Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-12
FIGURES ON POPULATION.
Rate of Increase of Males, Females
Foreigners and Coiored PERSONS

nate of Increase of Males, Females
Corcirner. and CoIored Persons.
WASHINGTON. d. c., October IL
The final census report on the popula-
ton by sex. general nativity and Color
of the several States and territories,
was issued to-day. This last builetin
of the series covers the entire country
II shows that the males number ~ =
942. and constitute 51.2 per cent OF the
total population in 1900 while the re-
males number 37.244 145, or 4S.S per
cent There is slightly larger pro-
norton of females now than ten years
ago.
There is difference In favor OF
males at the present census OF l,Slb,09i
as compared with an excess or males
for the equivalent area in 1891 OF
1,560,370.
There has been an increase in total
population of 10 ,233,63l, or IL per cent,
since 1890, made up of 6,744,179 males
and Sass, 452 females, representing an
increase in males of zJ.9 per cent and
females gil per cent. There are 3D.
843, 1902 native born persons and ~
AGO, 085 foreign born persons, the latter
element. constituting 1871 per cent or
the total population in 1900, against
l4.8 per cent ten years ago. The for
eign born show an absolute Increase
curing the decade of IL 1874, while
the native born have increased in ten
years 1901 .637.
As to color and race, the population
in 1900 is made up of Sc $3.50, 1902 white
persons and 9.312, os5 colored persons.
the latter figure comprising S,S40.7s9
persons of negro descent. 119,030 Chi
nese, So. 1886 of Japanese and 1861 In
dams. The corresponding figures for
1890 showed a total of So, 166. 184 white
persons, 7,488,788 persons of negro de-
scent. 126,77S Chinese, 1899 Japanese
and 273 ,607 InuIans.
The colored element constitutes 12.2
per cent of the total population in 1900,
as against 1875 per cent in 1890. The
white population shows an increase
since 1890 of II ,S24,618, or 21.4 per cent.
There has been an increase during
the past ten years in persons OF negro
descent of 1880 or 1871 per cent.
and in japanese of 1857, or 1912 per
cent. The Chinese on the other hand
show a loss since 1890 of 7.728. or 81
per cent. while the Indians have de-
creased from 273,607, in 1890, to 1856
760 in 1900, equivalent to loss Of 2.5
per cent.
OF the total white population, 56,740,-
739 are native whites. constituting 74.4
per cent. of the total population, and
10,250,063 foreign whites. constituting
1874 of the total population. Native
white persons are in turn sub-divided
into Al .053. All of native parentage and
Is ,687 1922 of foreign parentage, consti-
tuting respectively 5S.S per cent. and
POS per cent of the total population.
The native white element has increased
1913 per cent. and the foreign whites
1872 per cent since 1890. The native
white element of foreign parentage has
increased relatively twice as fast as
the whites of native parentage.
Following are the figures for States
whose statistics have not been an
nounced heretofore
vireinia-925 ,S97 males: 92s,2S7 fe-
males; foreign born. 19.461; total
white. 1.f92s55. native white. 1,173,7S7;
total colored, 6s1 .329.
West virgiuia-499. PAP males: 49,
55s females: 22,451 foreign born. total
white. 915 .233; native white, S92,s54
colored. 1857.