UNITED STATES CENSUS OF POPULATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE • BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ' -U ; m 'MS ■ , •Jr t ■ '■ AMERICAN SAMOA, CANAL ZONE, GUAM, VIRGIN ISLANDS OF U. S. NUMBER OF INHABITANTS m■ ' *• .. t l l 1 i i ; i i ! I UNITED STATES CENSUS of POPULATION: 1950 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CHARLES SAWYER, Secretary BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ROY V. PEEL, Director NUMBER of INHABITANTS AMERICAN SAMOA CANAL ZONE • GUAM VIRGIN ISLANDS OF U. S. I Prepared under the supervision of Howard G. Brunsman, P o pul ati on and Housing Division j 1 i • Chief 1950 POPULATION CENSUS REPORT P-A54 i ‘ PREPRINT OF VOLUME I, CHAPTER 54 ; ! UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1951 Totals for CITIES • MUNICIPALITIES • DISTRICTS • SMALL AREAS I » i -5* •" BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ROY V. PEEL, Director A. Ross Eckler, Deputy Director Howard C. Grieves, Assistant Director Conrad Taeuber, Assistant Director Morris H. Hansen, Assistant Director for Statistical Standards Robbrt Y. Phillips, Assistant Director for Operations Calvert L. Dedrick, Coordinator, International Statistics Leon E. Truesdell, Chief Demographer Frank R. Wilson, Information Assistant to the Director : i 1 Population and Housing Division— Howard G. Brunsman, Chief Henry S. Shryock, Jr., Assistant Chief for Population Robert B. Voight, Assistant Chief for Operations Wayne F. Daugherty, Assistant Chief for Housing Edwin D. Goldfield, Program Coordinator Demographic Statistics—Henry D. Sheldon, Chief Social Statistics—Paul C. Glick, Chief Coordinator for Manpower Statistics—Gertrude Bancroft Economic Statistics—Robert B. Pearl, Chief Occupation and Industry Statistics—David L. Kaplan, Chief International Population Statistics—W. Parker Mauldin, Chief Territories and Possessions—Joel Williams, Chief Statistical Sampling—Joseph Steinberg, Chief Statistical Procedures—Morton Boisen, Chief Processing Operations—Milton D. Licberman, Chief Administrative Service Division—Walter L. Kbhres, Chief Agriculture Division—Ray Hurley, Chief Budget Officer—Charles H. Alexander Business Division—Harvey Kailin, Acting Chief Decennial Tabulation Office—John J. Lennon, Chief Field Division—Lowell T. Galt, Chief Foreign Trade Division—J. Edward Past I Chief Geography Division—Clarence E. Batschelet, Chief Governments Division—Allen D. Manvel, Chief Industry Division—Maxwell R. Conklin, Chief Machine Tabulation Division—C. F. Van Aken, Chief Personnel Division—Helen D. Almon, Chief \ | :j :4 ■ j : A'm Statistics presented in this preprint supersede those shown in the report, Series PC-11, No. 3. SUGGESTED IDENTIFICATION U. S. Bureau of the Census. U. S. Census of Population: 1950. Vol. I, Number of Inhabitants, Chap­ ter 54: American Samoa, Canal Zone, Guam, and Virgin Islands ofthcU.S. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1951. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., or any of the Field Offices"of the Department of Commerce.................................. Price 15 cents 4 f. I PREFACE This report presents statistics on the number of inhabitants of American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States and of their counties, munici­ palities, court districts, and minor civil divisions. These data are based upon tabulations from the Seventeenth Decennial Census of the population of the United States, its Terri­ tories, possessions, etc., conducted as of April 1, 1950. Provision for the Seventeenth Decent nial Census was made in the act providing for the Fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses which was approved on June 18, 1929. Tbe major portion of the information compiled from the Census of Population of 1950 will appear in Volume I, Number of Inhabitants, and in Volume II, Characteristics of the Population. This report is a preprint of Chapter 54 of Volume I, which is to present, in a single publication, statistics on the number of inhabitants for each State, Territory, possession, etc. The materials presented here will also appear in Part 54 of Volume II. Volume II will comprise a series of separately published parts, one for each State and Territory, one for the possessions, etc., and a summary for the United States. The use of separate parts makes the basic materials on characteristics of the population for a given State or Territory or the smaller possessions, etc., available to the public in a single publication. Within each part, Chapter A will recapitulate the statistics on the number and distribution of the population; Chapter B will present statistics on the general characteristics of the population; and Chapter C will present data on detailed population characteristics for the larger areas within the State or Territory, such as cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more and standard metropolitan areas. Within Part 54 there will be no subdivision by chapters. The data presented, however, will cover the materials included in Chapters A and B of other parts of Volume II. This report was prepared under the supervision of Howard G. Brunsman, Chief, Popu­ lation and Housing Division, and Robert B. Voight, Assistant Chief for Operations, by Joel Williams, Chief, Territories and Possessions Section. The collection of the information on which these statistics are based was under the supervision of Lowell T. Galt, Field Divi­ sion. The geographic work was under the supervision of Clarence E. Batschelet, Chief, Geography Division. December 1951. in ioiat - *: U. S. CENSUS OF POPULATION: 1950 Volume I Number of Inhabitants II Characteristics of the Population Succeeding volumes will cover the following subjects: Census Tracts, Nativity and Parentage, Nonwhite Population by Race, Persons of Spanish Surname, Institutional Population, Dif­ ferential Fertility, Labor Force Characteristics, Occupation, Indus­ try, Income, Internal Migration, Education, Characteristics of Families and Households. U. S. CENSUS OF HOUSING: 1950 Volume I General Characteristics II Nonfarm Housing Characteristics III Farm Housing Characteristics IV Residential Financing V Block Statistics Housing statistics for census tracts are to be included in the Population reports on census tracts. Y A I AMERICAN SAMOA—CANAL ZONE—GUAM- VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES Number of Inhabitants Usual place of residence.—According to usual Census practice, each person enumerated in the 1950 Census was counted as an inhabitant of his usual place of residence or usual place of abode, which is generally construed to mean the place where he lives and sleeps most of the time. This place is hot necessarily the same as his legal residence or domicile, although in the vast majority of cases, these different bases of classification would be identical. In the application of this rule, persons were not always counted as residents of the places in which they happened to be found by the census enumerators. Visitors found staying in private homes were not ordinarily interviewed there. Information on persons away from their usual place of residence was obtained from other members of their families, landladies, etc. If an entire family was expected to be away during the whole period of the enumeration, information on it was obtained from neighbors. A matching process was used to eliminate duplicate reports for persons who reported for themselves while away and were also reported by their families at home. Persons in the armed forces quartered on military installations were enumerated as residents of the area in which their installa­ tions were located. Members of their families were enumerated where they actually resided. In the 1950 Census, college students living away from home were considered residents of the communi­ ties in which they were residing while attending college, rather than as persons temporarily absent from their parental homes as was the practice in 1940. In 1950 the crews of vessels of the American Merchant Marine were counted as part of the population of the ports in which their vessels were berthed on April 1, 1950. In 1940 such persons were treated as part of the population of the port from which the vessel operated. Inmates of institutions, who ordinarily live there for long periods of time, were counted as inhabitants of the place in which the institution was located; whereas patients in general hospitals, who ordinarily have short stays, were counted at, or allocated to, their homes. All persons without a usual place of residence were counted where they were enumerated. Manua group (Tau, Olosega, and Ofu) were ceded by their high chiefs on July 1G, 1904. By joint resolution of Congress, approved March 4, 1925, Swains Island was annexed to American Samoa. Local censuses of population were taken by the naval governors in 1900 and 1912. In the 1920 and subsequent censuses, the popu­ lation of the islands was enumerated in conjunction with the regu­ lar decennial census of the United'States, the field work being done under the supervision of the naval governor in accordance with plans prescribed by the Director of the Census. Captain Thomas F. Darden, United States Navy, who was Governor in April 1950, was in charge of taking the 1950 Census of American Samoa. In 1900 American Samoa had a population of 5,679 (table 1). In 1950 the population was about three times as large. The rate of growth of the population in the past decade was the greatest since the beginning of this century. Between 1940 and 1950 the population of American Samoa increased by 6,029, or 46.7 percent. Districts and islands.—American Samoa is divided into five districts: Manua District, comprising Ofu, Olosega, and Tau Islands; the Eastern District of Tutuila Island, which also includes Aunuu Island; the Western District of Tutuila Island; Swains Island District; and Rose Island District. Table 2 shows the population of the districts from 1930 to 1950, and also the popu­ lation of individual islands; Rose Island District, not shown, was uninhabited. Counties and villages.—Three of the districts of American Samoa are divided into fourteen counties and these in turn are divided into villages. Table 3 shows the population of each district by counties and villages for the last three censuses. Between the 1940 and the 1950 Censuses there were no change in the boundaries of areas listed. For changes in boundaries prior to the 1940 Census, see reports of the Sixteenth Census (1940), Population, Vol. I, p. 1202, and reports of earlier censuses. CANAL ZONE Population of the Canal Zone.—The population of the Canal Zone on April 1, 1950, according to the 1950 Census, was 52,822. The total land area of the Canal Zone is 362 square miles. In 1950 the averago number of inhabitants per square mile was 146 as compared with an average of 143 in 1940. The use, occupation, and control of the Canal Zone have been granted to the United States Government under treaty agree­ ments with the Republic of Panama. The Rcpublio has further granted all rights, power, and authority within the Canal Zone which the United States would possess and exercise if it were sovereign of the territory. The first census of the Canal Zono was taken as of February 1, 1912, by the Department of Civil Admin­ istration of tho Isthmian Canal Commission. In 1920 and sub­ sequent decades, tho population of tho Canal Zone was enumerated in conjunction with the regular decennial census of the United States, tho field work being dono under tho supervision of tho AMERICAN SAMOA Population of American Samoa.—The population of American Samoa on April 1, 1950, according to the 1950 Census, was 18,937. Tho total land area of American Samoa is 76 square miles. In 1950 the average number of inhabitants per square mile was 249 as compared with an average of 170 in 1940. The Islands of American Samoa were acquired by the United States in accordance with a convention among the United States, Great Britain, and Germany, signed December 2, 1899, ratified February 16, 1900, and proclaimed by the President of the United States on the latter date. Under an Executive order of February 19, 1900, the islands were placed under the authority of the Secre­ tary of the Navy for use as a naval station. Tho high chiefs of the Tutuila voluntarily ceded the islands of Tutuila and Aunuu to tho United States on April 17, 1900; and tho islands of tho 081037—52 m vn AMERICAN SAMOA, CANAL ZONE, GUAM, VIRGIN ISLANDS VIII Governor in accordance with plans prescribed by the Director of the Census. Army, who was Governor in April 1950, was in charge of the 1950 Census of the Canal Zone. In 1912 the Canal Zone had a population of 62,810 (table 4). In 1950, 38 years later, its population was almost one-fifth less. Between 1912 and 1920, there was a sharp decline of over three- fifths in the population. Since 1920 the population has increased but at a decreasing rate in each decade. Between 1940 and 1950, the population of the Canal Zone increased by only 995, or less than 2 percent. Court districts.—Th6 Canal Zone has no county organization, but it is divided into court districts, which are treated for census purposes as equivalent to county areas. Table 5 shows the popu­ lation of the two court districts of the Canal Zone from 1930 to 1950, together with the land area of each district and its population per square mile in 1950. The figures shown for each year relate to the area as constituted at that time. ' Minor geographic divisions.—Table 6 shows the population of each court district for towns and rural areas. Since there were a large number of changes in the boundaries of these minor geo­ graphic divisions between 1930 and 1940, the data shown in this table are limited to 1940 and 1950. Towns.—Table 7 shows the population in 1950 and 1940 of towns in the Canal Zone. In this table the towns are arranged in alphabetical order, each followed by the name of the court district in which it is located. or severely damaged. In the reconstruction process, many of the communities were relocated and the division of municipalities into barrios was abandoned. As a result of all these changes, table 10 has been limited to 1950 data only. Brigadier General F. K. Newcomer, United States 0 VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES Population of the Virgin Islands.—The population of the Virgin Islands of the United States on April 1, 1950, according to the 1950 Census, was 26,665. The total land area of the Virgin Islands is 132 square miles. In 1950 the average number of inhabitants per square mile was 202 as compared with an average of 1S9 in 1940. The Virgin Islands of the United States, formerly known as the Danish West Indies, were acquired by the United States by purchase from Denmark in 1917, the formal transfer of posses­ sion having taken place on March 31 of that year. St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas are the principal islands of the group. There are 65 smaller islands, most of which are uninhabited. Local censuses of population were taken by the Danish Govern­ ment at irregular intervals between 1835 and 1911. A special census was taken in 1917 under the supervision of the Bureau of the Census and in 1930, 1940, and 1950 the population was enumerated in conjunction with the regular decennial censuses of the United States, the field work being done under the supervi­ sion of the Governor in accordance with plans prescribed by the Director of the Census. Morris F. de Castro, who was governor in April 1950, was in charge of taking the 1950 Census of the Virgin Islands. According to the first census in 1835, the population of the Virgin Islands was 43,17S (table 11). In 1950, 115 years later, the population had decreased by more than one-third. In nearly every intercensal period before 1930 the population decreased, but, between 1930 and 1940, there was a population increase of 13.1 percent. Between 1940 and 1950, the population of the Virgin Islands increased by 1,776, or 7.1 percent. Urban and rural population.—The urban population comprises all persons living in places of 2,500 inhabitants or more; the remainder of the population is classified as rural. The 1950 urban population of the Virgin Islands comprised 15,581 persons, or 58.4 percent of the total population. Between 1940 and 1950, the urban population increased by 9 0 percent from a total of 14,296 in 1940. Municipalities.—Table 13 shows the population of the two municipalities which are the major administrative units of the Virgin Islands and of the islands within each municipality. Between 1940 and 1950, the population of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John increased by 21.5 percent, whereas that of St. Croix decreased by 6.2 percent. Minor civil divisions.—To the primary political divisions into which the municipalities are subdivided, the Bureau of the Census applies the general term of “minor civil divisions.’’ In the Virgin Islands, the minor civil divisions are cities or quarters. Charlotte Amalie, the largest city, is subdivided into quarters. Table 14 shows the statistics on the population of each munici­ pality, by city or quarter, for the last three censuses. There were no changes in boundaries between 1940 and 1950. For changes prior to the 1940 Census, see reports of the Sixteenth Census (1940), Population, Xol. I, p. 1236, and reports of earlier censuses. GUAM Population of Guam.—The population of Guam on April 1, 1950* according to the 1950 Census, was 59,498 (table S). The total land area of Guam is 203 square miles. In 1950 the average number of inhabitants per square mile was 293 as compared with an average of 110 in 1940. The Island of Guam was ceded by Spain to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, signed December 10, 1898, and ratified in April 1899. Local censuses of population were taken by the naval governors in 1901 and 1910. In 1920, 1930, and 1940, the population of the island was enumerated in con­ junction with the regular decennial censuses of the United States, the field work being done under the supervision of the naval governor in accordance with plans prescribed by the Director of the Census.- Although the formal transfer of the administration of Guam from the Navy to the Department of the Interior did not take place until August 1, 1950, Carlton Skinner, the first civilian Governor of Guam, had been appointed before April 1950 and was in charge of taking the 1950 Census of Guam. Municipalities.—Guam is divided into 15 municipalities, which are the principal administrative units of the island. Table 9 shows the population in 1950 and 1940 of these municipalities. Because of extensive redistricting between 1930 and 1940, how­ ever, it is impossible to show all comparative figures for 1930. Cities and villages.—Table 10 shows the 1950 population of Agana city and the villages in Guam. In this table the places are arranged in alphabetical order, each followed by the name of the municipality in which it is located. In 1940 the municipal­ ities of Guam were divided into towns and barrios, with the exception of Agana municipality, which was coextensive with Agana city. During World War II, most of the towns and villages (including Agana city) were either totally destroyed # :.. I NUMBER OF INHABITANTS i i : Samoa—Canal Zone—Guam— Islands of the United States American Virgin LIST OF TABLES t [Page numbers listed here omit the chapter prefix number which appears as part of the page number for each page. The prefix for this chapter is 54J ! 1 Tabic 1. —Population of American Samoa: 1900 to 1950___________________________________ 2. —Area and population of American Samoa, by districts and islands: 1930 to 1950__ 3. —Population of districts of American Samoa, by counties and villages: 1930 to 1950. 4. —Population of the Canal Zone: 1912 to 1950_____________________________________ 5. —Area and population of the Canal Zone, by court districts: 1930 to 1950_________ G.—Population of court districts of the Canal Zone, by minor geographic divisions: 1950 and 1940_ 7. —Population of towns in the Canal Zone: 1950 and 1940______________________________________ 8. —Population of Guam, 1901 to 1950, and of Agana city, 1920 to 1950_________________________ 9. —Area and population of Guam, by municipalities: 1930 to 1950______________ ______________ 10. —Population of cities and villages in Guam: 1950____________________________________________ 11. —Population of the Virgin Islands of the United States, urban and rural: 1835 to 1950_________ 12. —Population of urban places in the Virgin Islands of the United States: 1835 to 1950_________ 13. —Area and population of the Virgin Islands of the United States, by municipalities and islands, urban and rural: 1930 to 1950----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. —Population of municipalities of the Virgin Islands of the United States, by islands, cities, and quarters: 1930 to 1950__________________ ____ ______ ____________ ________ _______________ Page 3 3 | 3 5 1 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 ' 9 10 54-1 L ! i ! . 981937—52-----2 i ! a 54-2 AMERICAN SAMOA i 2 %r d 7 s I ■* T-l 2 j/> n -J < U c* a 2 < _ UJ u cn o u I Id a o © 5 < c d o > i2 5 2 3 °5 C/D Q 5 5 < < 1 2 i "3 '5! 2 *o < f 3H H w .II S 52 Q O 3 (V(* O t 5 _o \ \ i. v" k * U| . ! NUMBER OF INHABITANTS 54-3 Table 1.—POPULATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA: 1900 TO 1950 Increase over pre­ ceding census Increase over pre­ ceding census I Popula­ tion Popula­ tion Census date Census date Percent Number Number Percent 1920 (Jan. I)*. 1912 *_............. 19001.............. 40. 7 1950 (Apr. 1) (Apr. 1) (Apr. 1) 18.937 12,908 10,055 0,029 2,853 1,999 8,056 7,251 5,679 805 11.1 28. 4 1910 1,572 27.7 1930 i 24.8 1 Rate of increase, exclusive of population (99 in 1930) of Swains Island, annexed in 1925, 23.6 percent. 7 Population of area as then constituted. Table 2.—AREA AND POPULATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA, BY DISTRICTS AND ISLANDS: 1930 TO 1950 Population Land area in square miles, 1950 Percent Increase 1950 District and island 1940 1930 Per square mile 1940 to 1930 to Total 1950 1940 American Samoa. 18,937 249 12,908 10,055 46.7 28.4 76 Districts: Mnnun > 2,819 10. 624 5,330 22 12S 2,597 6,733 3,431 2.147 5, 032 8.5 21.0 Tutuila, Eastern 1 Tutuila, Western. Swains Island J... 25 425 57.8 33.8 28 190 2,777 55.3 23.6 1G4 101 99 48.5 1 147 11.6 ! | Islands: Aunuu Ofu_______ Olosoga Tnu.......... Tutuila .... Swains ..... 398 398 322 233 38.2 1 23.6 3 570 192 500 466 15.2 7.3 2 545 273 509 438 7. 1 16.2 1,698 16,556 17 100 1,588 9, 842 6.9 27.8 299 58. 1 52 29.9 164 164 147 99 48.5 1 11.6 1 Includes Ofu, Olosega, and Tau Islands. 1 Includes Aunuu Island. * Annexed to American Samoa in 1925. m Tabic 3.—POPULATION OF DISTRICTS OF AMERICAN SAMOA, BY COUNTIES AND VILLAGES: 1930 TO 1930 District, county, and village District, county, and village 1950 1910 1930 1950 1940 1930 District, county, and village 1950 1940 1930 Manua District. Tutuila. Eastern Dist.—Con, Mauputasi County—Con. Tafananai village................... . Utulci village...........................,. Balance of county...................... Tutuila, Western Dist. Con. Lealataua County—Con. Atauloma village-------------- Auma village____ _______ Fagalil village........ ............... Kagamalo village_________ Fallolo village.. Leone village... Moloata village. Nua village___ Poloa village .... Sectaga village. 2,819 2,597 2,147 = ' Faleasao County............. Faleasao village....___ Fitiuta County.......... Lousoalii village...... Main village............ ... Ofu County....................... Ofu village ............. Olosega County................ . Olosega village______ _ Sill villogo.. _________ Tau County........................ Luma village.................. Siufaga village........... Balance of county........ . 36 S 340 279 32 36S | 310 270 744 488 375 57 120 49 298 190 165 270 559 49-1 402 78 48 32 280 236 Saole County... Alofnu village.. Amouli village. Auasi village... Aunuu Island, village........... Utumea village. 844 078 116 97 222 471 62 — 34 279 258 180 204 131 103 S4 67 155 180 115 SSI 711 5S3 576 500 466 47 41 incl. Aunuu 576 466 108 52 500 50 398 322 •233 150 106 92 43S 545 509 40 42 20 106 95 49 143 371 421 102 88 Sua Counts'.......... Afono village... Amo 1,325 RSI I-easlna County Aasu village.- Aitulagi villag Aoloau village Balance of counts* 335 67 622 147 272 169 138 96 101 ss 58 771 754 562 un village Auto village___ Fagaitua village Laulll village........ Masausi village... Masofau village. . Sailcle village___ Balance of counts* Valfanua Counts*.... Also villogo........... Aon village. Onenoa vill Tula village.................................. Valla village.......................... .. Tutuila, Western District.. 125 49 41 170 118 100 o 415 397 13 260 145 129 114 35G 331 28-1 255 152 212 31 20 12 296 163 114 Tualatai County... Futlga village___ Ituau village......... Taputimu village Yailoatal village.. Tualauta County... Falcniu village... 94 844 527 437 51 40 234 202 131 166 68 36 Tutuila, Eastern District .. Ituau County............................. Fngoneanea village.................... Fagasa village... ................ .. Matuu Nuuull 10,624 6,733 5,032 93 63 48 103 74 84 16 169 212 101 1,790 1,012 750 363 216 216 00 1, 192 630 58 42 801 537 400 324 195 13S S12 205 1.838 944 village__ village... Mauputasi County Atuu village....... Aua village......... Fagaalu villa.-- Fagatoga village Fatumafutl villa Leloaloa village Lcpua village. . Pago Pago villa Satala village 174 137 44 47 194 141 351 135 91 1,025 5,467 Mill village......................, Mnpusaga Fou village. 1 Mesepa village 1............. Pavaial village___ Tafuna village___ Valtogl village__ Balance of counts* 510 396 141 108 67 199 308 194 ace 261 12S 144 136 272 213 3, 361 2, 559 ica 149 119 121 01 48 312 41 203 140 3,431 2,777 655 330 5,330 251 68 58 44 395 197 100 235 217 421 Lonlataua County Afno villa 2,201 ■ 1,025 1,256 1, 150 912 078 63 42 45 48 40 8 12 ge go....... Agugulu village Amaluia villa 52 265 128 141 100 65 57 Swains Island District. Swains Island___ ____ ____ 147 43 30 10 164 99 •mage. village 200 123 100 1,586 034 708 Amanavc Aslll village go 02 79 01 38 102 10 1M 147 99 1 Returned as Mapusaga village In 1940. NUMBER OF INHABITANTS 54-5 Table 4.—POPULATION OF THE CANAL ZONE: 1912 TO 1950 [Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Increase over pre­ ceding census Increase over pre­ ceding census Popula­ tion Popula­ tion Census date Census date Number Percent Number Pereent 52,822 51,827 39,407 995 1.9 1920 (Jan. 1). 1912 (Feb. 1) 22,858 62,810 -39,952 1950 (Apr. 1) 1940 (Apr. 1) 1930 (Apr. 1). -63.6 12,360 16,009 31,3 72.7 Table 5.—AREA AND POPULATION OF THE CANAL ZONE, BY COURT DISTRICTS: 1930 TO 1950 [Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Population Land area In square miles, 1950 1950 Percent increase Court district 1940 1930 Per square mile 1940 to 1930 to Total 1950 1940 Canal Zone. 362 52,822 146 51,827 39,467 1.9 31.3 Balboa... Cristobal. 222 37,738 15,084 170 31,502 20,325 22,197 17,270 41 9 19. S 108 140 -25.8 17.7 Table 6.—POPULATION OF COURT DISTRICTS OF THE CANAL ZONE, BY MINOR GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS: 1950 AND 1940 and minor geographic division Court district nnd minor geographic division Court district Court district and minor geographic division 1950 1940 1950 1940 1950 1940 Balboa District—Con. Madden Dam (rural)___ Miraflores town___________ North Gamboa town.......... Palo Seco Leper Colony__ Paraiso town.„.................... Cristobal District. Comp Bierd town___ Coco Soli to town «___ Cristobal town___ Escobal (rural)___ Escondido (rural). Balboa District... Ancon town... ____ Arraijan (rural)____ _ Balboa town........ ....... Balboa Heights town. Chagres (rural)____ 37,738 31,502 15,084 20,325 8 14 80 1,605 4,162 1,940 101 3,922 55 615 666 85 3,074 1,503 2,353 1,303 119 145 417 826 374 363 95 231 179 210 263 305 Pedro Miguel town., ro Miguel (rural) Red Tank town____ South Gamboa town Summit town............. Balance of d istrlct___ 809 752 Cocoli town i................... Corozal Hospital Farm. Diablo Heights town... Frijoles (rural)................ Gambon Prison............. Frijoles town........... Gatun town.. ......... La Chinina (rural). Margarita town >... Mon to Lirio (rural). 1,244 1,647 Pcd 378 527 119 62 1,949 2,231 472 2,275 2,477 108 354 34 84 74 48 66 967 15,055 13,095 122 58 245 La Boca town............. Las Cascadas (rural) Madden Dam town.. 4,035 Mount Hope town. Silver City town... Trinidad (rural)... Balance of district. 4,235 73 11 212 278 5,726 108 2,980 4,583 10, 643 73 15 243 1 Established since 1940. Table 7.—POPULATION OF TOWNS IN THE CANAL ZONE: 1950 AND 1940 Town District 1950 1940 Town District 1950 19-10 Town District 1950 1940 Ancon. 'Balboa Balbo Balboa. Balboa. Balboa... Cristobal Balboa... Cristobal Cristobal. Balboa... 1,946 3,922 Frijoles............ Gatun............. (JLa Boca.......... Mad'derTDam Marga Mirafli Mount Hope Cristobal. Cristobal. Balboa___ Balboa___ Cristobal Balboa___ Cristobal.. 1,695 4,162 62 North Gau\boa. Paraiso............ Pedro Miguel... Red Tank.......... Silver City........ South'Gamboa. Summit.............. Balboa... Balboa... Balboa... Balboa... Cristobal. Balboa... Balboa... 119 3,074 1,503 2,353 2,275 4,235 2,477 4,035 a Heights • Bierd r63 374 809 752 Cam Cocoli 1 060 015 73 15 1,W9 5,726 2,231 4,583 rita 1 1,244 1,303 1,047 967 Coco Solito Cristobal ...... Diablo Heights, SO 55 ores 198 354 417 826 73 11 4S 66 461 Established since 1940. i I 54-6 GUAM MUNICIPALITIES, CITIES, AND VILLAGES 0 * NUMBER OF INHABITANTS Table 8.—POPULATION OF GUAM, 1901 TO 1950, AND OF AGANA CITY, 1920 TO 1950 54-7 [Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Increase over pre­ ceding census Increase over pre­ ceding census Popula* ion Popula­ tion Census date Census date t Number Percent Number Percent Agana city: Guam: 1050 (Apr. 1) 1940 (Apr, 1) (Apr. 1) (Jan. 1). 69,408 '22,290 318,609 312,275 11.800 9, 670 37,208 3,781 5,234 1,409 2,130 100.9 1950 1,330 10,004 8,690 7,432 -86.7 20.4 1940 15.1 39.4 1930 16.9 1030 1920 12.4 1920 22.0 1010 1901 ' Includes 213 persons on United States naval vessels In Apra Harbor. 3 Includes 1,118 persons on United States naval reservations and on United States naval vessels stationed at Ouam. 3 Includes native men enlisted in U. S. Navy, but excludes United States naval station personnel (319). Table 9.—AREA AND^POPULATION OF GUAM, BY MUNICIPALITIES: 1930 TO 1930 [Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Population Land area in square miles, 1950 Percent increase 1950 Municipality 1940 1930 Per 1940 to 1930 to ■ square mile Total 1950 1940 203 59,498 293 22,290 '18,509 166.9 20.4 Guam 1 soo soo 10,004 1,068 11,042 -92.0 338.4 371.0 1, 218. 2 435.5 -9.4 Agana 3... Agat......... Asan......... Barrlgada. Dededo... 25 4,682 3,090 11,534 6,441 187 8S7 20.4 5 r.i8 650 559 17.4 18 641 875 27 239 1. 196 19 38.5 -8.5 1,490 78 1,076 1.176 Inarajan.. Mnchanno. Merizo___ Piti........ Sinajana 3 20 681 34 148.7 275 7 1,080 1,902 9,109 155 866 1, 101 25.4 -21.3 928 7 272 1,175 . 1, 236 61.9 26.6 1,528 641.8 6 1,209 236.4 100.2 34.9 2,684.6 111.4 65.2 6,718 1,680 1,997 4 Suniay__ Talofofo... Umatac... Vigo........... Yona.......... 913 14 65 456 7 5S0 S3 430 25 9,022 1,387 361 324 4S9 34.2 18 77 650 ' Includes 1,118 persons on United States naval reservations and United States naval vessels stationed at Guam, not included in the total for any municipality. 3 Part of Agana municipality annexed to Sinajana municipality in 1947. Table 10.—POPULATION OF CITIES AND VILLAGES IN GUAM: 1950 Municipality City or village Municipality 1950 City or village 1950 Merizo villa ' Mongmong v Ordot village......... Piti village............. Santa Rita village >SinaJaua. village- Talofofo village... Tamuning village Toto village ......... U matac village... Yigo village........... Yopa villngo.......... Merizo... Sinalana. Sinajana Piti........ Agat----- 511 Agana__ Asan----- Barrlgai. Dcdedo.. .Sinajana. Sinajana. Agat------ Asan------ Barrigada Sinajana. Dcdedo.. Inarajan.. village 667 270 773 1,413 da 1,330 Agana city Sinajana Talofofo. Dededo. Sinajana Umatac. Yigo.... Yona— 3,069 S5S Agana Heights village Agat village... Asan village... Barrlgada villa Chalan Pago village Dcdedo village......... Inarajan village.. .. 1,340 CIS 1,053 620 1,666 526 P.C 424 387 997 411 S12 997 54-8 VIRGIN ISLANDS I aH * NUMBER OF INHABITANTS 54-9 Tabic 11.—POPULATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, URBAN AND RURAL: 1835 TO 1950 [For description of urban definition, see text. Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Total population Urban places Rural territory Percent of total Increase over preced­ ing census Increase over preceding census Increase over preceding census Census dato Popula­ tion 1 Popula­ tion Popula­ tion Number Urban Rural Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 1950 (Apr. 1). 1940 (Apr. 1) 1930 (Apr. 1) 1917 (Nov. 1) 1911 (Feb. 1). 1901 (Feb 1). 1S90 (Oct. 9). 1SS0 (Oct. 9). 1870 (Oct. 9) I860 (Oct. 9) 20,605 21. 889 22, 012 20,051 27. 080 2.1 TT -4,039 7.1 2 1,285 15, 681 * 14,296 13, 501 15,465 10,042 9 0 491 11,084 10,593 8,511 10,580 11,0-14 4.6 58.4 41.0 13.1 2 795 5.9 2.082 -2,075 -458 -1,715 24.5 57. 4 42.6 -it! 3 -■os -1,720 -3-6 —9. 7 --It? -13.4 61.3 38.7 3 50.4 40.6 3 59.2 40.8 30-527 SIS SS! -4-$S 1,09-1 -G-9 -2.9 -10.7 -1. 1 3 17,768 18,037 20.183 20,025 20.100 —809 -1,546 —442 525 -4.7 12, 759 14,149 13,580 17,196 18,131 17,759 19,975 23,920 25,5-13 20,301 -1,390 -9.8 58.2 41.8 3 5G9 4.2 56.8 43.2 3 -2.1 -3, 616 -935 —21.0 —5. 2 59.8 40.2 3 2.6 54.5 45.5 2 9 3 722 3. 7 372 2.1 52.6 47.4 1855 (Oct. 9) 1850 (May 13) 1810 (Oct. 1) 1811 (Oct 1) 1835 (Oct. 1) 37.137 39. 614 39.588 S!8 -2, 477 3 -6.3 19,378 19,639 15,668 15,412 16,877 -201 3,971 -1.3 -2.216 -3.945 -1.623 -758 -ii -2.9 52.2 47.8 20 0.1 3 25.3 49.6 50.4 Its -3.3 -5.1 2 256 1.7 39.6 60.4 2 -1, 465 -8.7 37.6 62. 4 2 39. 1 60.9 1 A special Federal census was taken in 1917. Censuses prior to 1917 taken by the Danish Government. 1 Revised to exclude Frederikstcd city (population 2.49S) which was considered urban in 1940. Tabic 12.—POPULATION OF URBAN PLACES IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1835 TO 1950 (Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Increase over preced­ ing census Increase over preced­ ing census Popula­ tion Popula­ tion City and census year City and census year Number Percent Number Percent Charlotte Amalie: !;,S Chriatinnstcd: 1950............ 11,469 9. SOI 7,036 7, 747 8,247 2,-p -ffi -293 17 0 4.112 592 -383 -as 39.3 1910 728 19.3 1930 it! -3.4 1930 —S07 -a! -16.3 1917____ 1917. -IS 1911 1911 —S91 1901. -9.7 -19.6 a 5-10 9.455 11,764 11.681 11,381 -915 -2,309 1901 5.4S3 5,499 4,039 5.127 5,321 -16 -0.3 1890. IS90 560 11.3 isso......... 1870............ 83 0.7 1880 -1S8 -194 zll 300 2.6 1870 1860 220 2.0 1800 61 1.2 lass. 11.161 11,383 10,560 10,076 11.071 -222 -2.0 1855 5,260 5,370 5, 108 5,336 5,806 -110 -2.0 1850 823 7 8 1850 262 5. 1 1846 484 4.8 1810 —228 -4TO -4.3 -a 1 1841 -995 -9.0 1841.. 1835 1S35 Tabic 13.—AREA AND POPULATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BY MUNICIPALITIES AND ISLANDS, URBAN AND RURAL: 1930 TO 1950 [Minus sign (—) denotes decrease] Total population Urban population Rural i>opulntion Percent urban Land area in square miles, 1950 1950 Percent increase Municipality and island Percent increase Percent increase 1940 1930 1950 1940 1950 1940 1950 1940 Per square mile 1940 to 1930 to Total 1950 1940 Virgin Islands of the United Slates__ Municipality of St. Croix.............................. ......... St. Croix Island................ ................. ... Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John St. John Island... .................................... St. Thomas Island............................ ....... 132 26, 665 24,889 202 22,012 7.1 13.1 15,581 14,296 11,084 9.0 10,593 4.6 58.4 57; 4 80 12,103 12,103 14,562 13,813 151 12.902 12.902 11,413 11. 413 -6.2 -6.2 13.0 4.112 -I. 112 4,495 4,495 9,801 9,801 -as —S. 5 7,991 7,991 3,093 2,344 8,407 a 407 =1:1 34.0 34.8 80 151 13.0 34.0 34.8 52 280 11,987 7*>0 11,265 10,599 21.5 13. 1 11,469 17.0 2.186 722 1,464 41.5 ?a 8 81.8 20 749 37 765 3. 7 749 3. 7 32 432 9. 834 - 22 .6 14.0 11. 469 17.0 60.1 S3.0 87.0 VIRGIN ISLANDS 54-10 » ' Tabic 14.—POPULATION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BY ISLANDS. CITIES, AND QUARTERS: 1930 TO 1930 i ! Municipality, island, and city or quarter 1940 1930 1950 1930 1950 1940 Municipality, island, and city or quarter Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John— Con. St. John Island—Con. E as tend quarter.......................................................... Maho quarter............................................................... Reef Bay quarter...................................................... 11,413 12,902 12,103 Municipality of St. Croix. St. Croix Island............................. Christiansted city................. Fredoriksted city........... ....... Company quarter................. E as tend A quarter................ E as tend B quarter------------ King quarter....................... Northsldc A quarter............. Northsido B quarter....... .. Frlnoo quarter....................... Queen quarter...................... Westend quarter__________ Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John---- 11,413 3,767 2,698 12.902 12,103 4,112 1.961 1.005 73 77 65 41*5 4. 115 39 62 ..498 1.134 19 14 673 61 145 180 204 St. Thomas Island-------------- Charlotte Amalie city.. Crown Prince quarter King quarter________ Queen quarter.............. Eastend quarter.............. French Bay cm Greet Northside Little Northside New quarter___ Redhook quarter. Southsidc quarter Westend quarter.. 9,834 7,036 2,999 2,455 1.582 13,813 11,469 5,560 4,060 1.S43 11,265 9,801 4,317 3.705 1,719 9 863 1.0S3 1,045 235 263 181 75 132 135 1.358 1,099 1.090 1.227 1,041 1.078 1.033 122 1SS 926 126 15 64 673 artcr____ quarter quarter 57 434 414 302 195 269 239 11,987 10,599 14,562 8S0 165 161 126 765 125 93 722 749 St. John Island_______ Coral Bay quarter. Crur Bay quarter.. 1,126 1,001 280 462 316 305 19 278 17 279 263 I 0 • L / I. ■ ! ( t .