In the Census year 1900 there were 14,430,145 dwellings, accommodating 16,187,715 families. Of this number 611,435 dwellings accommodated one person each, 10,158,932 sheltered two to six persons, 2,999,687 accommodated seven to ten persons each, and 660,091 eleven persons and over.

Area And Population Of State: 1900

State or Territory

Land surface in square miles, 1900.

Rank in population,

1900.

Population 1900.

United States. .

3,567,563

76,303,387

Continental U. S........

2,970,230

75,994,575

N.Atlantic div

162,103

21,046,695

S.Atlantic div.

268,620

10,443,480

N.Central div .

753,550

26,333,004

S.Central div. .

610,215

14,080,047

Western div.. .

1,175,742

4,091,349

Alabama

51,540

18

1,828,697

Arizona

112,920

49

122,931

Arkansas......

53,045

25

1,311,564

California.....

156,172

21

1,485,053

Colorado

103,645

31

539,700

Connecticut. . . .

4,845

29

908,420

Delaware

1,960

46

184,735

District of Columbia

60

42

278,718

Florida

54,240

32

528,542

Georgia

58,980

11

2,216,331

Idaho

84,290

47

161,772

Illinois

56,000

3

4,821,550

Indiana

35,910

8

2,516,462

Indian Territory

31,000

39

392,060

Iowa..........

55,475

10

2,231,853

Kansas........

81,700

22

1,470,495

Kentucky

40,000

12

2,147,174

Louisiana

45,420

23

1,381,625

Maine

29,895

30

694,466

Maryland

9,860

26

1,188,044

Massachusetts. .

8,040

7

2,805,346

State or Territory

Land surface in square miles, 1900.

Rank in population, 1900.

Population 1900.

57,430

9

2,420,982

Minnesota.....

79,205

19

1,751,394

Mississippi.....

46,340

20

1,551,270

Missouri

68,735

5

3,106,665

Montana

145,310

44

243,329

Nebraska

76,840

27

1,066,300

Nevada

109,740

52

42,335

New Hampshire

9,005

36

411,588

New Jersey ....

7,525

16

1,883,669

New Mexico....

122,460

45

195,310

New York.....

47,620

1

7,268,894

North Carolina.

48,580

15

1,893,810

North Dakota. .

70,195

41

319,146

Ohio..........

40,760

4

4,157,545

Oklahoma

38,830

38

398,331

Oregon........

94,560

35

413,536

Pennsylvania.. .

44,985

2

6,302,115

Rhode Island. ..

1,053

34

428,556

South Carolina..

30,170

24

1,340,316

South Dakota . .

76,850

37

401,570

Tennessee......

41,750

14

2,020,616

Texas

262,290

6

3,048,710

Utah..........

82,190

43

276,749

Vermont

9,135

40

343,641

Virginia

40,125

17

1,854,184

Washington. . . .

66,880

33

518,103

West Virginia . .

24,645

28

958,800

Wisconsin

54,450

13

2,069,042

Wyoming

97,575

50

92,531

Alaska. . .

590,884

51

63,592

Hawaii.......

6,449

48

154,001

Military and naval.......

91,219