Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-20
THE CENSUS OF Gu BA
RESULTS OF THE RECENT COUNT
MADE PUBLIC.
Population I.552.197, Including s15,-
Are single and 24G,351 Married.

TIL, figures of the Cuban census made
public by the War Department are very
destructive. and. in the opinion of off,
Gals fully justify the decision of the ad-
miniStration to allow municipal suffrage in
Cuba al this early stage They are graft
fled To find that the native Cubans const-
tute large portion of the population;
that the whites so greatly outnumber the
blacks. and that large a proportion of
the native population can read and write.
In their opinion. there seems to be no room
for the objection that the proposed basis
of suffrage would result in turning the is
land over to the control of Spain.
The total population of Cuba is 1,5T2, i97.
including s1J.2n5 males and 7J7. 592 females.
There ar. 44I.312 white males and 62.926
white females of native birth. The foreign
whites number 115. go males and 26.45S fe-
males. There are III. SOS male negroes and
II. 40 female negroes. The mixed races
number 121.5O males and 145.305 females.
Their, are Heb male and 163 female Chi
nese. The population of Havana city is
2:;5..rNl and of the province of Havana 42i,
so4. The population of Matanzas is POP IA,
of Pinar del Rio 1I:i.O64, of Puerto Principe
SSH of Santa Clara $50, $50 and of Santi
ago proving 81, 10.
of the total population of the island
1.1nS.In are set down as single, 2i6.351
married. while 131.1S1 live together by mu-
tual consent. There are SIP widowed
persons
OF the total popula ton, according to citf-
zeDship. 20.4IS are Spanish. 1.296.a6T are
Cuban 1IJ.sl1 are in suspense. 79526 are
of other citizenship and G16 are unknown.
Thu Spanish by birth number 1920. OF
the children ten years of age and over 49,
IA have attended school. OF the total pop
ulati"n 44:s,I26 can read and write and 10
1!'s have a superior education.
At Ienst 100000 Cuban oyters
The table on citizenship. hteracy and edu-
cation is regarded as specially important as
forming the basis of suffrage about to be
conferred Because SO many citizenships
are still in suspense. and for other reasons
the returns are not quite complete. but the
conclusion is drawn that there will be at
least lio.WD qualified native Cuban voters
under the proposed basis of suffrage and
as against this there will be ~, T67 Span
lardS whose citizenship was in SUSIE nse
when the census was taken, less the num-
Der who have since declared to preserve
their spanish citizenship. and plus litter
ate SDariards not declared who are the
owners IF property. 1t is not believed that
Thcr" WEI he any great number of the lat
Ter class. as the total number of illiterate
Spanish males over twenty-one years is
HES The comparison shows a much
greater preponderance of Cuban voters
than WIS expected. There were 49, S2S
white adult males born in Cuba as against
hi'rSi born in Spain. 6I9i born in other
countries and 12I,:}tp COlored.
other Facts shown.
TIL" tables contain much detailed infor-
nation of interest as to the character of
the population of the island For instance,
II Is shown that males are in excess in the
total population, 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 - per cent of the popu-
IdlI"u, being most numerous in Santiago,
Yh"re tney constitute 43 per cent The ma
tive whites constitute more than one-haIf
The population, or - per cent. The pro-
portion # children under five years is I'M
usually small. but the proportion under
lW"nt y-'ne Is normal; about one-half the
population Only 15-I per cent Were mar
red Marty nine-teuths of the inhabitants
were born in Cuba Nine-tenths of the
chlidFen less than ten years of age did not
attend school; i; per cent above ten years
are Eterdte.