Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-23
FACTS ABOUT s.:
THE CENSUS.


A census bulletin gives tables showing
the population by sex, general nativity
and color, of Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, and
Indian Territory. From the figures pre-
sented it appears that Iowa has only 8
per cent of colored persons, and with re-
spect to sex that in each case the males
constitute n larger percentage of the to.
tai population in 1900.
In each State and Territory there is an
excess of males over females i'll. 1900, tho
males constituting OIL per cent of the
total population of Indiana, 51.S per cent
Of that of Iowa, 52.3 per cent of that OF
Kansas, and 53.3 per cent OF that of In
dim Territory.
The foreign born clement in 1900 con-
~stitutes somewhat more than one-eighth
of the total population of Iowa, while in
Kansas it is Il little more than one
twelfth, and in Indiana about one-eigh-
teenth. In Indian Territory the proper
tion of foreign born is small, this element
constituting only 1.2 per cent of the total
population of the Territory in 1900.
The white element in 1900 constitutes
in Indiana 97.1 per cent, in Iowa 99.I
pCi Scll, ituu III NtuSiS OO.o per cellL Or
the total population, the small colored
element in each of these States being
composed almost wholly of persons OF
negro descent. In Indian Territory, how
ever, the whites constitute 77.2 per cent
and the colored 22.S per cent Of the total
population of the Territory in 1900, the
latter element being comprised in good
part of Indians.
Of the total population of Iowa in 1900
foreign white persons constitute 1871 per
cent and native white persons of foreign
parentage Do per cent, these two ele-
ments combined representing upward Of
two-tifths of the entire population of the
State. These same two elements of the
white population constituted n little over
one-fourth of the total population of Kan
sas in 1900 and about one-fifth that of
Indiana. In Indian Territory these same
two elements represent only 3.S per ccnc
of the total population, the native white
clement of foreign parentage alone rep
rcsenting DC per cent.
The figures for the three States OF In
diana, Iowa, and Kansas are summarized
in the accompanying table:
States and Terri
tories. Males. Females. Native. Foreign.
Iowa 81, 156,s49 1,07'.oo4 1,G25,933 So5.9.0
Kansas .. 1GS,716 TO1, 40 1,343.S10 126,GS5
To show the relative strength of the
different States in regard to the elements
of the population, a table of percentages
gives the following results:
Tsrs. Males. males. tive. eign; White. ed.
Indiana oil 5S.9 94.4 SO 97.7 %
ls%a ST.: SIS ~ ~ S Sf.5 IS s. 81 So g.
Director Merriam has issued a bulletin
showing the population of Michigan, Min
nesota, and Mississippi by sex, nativity
and color. According to this bulletin the
total population is as follows:
Total popu- Native
states latton. Males. Females. born.
Mich. ..2,42O.9 $50 1,24S,90j 1,172,O77 1,ST9,3o9
MINI. .1,751,394 9s2,4 400 s1S.sO4 1,246,oTG
Miss. ..1,551.2T0 TS1,451 7O9,S13 1,543,22so
The males predominant in 1900 in all
of the three States considered i this bull
letin, Minnesota having the largest pro-
portion, or $50 per cent of males, as
compared with 4G.S per rent of females.
In Michigan and Mississippi the percen-
tages for the males are SIG and 5O.4 re-
spectively.
SAS AOAC!SH OOll tLltl
in 1900 constitutes something more than
one-fourth of the total population of the
State. or 2S.9 per cent, while in Michi-
gan the same element constitutes pa
per cent of the total population. In Mis-
sissippi the population is practically nil
of native birth, the foreign born element
In 1900 representing only ti%ve-tcnths of l
per cent of the total population.
i In +1,o oo,.:1o..A.. -, A. -
foreign born elements in 1900 it should
be borne in mind that at the present
census Indians and other persons on In.
dian reservations are included in the
statement of population, which was not
the case, however, at preceding censuses.
The inclusion of this element affects ma
terially, in certain cases, the percentage
of native and foreign born, but it has no
special effect upon the proportions in any
of the States under consideration, al
though there arc a few thousand Indians
still residing in each, practically all oil
whom are of native birth.
The white population of Mississippi il
7 composed almost wholly Of native white
persons of native parentage, this ele-
ment constituting 39.7 per cent of tho