Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-05-31
COUNTING THE PEOPLE.
Some of the Inquiries to he made by the
 Census EnumeratOrs in June.

The Eleventh Census of the United States will be taken during the month of June. The census enumerators will begin their work on Monday, June 2, and will visit every house and ask questions concerning every person and and every family in the United Sta tes. The questions that will be asked call for the name of every person re- siding in the United States on the first day of June, with their sex and age, and whether white, black, mulat- to, quadroon, OctOroon, or Chinese, Japanese, or Indian. Inquiry will be made also of every person as to wheth- CT they are single, married, widowed, or divorced, and, if married during the census year, The place of birth of each person, and place of birth of the father and mother of each person, will also be called for, as well as state ment as to the profession, trade, or occupation followed and the number of months unemployed during the census year. For all persons ten year of age or over a return must be made by the enumeratOr as to the number able to read and write, and also the number who can speak En- glish. For those who can not speak English the particular language or dialect spoken by them will be ascer- tained. For children of school age, also, the number of months they at tended school will be recorded by the census enumerators. In the case of mothers an inquiry will be made as to the number of children they have had and the number of these children liv- ing at the present time. This inquiry is to be made of all women who are or have been married, including all who are widows or have been divorced. Foreign-born males of adult age, that is, 2l years Of age or over, will be ask ed as to the number of years they have been in the United States, and whether they naturalized or have taken out naturalization papers. Oi the head of each family visited the question will be asked as to the mum Der of persons in the family, and whether his home is owned or hired l dLSO1 H OmACuI WACthCI thO 1OlAO IS free from mortgage incumbrance. |
 the head of the family is a farmer similar inquiries will be made con
 corning the ownership of the farm
 In addition to these inquiries, all O
 which are made on the population
 schedule, the law under which thu
 census is taken provides for specia
 inquiries concerning such of the pop
 ulation as may be mentally or phy
 sically defective ill any respect, tha
 is, insane, feeble-mind, deaf, blind
 or cripple, or who may be temporaril,
 disabled by sickness, disease, or ac
 cident at the time of enumerator'
 visit. Certain special inquiries vii
 also be made concerning inmates c prisons and reformatories and of char itable and benevolent institutions Besides this, statement will be calle for concerning all persons who hay died during the census year, giyin their, name, age, sex, occupation, an cause of death.
 This official count of the peopl
 comes but once in ten years, and ever family and every person should COT slder it to be their duty to answer tn questions of these census enumeratoI . willing and promptly, so that defnit : and accurate information may |
 gained concerning the 65,O0O, 900 people living within the bounds ( } this great country.