By the state census of 1905 the total population of Minnesota was 1,979,912, including 10,920 Indians, 171 Chinese, and 50 Japanese. The native born were 1,424,333. Of the 537,041 foreign-born persons, 262,417 came from the Scandinavian kingdoms, 119,868 from Germany, 84,022 from English-speaking countries. The average yearly increase for the decade closing in 1905 was 40,529; for the five-year period, 22,852. The urban population was 1,048,922, equal to 53 per cent. of the total. In the same decade the urban population had increased 38 per cent., while the rural population had augmented but 14.5 per cent. The most notable examples of urban development are in the “twin cities” of Minneapolis and St. Paul, their aggregate population in 1905 being 458,997. If the suburban dwellers within easy “trolley” ride be added, that number rises to more than half a million. Although the two municipalities have long been coterminous, they may remain politically separate for many years, if not indefinitely.
POPULATION OF MINNESOTA FOR TWELVE CENSUS YEARS.
-----+-----------------+--------------- | FEDERAL CENSUS. | STATE CENSUS. -----+-----------------+--------------- 1850 | 6,077 | 1857 | | 150,037 1860 | 172,028 | 1865 | | 250,099 1870 | 439,706 | 1875 | | 597,407 1880 | 780,773 | 1885 | | 1,117,798 1890 | 1,301,826 | 1895 | | 1,574,619 1900 | 1,751,394 | 1905 | | 1,979,912 -----+-----------------+---------------
Accault leads expedition to upper Mississippi, 18.
Agricultural college, established at Glencoe (1858), 160.
Aldrich, Cyrus, M. C., and candidate for U. S. senator, 248; champions homestead act, 253.
Allen, Lieut. James, commands Schoolcraft’s escort, 75.
Allouez, Père, at La Pointe (1665), 14; at convocation of 1671, 15.
American Fur Company, organized, 54; policy of, 54; chief stations, 55; control of Indians, 58; factors of, 59.
Anderson, Capt. Joseph, in battle of Birch Coulie, 213.
Andrews, C. C., votes against surrender of Third Minnesota, 183; in command at Fitzhugh’s Woods, 243; accepts nomination for M. C., 264; state forest commissioner, 358.
Astor, John Jacob, organizes the American Fur Co., 52.
“Atlantis,” written by Ignatius Donnelly, 318.
Attorney-General of Minnesota enjoined by U. S. courts from enforcing state law, 362.