the States of the east north-central division, including Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, the urban gain was 31.2 per cent, but
there was a decrease in rural population of 0.2 per cent. The urban
increase of Illinois was 31.2 per cent, but the rural territory of the
State showed a loss of 7.5 per cent. The rural loss in Indiana was 5.5
per cent, and in Ohio 1.3 per cent. Michigan's rural gain was 2 per cent
and Wisconsin's 5.7. per cent. There were fourteen States in which more
than one-half of the population in 1910 were living in urban territory.
Among these States were Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
with nine-tenths of their population urban; Illinois with 62 per cent,