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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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es whichexperienced relatively large gains werein the coastal districts of Florida,Texas, and Southern California. Family Groivth i HE Housing Census, introduced in1940 and taken in conjunction withthe Population Census, has furnisheddata on occupied dwelling units, whichare approximately equivalent to theprivate family, or household, of the1930 census. Final figures now showthat the total number of occupieddwelling units, or families, in theUnited States on April 1, 1940 was34,861,625. This figure represents agrowth of 4,956,962, or 16.6 per cent,since 1930. Since population in-creased during the same period at therate of 7.2 per cent, as already cited,it is apparent that during the decadefrom 1930 to 1940 the number offamilies increased at a considerablyfaster rate than did population. In-deed, this relatively greater growth i9H How Our Population Is Changing 53 PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN FAMILIES BV STATES - 1930 - 1940 BASeO ON PREliminARV RCTuRNS of the 1940 ftOERAL.CENSUS OF HOUSING
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LEGEND STATES GAINING LESS THAN 5V.STATES GAINING 5 TO lOV.STATES GAINING rO TO 15)4STATES GAINING IJ TO 20 V.STATES GAINING 20 TO 25*/lSTATES GAINING 25X AND OVER ALL STATES GAINED FAMILIESNote that, in contrast with the map on page 49, no state suffered a net decrease in families in families occurred in every statewith a remarkable degree of consist-ency. The same situation held truefor more than 97 per cent of all urbanplaces of 10,000 or more inhabitants.This development may be considereda favorable factor from the stand-point of the telephone industry, inview of the fact that the residentialmarket for telephone usage is usuallymeasured in terms of householdsrather than of individuals. AxTHOUGH six states lost populationbetween 1930 and 1940, every stategained families during this period.The accompanying map indicates, foreach state, the rate of family growthwithin specified limits. A comparison of this map with the one on page 49will emphasize the relatively greatergrowth in hous

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