The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12
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the other states in the fact that larger
proportion Of It's citizens are native born
Americans than Of almost any of the other
great states Of the union. II shows that IN
! the state Of Indiana only 2O.S2 per cent. Of
the entire population is Of foreign parent
age. In 1890 the population Of the state of
| Indiana. according to the census reports,
was 2.146,7 OF this number Of people
1853 were persons Of foreign birth. The
report also shows that the colored popula-
ton amounted TO 1865, and that Of this
number only 32S were foreign parentage.
Illinois has 376S 472 people. OF this num-
Der 1,S75.3Z7 are persons of foreign parent
age, being nearly one-half Of the entire pop
ulatiOn or 1916 per cent. In the question
| Of colOred citizens. Illinois has far larger
number tnan has the Hoosier state, having
| 57,S79 against Indiana's 1865. OF these
/ 51.SI9 cOlOred citizens 1859 are Of foreign
| parentage, making a percentage OF 90
against Indlana's OH per cent.
A comparison of the foreign population IN
Indiana with that of its eastern sister, the
I state Of Ohio. is also very favorable to In
/ diana.
At the last census the population of
I Ohio amounted to 1854, sos, of which num-
Der 1.245,942 were of foreign parentage max
! ing a percentage of 34.76 OF the negro
population, which amounted TO S7,5ll, l,23l
! We're of foreign parentage, making per
b centage of III.
/ In Michigan the population in 1890 was
I 2,012, SS4, of which number LAP, 1913 persons
] We're of foreign parentage, or more than
( one-half Of the entire population.
/ In Indiana it will be remembered the per-
/ centage of foreign-born people was only
/ POSE, against Michigans 5513 per cent. OF
] the 21005 cOlOTed iLha bitants OF Michigan
I 1904 were of foreign parentage, making
! a percentage Of 1853.
In the blue grass state, where blue blood
/ and ancestry thrills the heart of the aver
/ age KenJuczian, the percentage Of persons
/ Of foreign parentage Is a fraction less than
! il is in the state of Indiana. The entire
! population of the state of Kentucky in
! 1880. according TO the census report, was
! 1880 49,. OF this number of people 1885,
/ 045 We're Of foreign parentage, making the
/ percentage 11.51. The fact that slavery
existed in Kentucky prior to the late civil
/ war Is shown very plainly by the num-
! Der Of cOlored people residing within the
limits of that state In 1890 there were
/ 260. 173 colOred people in kentucky, Of
which number only 335 were of foreign
! parentage. making the percentage only
O12 per cent.
/ As is well known, there is always a
! larger percentage Of fOrelgn-born persons
! centered in the large cities than in the
! rural districts Of the states. The city Of
/ indianapolis, according to the census re-
/ port Of 1890. had a population of 100, 436, Of
/ which 1926 were of foreign parentage,
! making a percentage Of 1921 OF the 80
/ 236 persons Of foreign parentage 39,lS1
I were white citizens; ,S34 of this number
| were native-bOrn, but whose parents were
! Of foreign birth. OF the 39,1S1 persons Of
/ foreign parentage 14.347 were foreign-born,
/ or 1851 per cent. Of the entire population
| Of the city.
! In the city Of Evansville the percent
! age Of fOregn-bOrn population is larger
| than that of Indianapolis. In 1890
/ the population Of that city was 5O,756, Of
| which 24092 people were of foreign par
! entage. or 41.41 per cent. OF the persons
| Of foreign parentage 24,054 were white, or
| 1879 per cent Of the total population. Of
| the 24.O92 persons Of foreign parentage
/ 1886 were native-born. or 33.40 per cent.
! OF the 24,054 Of foreign parentage 1893
were foreign-born, or 1899 per cent. of tn,
! entire population.
The population Of Fl. Wayne in 1890 was
| 1888. of which number 1851 were of
/ foreign parentage, or 55.32 per cent. OF
! the 1851 persons Of foreign parentage
! 1852 We're white, or 55.27 per cent. of the
| entire population. The number Of native
! persons Of foreign parentage in Fit Wayne
! at that time was 1873, or 1915 per cent
| Of the entire population, while 6,763 persons
in that city were of foreign birth, or 1911
| per cent. Of the entire population.
| The population Of Terre Haute at the
same time was 1927. Of which number
| lO.l45 We're persons Of foreign parentage or
80 81 per cent OF this number 6.666 were
! native white persons Of foreign parentage or
22.06 per cent Of the entire population. OF
| the 1915 people of foreign parenlage 3.471
| Were actually foreign born, or 11.49 per
cent.
In the United States as a whole the native
white persons of foreign parentage in 1890
per cent. Of the total population, while the
| foreign white persons of foreign parentage
| numbered 9.O15.96S and constituted II 40 per
| cent. of the whole number of white persons
| Of foreign plrentage being, as before
stated, 2O519,64S or 32.77 per cent Of the
| total popula tion.
In the north Atlantic division the whole
number of white persons of foreign parent
| age constituted 47.1O per cent. of the total
| population in 1890. the native white persons
| Of foreign paTentage constituting 2503 per
! cent. and the foreign white persons of
! foreign parentage 22.07 per cent. In Maine,
| New Hampshire Massachusetts and Rhode
| Island the foreign white persons Of foreign
| parentage constituted a larger percentage Of
| the total population than the native white
| persons Of foreign parentage, the largest
| difference being in New Hampshire where
! the percentage of the native white persons
! was 1928, as against 1888 for foreign white
| persons. This excess Is caused by the fact
| that, compared with the other states in
| this division. these states have received a
| larger proportion of the immigration which
| came 10 this country during the last years
| the French Canadian element. In all the
| other states of this division the native white
| element Of foreign parentage exceeded the
foreign white population Of foreign parent
age, showing that the effect of the great in
| fiuX of foreign blood into this country in
| recent years has not been so marked as in
| the more easterly states.
In the north central division 25OS per
cent of the total population in 1890 con-
| sisted of native white persons of foreign
| parentage, as compared with 1879 per
| cent. Of foreign white persons of foreign
| parentage, the entire element both native
| white and foreign white, Of foreign parent
| age constituting 1927 per cent. of the total
| population. In all the states Of this divi-
| sion. with the single exception Of North
| Dakota, the proportion of native white
persons OF foreign parentage to the total
population in 1890 was larger than the pro-
portion Of foreign white persons of foreign
| parentage. In North Dakota, however,
the native white element Of foreign ex-
traction constituted 34.67 per cent of the
| total population, while the foreign white
element of foreign parentage constituted
| APO per cent.
| In the western division the white persons,
| OF foreign parentage constituted 1877 per
cent of the total population the native
| white element of foreign parentage con-
| stituting 23.44 per cent. and the foreign
white element of foreign parentage 21.S3
per cent.
In the states comprising the south At
| lantic and south central divisions with the
single exception of Florida there was an
| excess in the p-ouOrfFOu of native white