The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1949 Page: 5 of 12
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McGREGOR MIRROR, McGREGOR, TEXAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1949.
Population
Growth
Battling
The poulation growth of the
United States continues to con-
found the experts who prediet-
ed, during the 1930’s, that a
falling birth rate would lead to
an equibrium between birth and
death rates by 1960.
Last year the population of this
country increased nearly 2,500,-
000. The increase was largely
due to the number fo births, 3,-
650,000, which exceeded the
lowest death rate in the history
of the nation by about 2,200,000.
The other part of the increase
came through immigration.
An increase in population, com-
ing about by the increase of births
inside the country, is much bet-
ter than a similar increase thru
immigration. It is natural to ex-
/pect that native-born citizens
will have a better comprehension
cf American ideals than those
born in foreign cuontries who
come to the United States in
later years.
The extent of the increase in
the number of births in indicated
by the fact that in the eight
years, 1941-48, more than 25 mil-
lion babies were born in the
United States. This compares
with a little more than 19 million
in 1931-38.
It should be noted in this con-
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nection that there are now 48
persons per square mile of land
area in the United States. This
compares with 25 in 1900. While
there have been considerable
shifts of population, it is interest-
ing to note that the ten most
densely populated states in 1947
were exactly in order the same
as in 1900: Rhode Islaand, Mas-
sachusetts, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Ohio, Dela-
ware and Illinois.
One of the revelations that
comes with a study of popula-
tion figures shows that the death
rate in 1948 was a trifle over
9.9 per thousand, which was a
little below the previous low rate
established in 1946. Moreover,
the infant mortality rate in 1948
declined to a new minimum low
of about 31 per 1,000 live births,
which is nearly 40 per cent under
the comparable figure of only a
decade ago.
Indicative of social, political,
economic changes is the fact that
the percentage of our population
65 years or older, continues to
grow appreciably. In 1900, it
was only four per cent or nearly
three million people. In 1940, it
Avas 6.8 per cent, or about nine
million people. This phase of our
population characteristics is ex-
pected to continue to accelerate.
While these figures apply to
the United States as a whole,
the figures for the various states
and counties naturally vary con-
siderably. Every state has shown
an increasing density of popu-
lation in the years of this cen-
tury, but the relative increase
has varied. In Vermont, it was
only four per cent but jumped
more than two hundred per cent
in Flordia and the states of the
Far West.
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The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1949, newspaper, March 25, 1949; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890087/m1/5/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.