Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-27
SOME CENSUS STATISTICS.
Increase of Population in the District as to
Sex and Color.

According to a bulletin recently issued by the
census Office the number of males in the Dis
triet is l09,5si, an increase of 31.I2 per cent
since 1ssO. and the number Of females is 120.-
EOS. an increase Of % 46 per cent The native
born population amounts to 2I1 ,s22. Al increase
of 3l-s5 per cent; the foreign born 1870. an
increase OF 1853 per cent; the whites 1865, an
increase Of 31.09 per cent. and colored 1861,
an increase OF 26.97 per cent
For the states of Delaware. Maryland, the
District and Virginia and West Virginia the
largest percentages of increase in the white and
eOlored during tie pas. decade are found in the
District of Columbia or an increase in colored
OF 1857 per cent compared with an increase
IN white of 3l.O9 per cent, and IN West Virginia.
or an increase in cOlOred of 1922 per cent as
compared with an increase in white OF 81 per
cent In Virginia the colOred have increased
not quite two-thirds of per cent during the
past decade as compared with an increase Of
%. ~ per cent for the decade ending in 1850.
In Delaware the males have been slightly in
excess az each census. while in Maryland. with
the exception of 1850. the females have slightly
predominated In the District of Columbia
there has uniformly been a considerably larger
percentage of females than of males the per-
centage for 1890 being 52.H per cent for fe-
males and 41-56 per cent for males. In Vir-
ginia. also. for the last three censuses the fe-
males have predOminated. while in 1850 and
1860 there a slight excess of males This
change In the distribution of population accord
ing to sex in Virginia is explained by the loss of
West Virginia, set oil a state i'm 1862 in which
state there has been a constantly increasing per-
centage o; males since 1870.
In 1880 ia these five states as u Whole there
are 1.9Z5. al males. which number IL 1888 per
cent OF the total population of th-.Sc states.
The total number of females Is Oh, 63S, or
59-l2 per cent Of the total popula, iUH. In the
states OF Mar sland, District of Columbia and
Nlrl;lutI the number of females il in excess of
thc number OF males while in Delaware and
West Nlrgiail the number of males exceeds the
number of females. The excess of females in
the state OF Maryland Is IL COS. in the District
Of Columbia. IL .224, and in Virginia, 7.42i. In
Delaware the excess of males Is 1858. while in
West Virginia the excess of males il II 776.
The percentage Of foreign born in 1890 does
not in any ease exceed 10 per cent of the total
population Of the states under consideration.
The highest percentages of foreign born are
found Ia Mary land. or y05 per cent. in the Dis
int Of Columbia. or 5. ID per cent and in Della
ware. Or Isl per cent. Only LII per cent of
the total population of Virginia in 1880 is for
Cissn born and only 2. ~ Der cent Of the total
population of West Virginia
The largest percentage of colored in 1890 is
found III Virginia. $40 per cent; in 1880
however. iI-76 per cent and in 1870 IIsS per
cent Of the total population were colored. Sim
liar results regards tine distribution OF popu-
iation according To white and cOlored are APP
parent for the District OF Columbia, there
being III 1850 1886 per cent of colored and
61-l4 per cent of white. as against 81 SO per
cent of colored and 66. Al per cent of white in
1870 OF the total population Of Maryland In
1880 ~. IL par cent are cOlored. while for Della
ware 1851 per cent cuored. In West Vir-
gnia but little more thau 4 per cent Of the
whole population Ill 1870 cUlored.