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POPULATION 95
Population of Texas, Urban and Rural, 1850 to 1950
(Note.-For population statistics on the United States, states other than Texas and cities
of other states, see tables beginning on page 123.)
Data in this table are from United States Bureau of the Census.
Per Cent
The State. 1 'Urban Places 2 2 Rural Territory of Total.
Increase Over Increase Over Increase Over
Preceding - Preceding Preceding
Census o Census. Census. Census.
Year-
as a~ G+
00 0d 00 w 06 0
e. Z 0= L: a ___.__ _______
1950 .... 6 7,711,194 1,296,370 20.2 29.3-4,838,060 1,926,671 66.2 2,873,134 -630,301 -18.0 62.7 37.3
1940 .... 6 6,414,824 590,109 10.1 24.3 2,911,389 522,041 21.8 3,503,435 68,068 2.0 45.4 54.6
1930 .... 5 5,824,715 1,161,487 24.9 22.1 2,389,348 876,659 58.0 3,435,367 284,828 9.0 41.0 59.0
1920 .... 54,663,228 766,686 19.7 17.8 1,512,689 574,585 61.2 3,150,539 192,101 6.5 32.4 67.6
1910 .... 5 3,896,542 847,832 27.8 14.8 938,104 417,345 80.1 2,958,438 430,487 17.0 24.1 75.9
1900 .... 3,048,710 813,183 36.4 11.6 520,759 171,248 49.0 2,527,951 641,935 34.0 17.1 82.9
1890 .. 7 2,235,527 643,778 40.4 8.5 349,5111 202,716 138.1 1,886,016 441,062 30.5 15.6 84.4
1880 .... 11 1,591,749 773,170 94.5 6 1 146;795 92,274 169.2 1,444,954 680,896 89.1 9.2 90.8
1870 ..... 19 818,579 214,364 35.5 3.1 34,521 27,906 104.9 764,058 186,458 32.3 6.793.3
1860 ... 23 604,215 391,623 184.2 2.3 26,615 18,950 274.2 577,600 372,673 181.9 4 4 95.6
1850 ..... 25 212,592 ...... 0 8 7.665 . ..204,927 .. ... 3.6 96.4
'Urban population is that living in places of more than 2,500 population, incorporated and unin-
corporated, including the unincorporated parts of metropolitan areas, plus population in some other
areas, according to the bureau of the census. See (3) below.
=Rural population is divided by the United States Bureau of the Census into that actually living on
farms and that living in rural areas but riot on farms, principally in incorporated and unincorporated
towns and villages of less than 2,500 population. Rural population has been divided as follows according
to the last three decennial census enumerations: 1950-rural farm, 1,292,267; rural nonfarm 1,580,867.
1940--rural farm, 2,149,187; rural nonfarm, 1,354,248. 1930-rural farm, 2,342,553; rural nonfarm,
1,092,814. 1920-rural farm, 2,265,734; rural nonfarm, 884,805.
'Under old urban definitions, the total urban population in 1950 was 4,612,666, an increase of
1,701,277, or 58.4 per cent over 1940. Rural population under old urban definition was 3,098,528, a
decrease of 404,907, or 11.6 per cent. The urban and rural per cent of total was 59.8 urban and 40.2
rural, under the old definitions. Under the old .definition urban population was that living in incorpo-
rated places of 2,500 or more. All other was rural, but divided as to urban rural (small town) and
farm rural.
Country of Birth of Foreign-Born Population, for Texas, Urban and
Rural, 1950, and Totals for Texas, 1860 to 1940
United States Bureau of the Cersus.
Foreign-born White
Country of 1950 1 1
Birth I Rural I Rural 1940 1930 I 1920 I 1910
Birth _ Total I Urban INonfarm Farm J I
All countries ............. 276,645 183,944 47,438 45,263 234,388 361,068 360,519 239,984
England and Wales.......... 7,347 5,945 996 406 5,226 7,044 7,963 8,764
Scotland ................... 1,472 1,227 175 70 1,250 1,711 1,828 2,036
Northern Ireland............ 59 47 8 4 308 616
Ireland (Eire) .............. 2,384 2,111 208 65 2,302 2,907 24,333 25,355
Norway .................... 928 684 152 92 1,169 1,490 1,740 1,784
Sweden ................. 2,346 1,625 323 398 3,046 4,017 4,536 4,703
Denmark' .................. 941 684 131 126 1,117 1,350 1,508 1,287
Netherlands ............... . 699 520 114 b5 548 578 554 424
Belgium .................. . 485 332 67 86 368 407 447 327
Switzerland ................ 844 575 119 150 1,077 1,410 1,690 1,773
France .................... 1,656 1,346 210 100 1,233 1,803 2,544 1,811
Germany ..................15,380 9,132 2,954 3,294 17,970 25,913 31,062 342,743
Poland .................... 3,914 2,917 464 533 3,681 4,589 5,047 34,733
Czechoslovakia ............. 6,544 2,265 1,425 2,854 9,171 12,282 12,819
Austria .................... 2,748 1,839 402 507 3,023 3,300 6,441 319,378
Hungary .................. 932 712 109 111 737 622 940 926
Yugoslavia ................ 479 337 77 65 423 464 620 ...
Lithuania .................. 390 359 24 7 383 308 37
U.S S.R.4 ............. ... 4,592 3,964 332 296 5,104 5,467 7,057 34,365
Finland ........... ......... 192 151 29 12 173 180 189 160
Rumamnia .................. 480 417 35 28 482 544 443 259
Greece .................... 1,919 1,767 114 381 1,773 1,803 1,977 756
Italy ..................... 5,059 4,269 418 372 5,451 6,550 8,024 7,190
Spain ..................... 604 528 63 13 694 886 1,081 84
Portugal ................... 173 61 11 11 46 41 66 85
Other Europe' 4...... 1,105 556 237 312 373 , 643 339 s485
Asia ..................... 3,084 2,737 258 89 2,301 2,278 2,091 1,446
Canada-French ............ 7524 '405, '95 724 346 452 249 356
Canada-Other.......... 5,572 4,525 - 752 295 3,842 4,133 3,979 3,168
Mexico ... .............. 196,077 126,151 35,843 34,083 159,266 266,046 249,652 124,238
Other America..............i 2,811 2,356 330 1251 1,002 731 562 244
All other................... 1,073 836 170 67
Not reported ............ -3,932 2,564] 793 5751 503 503 701 341
SIceland included with Denmark prior to 1930; included with Other Europe, 1930 to 1950.
Includes Northern Ireland.
3 Persons reported in 1910 as of Polish mother tongue born in Austria, Germany, and U.S.S.R. have
been deducted from their respective countries and combined as Poland. Figure of 4,365 in 1910 for
Russia includes Lithuanians.
4 Latvia and Estonia included with U.S.S.R. from 1860 to 1920 and with Other Europe from 1930
to 1950. i Includes 58 persons born in Serbia and 60 persons born in Montenegro which became
parts of YugosIavla in 1918. 6 Includes Turkey in Europe. ' Includes Newfoundland. 0 Includes
"All Others," 191041940.
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