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August 1 , 1931
RHODE ISLAM) LEADS CENSUS
Taking its place at the head of all states whose radio census figures have "been released by the Census Bureau, the state of Rhode Island, having the small¬ est area of any in the Union, was reported this week as having 57.1 per cent of its families equipped with radio receivers. The figures indicate out of 165,811 families in the state, 94,594 have radio sets. The number of persons per family is 4.2.
Of the entire number of states on which reports have been issued, five show proportions of fifty per cent or better. The total number of sets in the 37 states and the District of Columbia runs a little over 4,765,500 and the average of all reports indicates that one out of every three families have radio receiv¬ ers. Thirteen of the states have between 40 and 50 per cent of their families radio equipped. On the average of two out of every five families have sets in these states.
During the current week, the Census Bureau also released figures showing the results of the radio census in Missouri and Washington. Out of a total of 941,821 families in Missouri, 322,252, or 37.4 per cent, havfe radio sets. In the state of Washington with the total number of families reported as 426,019. 180,229 families, or 42.3 per cent, are equipped with receivers. The average number of persons per family in Missouri is 3.9 and in Washington is 3.7.
The Census Bureau expects to have figures on the remaining unreported states completed by September 1. A complete summary of all reports to date follows:
STATE
NO.
OF
FAMILIES
PERSONS
PER
FAMILY
NO. OF RADIOS
PER CENT
ALABilMA
592,530
4.5
56,491
9.5
ARIZONA
106,630
4.1
19,295
18.1
ARKANSAS
439,408
4.2
40,248
9.2
COLORADO
268,531
3.9
101,376
37.8
CONNECTICUT
389,596
4.1
213,821
54.9
DELAWARE
59,295
4.0
27,183
45.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
126,014
3.9
67,880
53.9
FLORIDA
377,823
3.9
58 ,446
15.5
GEORGIA
654,009
4.5
64,908
9.9
IDAHO
108,515
4.1
32,869
30.3
IMDIANA
844,463
3.8
351,540
41.6