| STATE | RANK
IN AREA | AREA (SQUARE MILES) |
| Texas | 1 | 265,896 |
| California | 2 | 158,297 |
| Montana | 3 | 146,997 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 122,634 |
| Arizona | 5 | 113,956 |
| Nevada | 6 | 110,690 |
| Colorado | 7 | 103,948 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 97,914 |
| Oregon | 9 | 96,699 |
| Utah | 10 | 84,990 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 84,682 |
| Idaho | 12 | 83,888 |
| Kansas | 13 | 82,158 |
| South Dakota | 14 | 77,615 |
| Nebraska | 15 | 77,520 |
| North Dakota | 16 | 70,837 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | 70,057 |
| Missouri | 18 | 69,420 |
| Washington | 19 | 69,127 |
| Georgia | 20 | 59,265 |
| Florida | 21 | 58,666 |
| Michigan | 22 | 57,980 |
| Illinois | 23 | 56,665 |
| Iowa | 24 | 56,147 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | 56,066 |
| Arkansas | 26 | 53,335 |
| North Carolina | 27 | 52,426 |
| Alabama | 28 | 51,998 |
| New York | 29 | 49,204 |
| Louisiana | 30 | 48,506 |
| Mississippi | 31 | 46,865 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 45,126 |
| Virginia | 33 | 42,627 |
| Tennessee | 34 | 42,022 |
| Ohio | 35 | 41,040 |
| Kentucky | 36 | 40,598 |
| Indiana | 37 | 36,354 |
| Maine | 38 | 33,040 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 30,989 |
| West Virginia | 40 | 24,170 |
| Maryland | 41 | 12,327 |
| Vermont | 42 | 9,564 |
| New Hampshire | 43 | 9,341 |
| Massachusetts | 44 | 8,266 |
| New Jersey | 45 | 8,224 |
| Connecticut | 46 | 4,965 |
| Delaware | 47 | 2,370 |
| Rhode Island | 48 | 1,248 |
| District of Columbia | 49 | 70 |
VII--
POPULATION OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES BY DECADES, 1790-1910
| CENSUS YEAR NUMBER | POPULATION | INCREASE OVER PRECEDING CENSUS | PER CENT INCREASE |
| 1910 | 91,972,266 | 15,977,691 | 21.0 |
| 1900 | 75,994,575 | 13,046,861 | 20.7 |
| 1890 | 62,947,714 | 12,791,931 | 25.5 |
| 1880 | 50,155,783 | 11,597,412 | 30.1 |
| 1870 | 38,558,371 | 7,115,050 | 22.6 |
| 1860 | 31,443,321 | 8,251,445 | 35.6 |
| 1850 | 23,191,876 | 6,122,423 | 35.9 |
| 1840 | 17,069,453 | 4,203,433 | 32.7 |
| 1830 | 12,866,020 | 3,227,567 | 33.5 |
| 1820 | 9,638,453 | 2,398,572 | 33.1 |
| 1810 | 7,239,881 | 1,931,398 | 36.4 |
| 1800 | 5,308,483 | 1,379,269 | 35.1 |
| 1790 | 3,929,214 | |
VIII-APPROXIMATE POPULATION UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG, 1910
| United States, proper | 91,972,266 |
| Alaska | 64,356 |
| Hawaii | 191,909 |
| Porto Rico | 1,118,012 |
| Persons in military and naval service | 55,608 |
| Philippine Islands [1903] | 7,635,426 |
| Guam | 9,000 |
| Samoa | 6,100 |
| Panama Zone | 50,000 |
| Total population of the United States | 101,102,677 |