The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-15
STATISTICS OF THREE STATES.
school Militia, and Voting Age Ia
bIes of the New Census

I
a bulletin was issued by the Census
! Office yesterday giving the number of
! persons OF school militia. and voting
/ ages in the States OF Michigan. Mime
! sofa, and Mississippi for the census year
/ Of 1900 Tn Michigan there is d total Of
| '91.275 persons Of school age-tive to TWEEN
J ty years inCiusivc-Of which number 1.055
/ are COlured- In Minnesota there are 6I2, go
| OF which number fH3 are colored and in
Mississippi G52 40. Of which number g79 eg5
are colored- Males of militia age i'm Mich
igan number 5l6,SJ2 which includes SOS
| colored. Minnesota has 800 ga Of which
number 3,f9 are c0lorcd. In Mississippi
the total number OF militia males is %
| 59S, Of which 1921 are coIored. Michigan
! has lZ2i5 whites Of voting age and 7233
/ colored voters. Minnesota has 502.3 S4 white
voters and 40 colored while Mississippi
only has 1892 white voters as compared
with 19S. 255 cOlored.
In Michigan and Minnesota. very nearly
one-twelfth Of the persons Of school age
are foreign born. but in Mississippi per
sons Of school age are practically all Of
native birth. the foreign-born element Of
this class representing only One-tenJh or
1 per cent Of the whole number Of such
persons. In Minnesota foreign white per-
sons Of school age constitute 50 per cent,
and native white persons of foreign par
entage Gas per cent, Of the entire number
Of persons Of school age, these two ele-
ments combined representing nearly three
/ fourths Of all persons Of school age In
| Michigan these same two elements com
bined constitute sos per cent Of all per
sons OF school age. but in Mississippi they
constitute only IL per cent
COiorE persons Of school age constitute
In NHs<issippi 500 per cent of the whole
number OF persons Of school age this ele-
meut being 4. uprised almost wholly OF
persons Of negro descent In Michigan
and Minnesota, however. c0lored persons
Of school age constitute less than 1 per
cent Of ali persons Of school age.
FOreign-born males Of militia age con
stitute In Minnesota IA per cent, and in
Michigan 2o-5 per cent, Of all the males
OF militia age. while in Mississippi practi-
caliy all the males Of this class are native
born Foreign white males Of militia age
constitute in Minnesota 4I.3 per cent. and
nr-ive white males Of foreign parantage
35-5 per cent, OF all the males Of militia
age. these two elements combined consJi-
tuting nearly fOUr-hfths Of the total
males Of militia age. In Michigan these
same two elements represent a little over
three-rfths of all the males Of militia ge
but in Mississippi the white males OF mill
tia age in 1900 were substantially all Of
native birth
In Mississippi. where the col0red eI9-
ment predominates, ColOTed rlales Of mill
TIA age constitute 5ES per cent Of all
males of militia age
In Minnesota SIS per cent Of the voters
are foreign born, while IN Michigan the
same element constitutes more than one
third. OF a5-9 per cent In Mississippi the
males Of voting age are nearly all native.
the 1orclgn-bOrn class representing only
- per cent Of the total number or voters.
Oh the whole number Of males OF voting
age IN Minnesota 5lf per cent are foreign
while I'll Per cent are native white of for
elEu par-ntage. In Michigan these two
elements constitute nearly thr5e-ffths Of
the total number Of voters In Nissis-
sippi the ColCred element constitutes Sos
per cent Of the entire voters IN the state
Among males Of voting age as a whole
IN i"'' there is a large proportion OF iIIit-
crates IN Mississippi OF a-3S per cent due
almost wholly 90 th- presf nee OF a large
number or Illter1te males Of negro de-
scent In Michigan 55 per cent. and in
Minnesota ~ per cent. Of the whole num-
Der of males OF voting age in 1879 were
lihterate. The largest proportion or iI-Ir-
crate white males % native pareutag- is
10 De found in Mississippi. where the
number rs S.f Of the total. while Boa Michi-
gan the Iliterates number p per cent
and only seVeu-teuths Of ] per cent m
Minnesota