The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-02
GREAT IS MISSOURI.
Some Interesting Census Figures
Recently Issued,
Showing What q Grand Old State We
Live 1L-Area, Population, Wealth,
Education, Religion, Pauper-
ism- Crime, Etc


The census department at Washing
ton has recently issued some interesting
facts about Missouri, from which the
following are CLEANED:
Population.
tn total population of Missouri, 1890, was Z.
6sN,leA tho increase since 1880 being 5l0,s04. or
Us Per cent. The population, 1850. was 7l6s..
sUh the increase since 1870 having been Al .0S5.
3T per cent. The population, 1870. was l.
El-So. showing an increase since 1850 Of 5a,-
go. or SO per cent. The population, 1850, was
l,N&,0lz. and In 1850. 6s2,0A, the increase be-
tween $50 and 1850 being 1895, or t22 per
cent missouri stands third in population
among the states forming the north central di-
VISION, holding the same rank in $50 and 1910.
Ine state Is fourth In. absolute increase since
highest percentage in the division being North
DAKOTA tBo0o). The rank of Missouri among
sntne states and territories in population is
nttn- In leso 1870 and 1s60 the state stood
NTH. fifth and eighth. respectively. In 1850 the
state stood thirteenth. The absolute increase
mPordlation since 1850 is ! .997 lao.
Among the counties, Jackson. Buchanan and
Greene stand first, second and third respective
~ In population, and in greatest absolute in
crease since 1880. Lewis county shows the
smallest increase. Platte, Howard and Warren
counties show the greatest decrease. Shannon
ubs.Sl. Carter t1l4.s0l and Howell nll.2Sl rank
nrst second and third respectively in percentage
Of Increase since 1850. johnson county (.l+l has
the smallest percentage Of decrease. the small
ty Cos.
coIoREp POPULATION.
4 census bulletin on the colored population
Of the south shows that there are in Missouri
Il6e0t l8Il5l colored, exclusive of Alb Chinese,
Z Japanese and les Indians. The number Of
crease being Is Isl SIS i In $50 there h. s' were iis.o7i:
increase between 1870 and 1880, 27.219: in 1850
the number was lis, 5S: decrease between 1850
and 1870, l2; number in 1850. eOlOi0; increase
tabular statement in this bulletin shows that
the number of colored to 10000 whites was; in
1893, 6.l05: 1880, 7,ls5; 1870, 1885; ls60. ll,li3:
1850, l5-3g. In the statement by counties it is
reported that the largest number of coiored Is
In st. Louis city and county t2l.6S3l, the next
largest being jackson county Q5,:sgl. and Sa-
1870. only one colored person each within their
boundaries, according to the returns.
URBAN POPULATION.
There are eight cities and towns in Missouri
having n population in 1sAJ of and over
The total population of these municipalities is
S5,H3. Two cities, st. Louis and Kansas City.
rank fifth and twenty fourth respectively
among twenty-eighth cities in the United States
having a population of 10000 and over in 1880.
An analysis shows that there is in Missouri
S7ol: one city between 10000 and s0.GO Kan
sas City. l2,7lGl; one city between 0.U0
and iO0.GD tSt. Joseph city. 52,SsH,
and one city between I1UD and ,b,U" Spring
field, 21.sJ0l. There are two cities between l0.0n
and 5000 tSedalia. l4.O5s. and Hannibal. ESD,
and two cities between 5000 and lO,C0 Joplin,
e.ef3. and Moberly. s.2l5l. Referring to the
eroup Of cities Of 900 POPULATION and over. the
two largest percentages of increase are Spring
field tz5JG2l and Kansas City tl5i4ll. The
smallest percentage of increase is In Hannibal
Q6 l0l. The following detail shows the number
of cities in each class from 4.00 to S.Hn: Two
cities between 1909 and SEQ. three cities be-
tween 6.U0 and 1000, four cities between %
and I'M and tralva cifia. latpypaD 4 MI and
5000.
Area.
The total land surface of Missouri is given as
6s,755 square miles. The largest county is
shown as Texas. containing LIS square miles.
The smallest county is given as Worth county
tz7D square miles,. The water surface of the
state Is shown as ESQ square miles, making n
gross area of 6D.4l5 square miles. Missouri
ranks eighteenth in land area among the states
and territories.
Pauperism and Crime.
1t is officially reported that the aggregate of
convicts in penitentiaries, Missouri. $50. was
1,7O1. OF this number 40 were white. $50 col
ored. 10 Indians and l Chinese. or the white
conyicts l,004 were native, l3i foreign born and
2 whose nativity is unknown The native
whites include 55s having native Parents. 50
with one parent foreign. ls0 with both parents
foreign, and Isl with one or both parents un-
known. The general averages Of sentences of
CONVEYS In Dt0lIPnIlITlcS AIlSSDuTl- Is gwen a
six years and a4 days. The males average 6
years and 1877 days and the females years and
ll days
The number of paupers in almshcuses, Mis-
souri,. 1880, is returned as IBIS, including 9. 100
white and 29 colored. OF the white inmates
l.2S are shown as native, 696 foreign born and
$50 whose nativity is unknown. OF the native
whites, AS are shown as having native parents,
Is with one parent foreign, "a with both parents
foreign and $50 with one or both parents I'M
known. The total Of males in almshouses,
1eD0 is ah0En na 1 311 and of females l OR
Education.
According to returns received in and COM
piled at the census Office the number Of pupils
enrolled in public schools in $50 was 620.3li. In
1880 the number was stated to be 4s6,02. This
shows an increase of 1874 ,3l2, or 27.6i per cent.
The gain in population during the same period
was Z356 per cent. The aggregate of teachers
TBS, including 5,Sl6 male and 1853 female white,
and Sl male and Ais female colored. The ag-
Eregate Of pupils on the same date is shown as
6D,3l4, including 300.O60 males and 2s7,4O fe-
piales white, and l6, l6s males and 1855 females
c>lored.
issued, It is ascertained that there were in 1883
6Sr,400 children from 6 to IA years of age. The
average daily attendance of pupils for that year
was 376.ea7: average duration OF school in days
Hl.3. For 1889 the estimated total of salarias of
superintendent and teachers was S-23D.26t.
The total expenditures for schools, 1889, is given
rs $4,552 1853. From the same source it is also
ACAIncu Nhdts 4 w AhV Ahoot N'h
available data, there are in Missouri: 4theo-
logical schools, with ID teachers and 80 pupils;
2 law schools, with IL teachers III pupils: Q
regular medical schools, with AS teachers and
s29 pupils; l eclectic medical school, with l6
teachers and IS pupils; 2 homeopathic medical
schools, with 25 teachers and 5S pupils: ~ col
leges OF liberal arts, with q teachers and l,3SS
pupils In the preparatory department, AMI S.
teachers, with !, 90 pupils, in the collegiate de
partment: also ID female colleges, with l9
teachers and Ito pupils.
Religion.
The bulletins giving statistics Of churches,
1880, show that according to date Of publica-
ton, not pr:orityl there are in Missouri los
members of the United Presbyterian church;
Church Of the New Jerusalem. 80: Salvation
Army, $40; Ancient Christian, 30; Seventh
Day Baptists. 10; Theoscphical society, IL: Cum
berland Presbyterian church, 1880; Reformed
Episcopal, LIS; the Moravian church, 50; Ger
25,676; German Evangelical Protestant church
of North America, ,aO: Plymouth Brethren,
Isl; Roman Catholic, l6s. SCI: Mennonitcs, l99;
"a; General Conference Mennonite, l3I;
Church of God in Christ, IS; Defenseless
Mennonites, Is; Brethren or Dunkards ICON
servativel, 1.S45; Brethren or Dunkards tpro-
gressivel, 90; African Methodist Episcopal,
s,5sQ; Wesleyan Methodist, 80; Independent
Churches of Christ in Christian Union, 1925;
Latter Day saints. 5,1se; Society Of Altruists.
IS; c~ommunistic societies, p; General Synod,
1,576; General Council Evangelical Lutheran,
1857; Synodicl Conference Evangelical Luth-
eran, 2,l2l; Joint Synod, 80; Norwegian
Evangelical Luthern Church in America, 80;
German Augsburg Synod, 1,la9; United Nor
wegian Lutheran Church of America, Il; indie
pendent congregations, 2l7. Statistics in regard
10 the Methodist, Baptist and other leading
churches are not yet completed.
Finance.
STATE DEBT.
The total state debt of Missouri, considering
the state as a unit, distinct from counties,
cities, towns, villages and other civil divisions,
Ia reported as being less sinking fund.- 1890.
81. S holding first place among the states
&C comprising the north central division. Ths
decrease in state debt since 1850 il given as 81
si9,l6S. The bonded debt of the state as a unit,
1880, is placed at sS.553,0O. According to the
foregoing figures, the state debt, less sinking
fund, per capita, 1850, was 50; 1880, S4S.
COUNTY 3EBT.
The aggregate bonded debt of the counties,
as units. distinct from cities and other minor
cIvil divisions, 1890, is shown as 81, a23,3 i7: float
ing debt, S.243.s53; sinking fund, ST. 9Gs. The
total debt of the counties. less sinking fund, is
therefore,, Sl0244-22, as against sl2.U13.3l2 in
1SSQ. The county debt, less sinking fund, per
capita lSS0. was S.51; in 1880, Ss2.
MUNICIPAL DEBT.
Tho oD1roDnta maintained doI,t ~ tb;-tr- fbraa