The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-16
HEBREWS IN AMERICA.
Results Announced of Special Inquiry
by tho Census Bureau.

Results Announced of n Special Inquiry
by the Census Bureau.
The division of vital statistics of the
Census Office has prepared bulletin,
says the Washington Star, containing
a summary of the results of special
inquiry concerning the Jews in this
country.
A special schedule was prepared call
ing for details of age, sex, conjugal
condition, place OF birth, occupation,
ETC., Of each person in the family re-
ported who was living on the 3lst of
December, 1889, and Of certain details
concerning births, marriages and
deaths occurring in the family for the
five years ended on that date.
These schedules were distributed to
heads of Jewish families in all parts of
the United States, the necessary names
and addresses being obtained from
rabbis of congregations and officers of
different societies.
No effort was made to obtain COM
plete returns from all the Jews in the
country, nor to develop any facts con-
corning religious or commercial ques-
eiohot oue ihSiclS W obtdhi idld lIOlu d
sufficient number of families who have
been in the United States five or more
years to afford some reliable deductions
concerning the effect of residence
under the conditions of life in this coun-
try as contrasted with those elsewhere.
The inquiry resulted in the return of
10,6lS completed family schedules, en-
bracing 6O,63O living persons on the 3lst
day of December 1889, and in these
families there had been ., las marriages,
6,03S births, and 1909 deaths during the
five years ending that date.
The social condition of the families Is
indicated to some extent by the number
of servants kept by them, and, as about
two-thirds are reported as keeping one
or more servants, the families reported
may be said to be in easy circum-
stances.
The average number of persons to
each family on December 81, 1889, was
5.7l, and the average annual number
| for the five years covered by these stat
istics was 5.47. The average annual
number of marriages per 1000 of total
pOpuldllOH WIS luucll lower ltlun tne
| general rate, being but IA, as against
IS to % per 1000 in the Eastern States;
and the average age at marriage is
greater than among the general popu-
lation. The low marriage rate and the
increased average age at marriage are
the. principal reasons for the low birth
rate.
The deaths reported for the five years
give an average annual death rate of
I'll per 1000 of population, being about
half Of the average rate for the general
population.
The expectation of life at the age of
10 years, based upon the death rate for
the year 1889, is Gill and 5G.02 years
for males and females, respectively, as
against 40. 90 and AS o. as calculated by
life insurance companies for the general
population of this country.
Contrasting the birth and death rates
for those of native-born and foreign
born parents indicates that the birth
rate is decreasing and the death rate
increasing with more prolonged resi-
dence in this country but the general
results indicate that the Jews here re-
tain many of the peculiarities which
have been noted among them in Eu'
ropo.