The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-12
REPORT
ON POPULATION
Bulletin On Sex, General Nativ.
ity and Color.
MALES IN THE MAJORITY
TOTAL INCREASE OF RI PER
CENT SINCE THE YEAR 1890.

Washington, Oct 1.-THE final CEN
sus report on the population by sex,
general nativity and color of the sew
eral states and territories was issued
today. This last bulletin of the series
covers the entire country 1t shows
that the males number SO, loss, 242 and
constitute BIZ per cent of the total
population in 1900, while the females
number 1924 las, or 1873 per cent.
There is a slightly larger proportion of
females now than ten years ago. There
is a difference in favor of males in
| the present census of 1.S15,097 as COM
pared with an excess of males for the
equivalent area in 1880 OF 1.56O,37
There has been an increase in total
population of 1925, 361, or q per cent,
since 1890, made up of 6,744.179 males
and 6,4S9,4 52 females, an increase in
males of 2O9 per cent and in females of
I'll per cent. There are 60, S43, 800 ma
tive persons and 10, 400 0S5 foreign born
persons, the latter element constituting
1871 per cent of the total population in
1900, against 14.S per cent ten years ago.
The foreign born show an absolute in
crease during the decade of ISL. 994
while the native born have increased
in ten years 12,OS1, 637.
As to color and race the population
in 1900 is made up of &C. $50. 500 white
persons and 9.312,5S5 colored persons.
the latter figure comprising S.S40.SS9
persons of negro descent, 1906 Chi
nese, S5.906 Japanese and 200. 100 In
dams. The corresponding figures for
1890 show total of 55,166lS4 white
persons. T.4SS,7SS persons Of negro de-
scent. 126,77S Chinese, 1889 japanese
and 273.607 Indians.
The Colored Element.
The ooIored element constitutes 1872
( per cent Of the Total population in
/ 1900, against 12.5 per cent in 1890. The
white population shows an increase
/ since 1890 of II. 82461S, or PA per cent.
and the colored element as a whole
1,409,013, or us per cent.
There has been an increase during
the past ten years in persons of negro
descent of 1,352,001. or ISL per cent.
and in Japanese OF 1857. or 1872 per
! cent. The Chinese on the other hand.
show a loss of 7,72S, or 81 per cent,
4 while the Indians have decreased from
273,6 07 in 1890 TO 266 $50 in 1900. d loss of
2.5 per cent.
/ OF the total white people IS. 40, 739 are
native whites. constituting IA per cent
! of the total population, and 10 $50 O6s
foreign whites. or 1874 per cent of the
| total population. Native white persons
are in turn subdivided into T. .053 AZ OF
! native parentage and il. 6S7. 322 of fer
! eign parentage, constituting respect
lively 53-S per cent and zoo per cent
of the total population.
The native white element has in
creased 23-3 per cent ana the Iorelgn
white only 12.2 per cent since isSe. Inc
native white element of foreign par
/ entage has increased relatively twice
/ as fast as the native WHITES OF natlNe
! parentage. Following are the figures
! for states whose statistics have not
been announced heretofore:
Washington-AIales 304.1TS females.
! 213. 925; foreign born. III 1854; total
white. 496.304; native white, 3sf.179; to-
tai colored, 21,7S9.
WyOming-Males. IS. 1874; females. 34.-
347; foreign born. 17.4l5; total white.
S9,051; native white, Y, 469; eolored, g.
$50