Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-26
THE CUBAN CENSUS.
It Shows a Total Population of l.
572,7o7.
Negroes Constitute Nearly One-third
of This Number, and There are
Many Thousand More Nen
than Women-More than
$4,000 Can Read
and Write.

Washington, April 20.-Gen. Sanger
yesterday made public the results of
the Cuban census taken under his di-
rection. The officials are gratified to
find that the native Cubans constitute
so large a portion of the populations;
that the whites so greatly outnumber
the blacks; and that so large a pro-
portion of the native population can
read and write. In their opinion there
seems to be no room for the objec-
tion that the proposed basis of suf-
frage would result in turning the ISL
and over 20 the control of Spain.
The total population of Cuba is l.
572, ,797, including S15,205 males and
757, 7,592 females. There are 447.372
white males and 462 ,926 white females
of native birth. The foreign whites
number 1876 males and 26,45S fe-
males. There are ILL., 1898 male ne
eroes and 122.740 female negroes. The
mixed races number 125, 800 males and
145,3O5 females. There are 1904 male
and 1863 female Chinese.
The population of Havana city is
235, ,9S1, and of the province of Havana
424, ,sO4. The population of the prov
ince of Matanzas is POP ,444; of Pinar
Del Rio 173,064, of Porto Principe S.
234, of Santa Clara 365, 5,53G, and of
Santiago 327,7I5.
OF the total population of the isl
and 1,10S,709 persons are set down as
single; 24G,351 as married.; while 49,
7S7 live together by mutual consent.
There are S5,112 widowed persons.
Of the total population, according
to citizenship, 2O,47S are Spanish, l.
296,367 are Cuban. 1881 are in sus-
pense, 70, 526 are of other citizenship,
and 616 are unknown. The Spanish
by birth number 1920. OF the chill
dren 10 years of age and over, 49, ,414
have attended school. OF the total
population 443,426 can read and write
and 1888 have a superior education.
The table on citizenship and educa-
tion is regarded as specially import
ant as forming the basis of suffrage
about to be conferred. Because SO
many citizenships are still in sus-
pense, and for other reasons, the re-
turns are not quite complete, but the
conclusion is drawn that there will Gc
at least 100000 qualified native Cuban
voters under the proposed basis of
suffrage, and as against this there
will be 55,767 Spaniards whose citizen
ship was in suspense when the census
was taken, less the number who have
since declared TO preserve their Span
ish citizenship and plus illiterate
Spaniards, not declined. who are he
owners of property. 1t is not beIiey-
ed that there will be any great num-
Der of the latter class, as the total
number of illiterate Spanish males
over 81 years is only 74,176. The com
parison shows a much greater pre-
ponderance of Cuban voters than was
expected. There are 1886 white
adult males who were born in Cuba,
as against S6,0S3 born in Spain; GOA
born in other countries and 127,&G0
colored.
Males are in excess in the total DoD-
ulation, except in Santiago, though
the female whites outnumber the
male whites, except in Pinar Del Rio.
Among the negroes and mixed races
the females are in excess; while
among the foreign whites the males
are largely in excess.
The negroes are in the minority in
Cuba, constituting only 32 per cent.
of the population, being most numer-
ous in Santiago, where they consti-
tute 43 per cent. The native whites
constitute more than half the popula-
ton, or So per cent. Only 15.7 per
cent. of the adults were married.
Nearly nine-tenths of'the inhabitants
were born in Cuba. Nine-tenths of
the children less than 10 years of age
do not attend school, and 43 per cent.
above 10 years are literate.
a cablegram was received at the
war department yesterday from Gen.
Wood at Havana: "Election June 1G."
The date set for the Cuban elections
is six weeks later than was originally
contemplated, the postponement be-
ing made on account of the impossi-
bility of proceeding without census
figures as a basis.