Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-04-25
CUBAN CENSUS FINISHED.
A Mass of Valuable information
Disclosed.
IMPORTANT FACTS ARE SHOWN,
how the Races Stand in Point of Num-
bers.-American PopuIation-Span
ish and CoIored.

Washington. ID. c.. Special.-Gen.
Sanger has made public the compen
dious results OF the Cuban census
taken under his direction. The figures
are very instructive, and. IN the oplu-
ion of the war department Officials
fully justify the decision of the ad-
mniStration to allow municipal srr-
frage in Cuba at an early stage Tho
officials are gratificd to find that the
native Cubans constitute 30 large =
portion of the population: that the
whites so greatly outnumber the
blacks and that so large proportion
can read and write. In their opinion
there seems to be no reason for the
objection that the proposed basis of
suffrage would result in turning the
island over to the control OF Spain.
The total population of Cuba IS l.
572,797. including SIS males and
1852 females. There are 44737E
white males and 462. .926 white females
OF native birth. The foreign whites
number 1880 males and 6.45g fc-
males. There are II .S9S males negroes
and l22,740 female negroes. Tha mix
ed races number l25.5O0 males ana
l45,305 females.
The population of Habana city is
2S5,9S1 and of the province of Habana
424.SO4
The population of the province Of
Matanzas is 202.4ii. of Pmar del Rio
17S,O6i; of Puerto Principe SS,234: of
Santa Clara 35G,536; and of Santiago
327.715.
OF the total population of the island
1.llS,7O9 persons are set down as
single, 246,35l as married: while I3l.-
IS7 Live together by mutual consent.
There are S5.112 widowed persons.
OF the total population according 10
citizenship. 20,i7S are Spanish; 1.296.-
36I are Cub1n; 1851 are i'm suspense.
1926 are Of other citizenship. and GIG
are unknown The Spanish by birth
number l29. .240. OF the children of lL
years of age and over. 49.4I4 have at
tended school. OF the total populations
443.426 can read and write ard 1855
have superior education.
The table on citiZensAp. literacy and
education is specially important as
forming the basis of suffrage about to
be conferred. Because so many citi-
Zenships are still in suspense. and for
other reasons. the returns are not ouite
complete. and for Other reasons. the re
turns are not quite complete. but the
conclusion is drawn that there will be
at least $4,000 qualified native Cuban
voters under the proposed basis of suf-
frage. and against Inis there will BE-
80, I61 Spaniards whose citizenship
was in suspense when the census was
taken, less the number who have since
declared to preserve their Spanish
citizenship. and plus iliterate SDan-
iards. not declared who are the owners
OF property. Ii is not believed that
there will be any great number of he
latter class. as the total number OF
illiterate Spanish males over u is
only 17,426. The comparison shows a
much greater preponderance of Cuban
voters than was expected. There are
1885 white adult males who were
born in Cuba as against SO. 0S3 born in
Spain; 6.794 born in other countries
and l27.30O colored
Males are in excess in the total poDu.
lation. except in Santiago. though ,hc
female whites oNtnumber the male
whites except in Pinar del hio.
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 i'm
Cuba, constituting only 30 per cent of
the population. being the most mum
erous in Santiago. where they consti
tute 43 per cent. The native white,
constitute more than one-haIf tho
population, or 5S per cent. The pro-
portion of children under > years is
unusually small, but the proportion
under 81 is nominal; about one-half of
the population. Only 1871 per cent. of
adults were married Nearly nine
tenths of the inhabitants were born i'm
Cuba. Ninc-tenths of the children less
than 10 years of age do not attend
school; i3 per cent above 10 years are
literate.