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POPULATION.
A part of downtown Dallas by night. Concentration of population in urban centers has
been rapid during the last two decades, contributing most of the expansion shown by the
state's total population.a century, from 1820 to 1870, Texas was
looking to an uncertain future.
The same factors which impeded popu-
lation impeded the other great need of
Texas, namely, facilities for transpor-
tation. In fact, not until the adoption of
the present State Constitution in 1876,
which may be looked on as the end of
Reconstruction, though the state had
been readmitted to the Union previously,
did Texas arrive at a stage in its political
history where it could look confidently
toward the future.
Added to the clearing away of these
physical and political difficulties, there
has been the favorable economic develop-
ment mentioned above, namely, the
diversification of Texas industry to open
it as a land of opportunity to Americans
outside the Cotton Belt. Obviously, the
added wealth and income necessary to
sustain a future rapid increase in Texas
population must come from development
of such a diversity of industry for the
processing of Texas' raw materials into
materials for the consumers' market.
It is on basis of these significant devel-
opments that an unbiased appraisal of
Texas' future may include an estimate of
accelerated population increase, although
the current census decade, because of the
nation-wide effects of the economic de-
pression, may show a temporary slowing
own similar to that which occurred
during the 1860-70 census interval.AREA, U. S. AND TEXAS.
In Square Miles.
Continental Outlying
Texas. U. S. Possessions.
*Land area.. 262,398 2,973,774 ......
Water area.. 3,498 53,015
Gross area... 265,896 3,026,789 716,748
In Acres.
Land area...167,934,720 1,903,215,360 ......
Water area.. 2,238,720 33,929,600
Gross area .170,173,440 1,937,144,960 458,718,720
*The area of Texas is given by the Bureau of
the Census as being the same in 1930 as in 1920.
although there were some relatively inconsequential
boundary changes during the decade.
TEXAS POPULATION, 1744-1937. Pop.
-Increase-- Sq.
Year- Rank. Pop. No. Pct. Mi.
01744 ............ 1,500 .............
"1806............. 7,000
"1831.............. 20,000
"1836 ........... .. 50,000 ...... .... ...
1845 ........... .. 125,000 ...... .... ...
*1847........... . 135,000
1850............ 25 212,592 .......... 0.8
1860............ 23 604,215 391,623 184.2 2.3
1870............ 19 818,579 214,364 35.5 3.1
1880............ 11 1,591,749 773,170 94.5 6.1
1890............. 7 2,235,527 643,778 40.4 8.5
1900............ 6 3,048,710 813,183 36.4 11.6
1910............ 5 3,896,542 847,832 27.8 14.8
1920............ 5 4,663,228 766,686 19.7 17.8
1930............. 5 5,824,715 1,161,487 24.9 22.2
t1937........... 5 6,172,000 .......... 23.5
*Population figures for 1744, 1806 and 1831 are
estimates from Yoakum's History of Texas. Fig-
ures for 1836 and 1845 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.
tThe figure for 1937 is an estimate of the
United States Bureau of the Census.
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