The excess of families over dwellings in 1890, 1880, and 1850, both as regards number and per cent, is shown in the following brief table:
Excess of Families over Dwellings.
The statistics of dwellings and families already published show the classification by the number of persons and dwellings for the different States and by the United States as a whole. The following brief summary, however, by geographical divisions, is all that space will permit. This table shows the total number of persons to a dwelling, from 1 person to 11 and over:
Persons to a Dwelling, by Geographical Divisions.
The facts in the foregoing table, reduced to percentages and to a classification somewhat briefer than the foregoing summaries, give the following results:
