The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-13
POPULATION OF HONOLULU.

The Census Bureau has got along far
enough with it's tables to make an
analysis of the population of Homo
lulu. The total population has already
been published and amounts to 10000
in all. OF this number 1875 are males
and 11,145 are females, giving an ex-
cess of 1880 males. This excess is to
be found among the Chinese and Jap
anese chiefly. OF the Hawaiian popu-
lation of native blood there are 1918, of
whom 4152 are males and 1896 are fe-
males while the Part-Hawaiian-a
phrase which should be adopted by
everyone instead of the sneering "half
caste" or the misleading half white"
total up BAGS, with 1875 males and
1888 females, showing very healthy
ton of the community. This condition
of affairs among the part Hawaiian
population is not only true of Homo
lulu, but is true of the same popula-
ton throughout the whole group.
Comparing the Hawaiian population
"pur sang" of today with the same
population six years ago we find fall
ing off. In 1890 the report gave $500
Hawaiians. But there were then only
1908 Part Hawaians reported. Adding
these figures together we get II, 165
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blood in the city of Honolulu in the
year 1890. In the year 1896, however,
we have 1918 Hawaiians of true blood
and 346S of mixed blood, which, added
together, gives 1856 people of Hawaii
an stock, an actual increase. AS fact
the pure Hawaiian during the last six
years has decreased ten per cent and
the part Hawaiian has increased at the
rate of thirty-three per cent. These
percentages are for. the whole group
and are not based upon the population
of Honolulu.
Having accounted for 11,3S6 people
of Hawaiian blood, it is necessary to
see what the balance of 29,92O, minus
the above amount, is made up of.
These were found to consist of 1892
actual foreigners and 1912 born on the
Hawaiian Islands of foreign parents.
Under the methods adopted by the
Census Bureau it has this time been
possible to classify those who are born
of foreign parents and to give the
really true total of each nationality in
the city and its environs. Thus we
find that there are 2074 Americans IN
the city as against 119S six years ago.
The British number 1903, against 1856
six years ago; the Germans SIS,
against 500; the Portuguese 1888,
against 1882. The latter seems a most
unaccountable rise, but it will not APP
pear so when it is stated that 942 males
and 91S females, or 1860 Portuguese in
all are reported among those born in
Honolulu of foreign parentage. Verify
the Portuguese are a prolific race and
are fulfilling the Biblical direction of
replenishing the land.
Taking Europeans, of all races, and
Americans together there are in the
city of Honolulu 1897 whites. The
Chinese number 1893 and the japanese,
which is really matter of surprise,
number only 1881. The discrepancy
between males and females in these
two races is enormous. The Japanese
have 1854 men against 607 women. and
the Chinese 6312 men against 1891
women.
All of this information gives much
food for thought. There are economic
problems contained in the above facts
which will exercise the brains of our
best statesmen. To us the large in
crease of whites and of part Hawaiians
seems hopeful. Some day it seems
quite possible that the need for Asia
tic labor will cease and that the CO.
operative method will take the place
of what now holds. This done, we have
yet another argument in our culver
for annexation.