Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1901 — FACTS ABOUT THE CENSUS. [ARTICLE]

FACTS ABOUT THE CENSUS.

A census bulletin gives tables showing the, population by sex, general nativity, and ctfior, of Indiana, lowa, Kansas, and Indian Territory. From the figures presented it appears that lowa has only (5 per cent of colored persons, and with respect to sex that in each case the males constitute a larger percentage of the total population in 1900. In each State and Territory there is an excess of males over females in 1900, the males constituting 51.1 per cent of the total population of Indiana, 51.8 per cent of that of lowa. 52.3 per cent of that of Kansas, and 53.3 per cent of that of Indian TerritoryThe foreign born element in 1900 constitutes somewhat more than oue-eighth of the total population of lowa, while in Kansas it is a little more than onetwelfth, and in Indiana about one-eigh-teenth. In Indian Territory the proportion of foreign bom is small, this element constituting only 1.2 per cent of the total population of the Territory in 1900. The white element in 1900 constitutes in Indiana 97.7 per cent, in lowa 99.4 per cent, and in Kansas 96.3 per cent of the total population, the small colored element in each of these States being composed almost wholly of persons of negro descent. In Indian Territory, however, the whites constitute 77.2 per cent and the colored 22.8 per cent of the total population of the Territory in 1900, the latter element being comprised in good part of Indians. Of the total population of lowa iu 1900 foreign white persons constitute 13.7 per cent and native white persons of foreign parentage 29.2 per cent, these two elements combined representing upward of two-fifths of the entire population of the State. These same two elements of the white popnlation eonstituted a little over one-fourth of the total population of Kansas in 1900 and about one-fifth that of Indiana. In Indian Territory these same two elements represent only 3.8 per cent of the total population, the native white element of foreign parentage aloue representing 2.6 per cent. The figures for the three States of Indiana, lowa, and Kansas are summarized in the accompanying table: States and Territories. Males. Females. Native. Foreign. Indiana .1,285,404 1,231,058 2,374,341 142,121 lowa ...1,156,849 1,075,004 1,925,933 305,920 Kansas . 768,716 701,779 1,343,810 126,685 To show the relative strength of the different States in regard to the elements of the population, a table of percentages gives the following results: States and Fe- Xa- For- ColorTers. Males, males, five. eign. White, ed. Indiana .51.1 48.9 94.4 5.6 97.7 2.3 lowa ....51.8 48.2 86.3 13.7 98.4 0.6 Kansas ..52.3 47.7 91.4 8.6 96.3 3.7 Director Merriam has issued a bulletin showing the population of Michigan, Minnesota, and Mississippi by sex, nativity and color. According to this bulletin the total population is as follows: Total popu- Native States latlon. Males. Females, born. Mich. ..2,420,982 1,248,905 1,172,077 1,879,329 Minn. .1,751,394 832,490 818,804 1,246,076 Miss. ..1,551,270 781,451 709,819 1,543,289 The males predominate in 1900 in all of the three States considered in this bulletin, Minnesota having the largest proportion, or 53.2 per cent of males, as compared with 46.8 per cent of females. In Michigan and Mississippi the percentages for the males are 51.6 and 50.4 respectively. In Minnesota the foreign born element in 1900 constitutes something more than one-fourth of the total population of the State, or 28.9 per cent, while in Michigan the same element 'constitutes 22.4 per cent of the total population. In Mississippi the population is practically all of native birth, the foreign born element in 1900 representing only five-tenths of 1 per cent of the total population.

In the consideration of the native and foreign boro elements in 1900 it should be borne in mind that at the present census Indians and other persons on Indian reservations are included in the statement of population, which was not the case, however, at preceding censuses. The inclusion of this element affects materially, in -certain cases, the percentage of native and foreign born, but it has no special effect upon the proportions in any of the States under consideration, although there are a few thousand Indians still residing in each, practically all of whom are of native birth. The white population of Mississippi is composed almost wholly of native white persons of native parentage, this element constituting 39.7 per cent of the entire population of the State in 1900.