Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-08
STATISTICS FROM THE CENSUS.

Curious and important facts pertain
ing to our country are cleaned from the
first volume eff the new census. Per
haps the most striking feature is the
mixture il our population. =
Three of the population of the United
States are from I" Greenland's Icy
Mountains. Five of our negro popu-
lstion were born in Sweden, SIX IN
Russia 673 whites born in Africa, and
1858 persons who are without native
country, having been born at sea.
Five and half millions of our popula-
ton are of foreign birth. Of these the
Irish contribute 1,855,S27, who are
distributed in the greatest number
throughout Massachusetts, Connectl-
cut and in and around New York City.
The Germans number l ,690.4l0 are
mos. numerous in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Missouri. Tie English
foot up $50, 904 and are most numer-
ously located 10 and about the cities of
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Providence, r. l They are also found
in considerable numbers in Milwaukee
and Chicago. Wales is represented in
the country by IA, 533, and the Swedes
and Norwegians number 21l, 574.
The Scandinavian element reside
largely in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Illinois. 493, 1874 persons claim nativ-
itY in British America, found in great
est numbers near the Canadian line.
The manufacturing districts of Massa-
chusetts contain large number of
British Americans. Most of people,
We are sure, will be surprised to learn
that the Chinese in the United States
number only 62,674, and are mainly
confined to the mining districts Of Cal
ifornia and Nevada. The French
number only lie, 240. The Spaniards
but 3,701 and nearly ons-half OF these
live in New Orleans. Italians humber
1900, and Mexieans II 900. the lat
ter nearly all residing in California and
Texas. The total population Of the
country is 38,925, 598. Of these g.
1892 are males over the age OF I'll
years; 12,5O5,923 of the entire pop
ulation are reported as engaged In
"gainfuI and respectable pursuits"
The number of persons above the age
of 10 years is 26, 288,945. In the
United States there are two and three
fourths millions o. agricultural laborers,
nearly 100000 of farmers and plant
ers, 1856 apiarists, $3.50 dairymen and
dairywomen, 1885 florists, 81 ,435
gardeners and nurserymen, LIZ wine
growers, 2 1883 actors, 2,0l7 architects,
2 1860 customers, 456 authors and lee
turers, 1885 BARRIERS, "a bath-house
keepers, 1920 billiard and bowling sa-
loon keepers and employees, 424 bill
posters, 2,765 boarding house keepers,
587 bootblaeks, - chimney-sweeps,
IS ehiropodists, 1854 clergymen,
1889 dentists, 975,734 domestic SER
wants, 26,394 hotel-keepers, $40 hun
tiers and trappers, 352 Inventors, s.
286 journalists, 276 lamp-lighters, 40,
1876 lawyers. 1885 nidWives, 1876
nurses, 62,3S3 physicians and surgeons,
ESQ sculptors, 1,15i sections, l54 short
hand writers, 5000 musicians and
3 teachers of music, 2,873 whitewashers,
1851 bankers and brokers, IA 562
bar-keepers, I ,262 commercial travellers,
20,756 draymen, Lackmen and team
sssrs, 473 mule-packers, 1902 news
paper carriers, 384 pawnbrokers, Sc,
663 sailors, 1895 undertakers, SO
Hreekers, q ,68S bakers, 141,774 black
smiths, A ,354 butchers. %, 289 cigar
makers, 81 ,233 engineers and 6remsn,
152, 1O7 miners, SO, 1859 printers, 436
rag-pickers, l6l 800 tailors, tailoresses
and seamstTssses.
Mr. Walker, superintendent of the
Census Bureau, is receiving great credit
for the able manner in which he has
performed his work, and is justly en-
titled to the praise bestowed on him,
considering the bungling law under
which he has ~orked. Changes in the
census laws will probably receive the
attention Of Congress and tits not IN
likely that new census may be taken
10 1875.