Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-27
POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT.
Two Hundred and Three Thousand
Four Hundred and Fifty-Nine.
THE COMPILATION OF THE POLICE CENSUS
CoMPLETED-A CREDITABLE INCREASE SINCE

Inc computation and revision of the census of
the District, upon which the police have been
engaged since the middle of April was COM
pleted last night by the property clerk Mr.
sylvester and his clerks. The figures finally
approved do not differ much from those cleaned
by The STAR from the unreyised returns The
total population is shown to be 2O3,459. a gain
of 25,S35 over the population in 1850. when
the United States census was taken. There has
been an increase of 1926 white and 1870
colored persons. and 11.S7O males and 1896
femaies. The following shows the population by
pollce precincts:
First precinct-Births, white. 291: colored
20; "hlie over sixteen. 9,7O9; under sixteen,
ooIo cuiored, over sixteen. 6,6l6; under six
s6,.59 ''''''e' i2o'o' 'e'll'''e' l''so'' total
Second precinct-Births, white. 235: colored,
3l2; white, over sixteen. II. .54: under sixteen
1860; colored over sixteen 1895: under SIN
!een zee r. s'3; male, 1o,SlS; female, 17,o5l; total,
Third precinct (Georcetown)-Births. white
2o9: colored, 1l2: white, over sixteen. .616:
under sixteen, i.i21; coiorcd. over sixteen
$50; under sixteen. 1.S25; male. S,O15: fe-
male. 8, .23; total, 16..3S; population in $780,
12.oIS; increase, 4.1Go.
9, Fourth precinct-Births. white, $40; colored,
81 white, over sixteen 10 Ol5. under sixteen
1921; colored. over sixteen, s. 1I2: under six
teen. & l4e male, LILO; female, II, ,916; total,
IA; white, over sixteen, 1888; under sixteen.
LOGO; colored, over sixteen. 1884: under six
teen: ns lol; male, 5.295; female, 6,13s total,
SiXthprecin ct-Brths, white, I9S: colored.
IA; white, over sixteen, IL 1856; under sixteen,
22,o91. ''''
Seventh precinct-Births white. 400: colared.
teen, I,S39 colored, over sixteen, 5.244: under
sixteen: 3:0o1; male, 1923; female. Il ,SIl;
Eighth precinct-Births white, 4OS: colored.
lSo white, over sixteen, Ii, $40: under sixteen
1865: colored. over sixteen, 6,29O; under six,
33, 296. - ''''-' '''-'' ''''''
The totals show that there are e2.O27 white
persons over l6 years of age 44,244 white un-
DER TO; 42.6o3 cOlored over 16, and "a col
ored under 16: 95.44S males and lOS0II fe-
males in the District.
INTERESTING FACTS BROUGHT OUT BY THE
CENSUS.
The census has brought out a number of in
teresting facts in regard to the city and the in
stitutions. One fact developed is that the law
requiring return to be made TO the health
ONCE of the births Is not complied with. The
returns made by the police show that from July
last TO April 10th OF this year there were 3112S
births, while the number reported to the health
office was only 2,6S9.
The number of inmates in the work house
this year was 20; at the last census l9I The
inmates Of the I. = Jail 2O4. and the priso-
ners In the workhouse 17O, making the total
number OF prisoners in the District 314. At
the census in 1880 there were 3S1.
THE SUBURBAN VILLAGES.
The population of some of the little towns on
the outskirts of the city show an increase in the
suburban population. Anacostia has 9Sl resi-
dents: Hillsdale, 1,543; Garfield, 40; Lincolns-
vile, los; Bunville, 81; Ivy City 53: Prospect
Hlll, TO, Clifton, Is; Yale, IL; Marshal. II: Mt
Pleasant village, $40; Brightwood, 1O4; LIE Droit
Park, $50.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The population of the various institutions
public and private, in the District are as fol-
lows: German Orphan Asylum, -; st. Johns
Church Orphanage, 63; Convent of Visi-
tation, 34 Louise Home AZ; Govern
ment Insane Hospital, 1.1SO; House of
Mercy, 10; st. AIMS Infant Asylum. 1877:
ST Rose Industrial Home, 81: Columbia
hospital, Do United States Marine barracks 80:
Marine hospital, ID; Providence hospital 227:
~ N1ncents, 131; Academy OF the Sacred
heart of Mary, 30; st. Dominics convent, s;
Washington City Orphan Asylum. lib; Child.
rens hospital. 50; Women's Christian Home
62; Freedmans hospital, 327; Reform School
III; Columbia Institute for the Deaf
and Dumb, 143: soldiers Home. TO
Howard University, 100; Wayland SEM
mary, 81; Home Industrial School, 81.
There are in Georgetown twenty-one people
who are so years of age, and there is one col
ored woman who is over 100 years of age.
The proportion of colored people to whites in
the District is about so per cent but the ill.,
crease of the colored population, as shown by
TINS census, as compared with the increase Of
the whites, is not 80 per cent.