The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-26
The CUBAN CENSUS,
Some Interesting Facts Brought Out
By II.
NATIVE AND FOREIGN POPULATION.
How The Races Stand in Point of Num-
bers.-American Population
'sh and CoIored.

Washington, ID. c., Special.-Cen.
Sanger has made public the compen-
dlous results Of the Cuban census
taken under his direction. The figures
are very instructive and in the Opin-
ion Of the war department Officials
fully justly the decision Of the ad-
ministration to allow municipal GGf.
fragc in Cuba at an early stage. The
officials arc grathfed to find that the
native CUbans constitute so large
portion Of the population; that tie
whites so greatly outnumbcr the
blacks and that so large a proportion
can read and write In their opinion
there seems to he 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 t.
572,797, including Sl5,2O5 males and
1882 females. There are 447,372
white males and 4G2, ,92G white females
Of native birth. The foreign whites
II
males. There are II 1893 males negroes
and 122,7i0 female negroes. The mix
ed races number 125, 500 males ana
1896 females.
The population Of Iabana city is
225,9S1 and of the province of Habana
42i.SO4.
The population of the province Of
Matanzas is 202,4ii; of Pinar del Rio
l13,06l; of Puerto Principe 1924; OF
Santa Clara 256,536; and of Santiago
3277l5.
OF the total population of the island
d,ll8,709 persons are set down as
single, 2lG ,351 as married; while 49,
7S7 live together by mutual consent.
There are S5112 widowed persons.
OF the total population according to
citizenship, 20,47S are Spanish; 1,2J6.-
367 are Cuban; 1881 are i'm suspense
1885 are Of other citizenship. and GIG
are unknown. The Spanish by birth
number 129,2t0. Of the Childrcn of IL
years of age and over, 49.4li have at
tended school. OF the total population
443,l26 can read and write and 1875
have superior education.
The table on citizenship lteracy ant
education is specially important Il.
forming the basis of suffrage about tC
be conferred. Because so many citi
Zenships are still in suspense, and fOl
other reasons, the returns are not quite
complete, and for other reasons, the re
turns are not quite complete, but the
conclusion is drawn that there will bt
at least $4,000 qualified native Cubar
voters under the proposed basis of suf
frage, and against this there will b
55,767 Spaniards whose citizenship
was in suspense when the census wa
taken, less the number who have sine,
declared to preserve their Spanish
citizenship, and plus illiterate Span
iards, not declared who are the owner
of property. 1t is not believed tha
there will be any great number of III
latter class as the total number o
illiterate Spanish males over q
only 17.426. The comparison shows
much greater prepOnderanCe Of Cuba
voters than was expected There ar
1926 white adult males who wer
born in Cuba as against 96,0S3 born i
Spain; 6,79i born in other countrie
and 127.300 .colored.
Males are III excess IN the JOJdl pOpu
lation, except in Santiago, though til
female whites outnumber the nal
whites, except in Pinar del Kit
Among the negroes and mixed race
the females are in excess; Will
among the foreign whites the male
are largely in excess.
The negroes are in the minority
Cuba, constituting only 80 per cent. {
the population, being the most nun
erous in Santiago, where they const
Ute 43 per cent. The native white
oRpstitute more than one-half tt
. Nbpulation, or So per cent. The prt
v Wbrtion of children under 3 years
Wusually small, but the proportic
\ Ahder q is nominal; about one-half
one population. Only 1871 per cent.
CRplts were married. Nearly min
pOO this of the inhabitants were born
Vrba. Nine-tenths of the children lc
Nan 10 years of age do not after
anhool; 43 per cent. above 10 years a
l~ate