=====================================+============================ | Per cent. +---------+---------+-------- | 1900. | 1890. | 1860. +---------+---------+-------- Gross area with Alaska | 75.4 | ---- | ---- Gross area without Alaska | 59.1 | ---- | ---- Population, gross | 27.5 | 26.6 | 8.6 Urban population | 17.6 | [1]13.1 | 14.1 Number of farms | 35.8 | 32.6 | 8.2 Acres improved | 48.8 | 44.4 | 6.3 Farms, total valuation | 44.1 |[37]36.7 | 6.9 Farm products, value | 43.2 | 37.4 | 20.3 Farm animals | 59.4 | ---- | 11.9 Wool, yield | 69.8 | ---- | 4.7 Hops, yield | 64.3 | ---- | 7.1 Timber, area | 55.4 | ---- | ---- Lumber product, value | 32.4 | 24.9 | 10.0 Gold, yield | 99.6 | ---- | ---- Silver, commercial value | 99.8 | ---- | ---- Coal | 15.1 | ---- | ---- Railroad mileage | 45.2 | ---- | .25 Manufactures, value of product | 16.1 | 14.5 | 3.9 Operatives in factories | 12.2 | 11.9 | 3.1 Imports and exports | 19.0 | ---- | ---- -------------------------------------+---------+---------+-------- POPULATION. Aggregate population has increased 957. per cent in fifty years, and foreign population has grown faster than native: ==================+============+============+===========+=========== | | | | Per cent | 1900. | 1890. | 1850. | of | | | | increase, | | | | 1850-1900. +------------+------------+-----------+----------- Americans | 18,375,337 | 14,117,931 | 1,785,462 | 929.0 Foreigners | 2,659,317 | 2,556,478 | 213,942 | 1143.0 +------------+------------+-----------+----------- Total | 21,034,654 | 16,674,409 | 1,999,404 | 957.0 | | | | Per cent American | 87.3 | 84.6 | 89.2 | Per cent foreign | 12.7 | 15.4 | 10.8 | ------------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------