Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1901 — FACTS ABOUT : : : : : : THE CENSUS. [ARTICLE]

FACTS ABOUT : : : : : : THE CENSUS.

By a report by the census bureau a great gain in the number of newspapers published in the United States is shown, and, incidentally, a compliment is paid to the Western section of the country The greatest gain in the number of news* papers and publishing plants has been made in that section. Massachusetts, according to the present census, will have to yield its place at the head of the list to lowa. ’ The Hawkeye State, in proportion to its population, has more newspapers than any State in the Union. The total number of printing establishments in ftie United States, as will be shown by the forthcoming census report, is 23,916, a gain of 7,916 during the ten years ending 1900. The last census showed only 16,000 printing establishments. These establishments include job printing, newspaper and book publishing plants. Census officials point out that the greatest gain has been made in the West, and this section is shown to havo made immense strides. lowa, in proportion to its population, has twice as many newspapers as Massachusetts. The biggest increase in the printing establishments has been in the newspaper fields. The census bureau has issued a bulletin showing the population of the United States by sex, general nativity and color for 1900. Of the total population there were 39,059,242 males and 37,244,145 females. The native element numbered 65,843,302 and the foreign born 10,460,085. Of the colored population there was a total of 9,312,585, divided as follows: Negro, 8,840,789; Chinese, 119,050; Japanese, 85,986, and Indians (taxed), 137,242 (untaxed), 129,519. There has been practically no change in the proportions of the sexes since 1890. The foreign born element has increased since 1890 only 4 per cent, as agaiast 22.5 per cent in the native born gain. There has been a slight decrease in the decade in the number of persons of negro descent, the proportion now being 11.0 per cent. In 1890 it was 11.9 per cent. The Chinese show a loss and the Indians have decreased 2.5 per cent. The final census report on the population of the United States by sex, nativity and color shows that the males number 39,059,242, or 51.2 per cent of the total population in 1900. The increase of 13,233,631 in total population since 1890 Is made up of 0,744,179 males and 6,489,452 females, on increase of 20.9 of males and 21.1 of females. The foreign born element has increased only 12.4 per cent and the native born population 22.5 per cent since 1890. As tq color and race the population in 1900 comprises 00,990,802 white persons and 9,312,585 colored person», the latter comprising 8,840,785 persons of negro descent. The colored element as a whole shows an increase of 17.8 per cent since 1890. A late census bulletin shows that Chicago outclasses all the other large cities In the number of deaths from railroad accidents. Jts total for the census year is 330, while the combined total for nirie other big cities is only 480.

A thousand men, exclusive of Indians, ■re engaged in hunting and trapping in the vast extent of fur-bearing country on the upper Yukon, according to an interesting report received at the State Department from Consul McCook at Daw•on City. ,