
1910 ......... 5 3.896.542 847.832 27.8 14.8
1920 ......... 5 4.6..228 766.686 19.7 17.8
*1926 ......... 5 5.312.661 649.433 13.7 19.9
*Population figures for 1744. 1806 and 1831 are
estimates from Yoakum's History of Texas. Fig-
ures for 1836 and 1843 are estimates based on vote
in presidential elections in Republic of Texas in
those years. Figure for 1847 is result of partial
enumeration of that year.
**Estimate of Census Bureau.
U. S. POPULATION, 1790-1926.
Increase over
Population preceding Pop.
Continental Census. Sq.
Year- U. S. No. Pet. Mi.
1790 ............ 3,929.214 ...... .. 4.5
1800 ............ 5.308.483 1,379.269 35.1 6.1
1810 ............ 7.289.881 1.931,398o 3.4 4.3
1820 ............ 9.638.453 2.398.572 33.1 5.5
1830 ........... 12.866.020 3,227,5~7 33.5 7.3
1840 ........... 17.069.453 4.203.433 32.7 9.7
1850 ............ 23.191.876 6.122.423 35.9 7.9
1860 ............ 31.443,321 8.251.445 3,5.6 10.6
1870 ............ 38,558,371 7.115.0 30 22.6 13.0
1880 ............ 50.155.783 11,597.412 30.1 16.9
1890 ............ 62.947,714 12.791,931 23.5 21.2
1900 ............ 75.994.575 13.046,861 20.7 25.6
1910 ............ 91.972.266 15,977.691 21.0 30.9
1920 ...........10.?l710.620 13.738.354 14.9 35.5
*1926 ...........117.183.817 12,123.197 11.5 38.7
*Estimate of Census Bureau.
per cent of the foreign population, or
about 5.3 per cent of the total popula-
tion. Germans constitute 8.6 per cent of
the foreign born population, and Czecho-
Slovakiasns 3.6 per cent. The foreign
born population of the State amounted,
in 1920, to 7.7 per cent of the total pop-
ulation, and the total foreign born popu-
lation and population of foreign and
mixed parentage constituted 17.2 per cent
of the entire population of the State. The
negro population of Texas was 15.9 per
cent in 1920, as against 17.7 per cent in
1910 and 20.4 per cent in 1900.
Early Texas Population.
Early estimates of the population of
Texas are indefinite. In Yoakum's History
it is stated that the population of the
State was probably about 1.500 in 1744.
At this time the population was centered
largely about San Antonio, though there
had been a few small settlements in East
Texas near Nacogdoches. These estimates,
of course, include all European, 'Mexican
and American settlers.
Yoakum estimates the population of
Texas at 7,000 in 1806, and it was not
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