The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-06
Total


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Each Island has also been subdivided
as TO total districts, and these results
were publised in The Star during June.
Since then, from various sources, some
idea Of the population Of the Islands
has been drawn as to race, but the tele-
grams received here have been unsatis-
factory, because those forwarding the
figures had not the key to their solu-
zion.
The third series of bulletins issued
deals first with sex. That is clear.
There are 1857 males and 1852 fem
ales on the Islands. Next as to general
nativity, this is divided into native
born and foreign born. OF native born
there are 63,221. of all nationalities, Of
foreign born there are 90,7S0. So far
everything is plain sailing. But next
comes the broad division into white"
and "colored." The expression color
ed" in the United States refers to ne
groes as a rule. Under the presen CEN
sus it is made to cover Chinese and
Japanese and there will be a protest
from Japan about such a classification.
When the census blanks were being
prepared, objection was made to Ha-
waiians being classed as "colored" in
the sense that it was used on the main
land, and the objection was sustained.
The Hawaiians were not classed as
colored When the broad distinction
of white and colored was drawn up in
the third series Of Bulletins, the Ha-
waiians We're classed with the former.
1t is impossible therefore from these
tables to give the population of Ha-
waiians, pur sang, that is of true ma
tive Hawaiians of unmixed blood, but
it will be possible some time when still
further details are gone into
Understanding this the division as to
color can be understood. The total
white" population, including Hawai-
ians, part Hawaiians and Caucasians
is $780, The total colored population
including negroes, Chinese and Jap
Rnese is 87,111. OF the former 36,4O7 are
latter-which instead of being classed
as colored. should have been classed as
Monaghan because the number of real
"colored" persons on the Islands was
not worth consideration at the time the
census was taken, being in total but
233, out of tbeagrand total S7111, the re-
mainder being, Chinese and japanese.
or this latter total 69.962 were males
and 17,149 were females.
We can however get some approx
imation of the, true Hawaiian popula-
ton. The white population, includ-
ing as it does .Hawaiians, part-H Hawai-
ians and Caucasians is subdivided into
native white and foreign white. By
this is meant those who. have been
born here of parents born here, exclud-
ing of course. the ,.'colored" population.
and those whites living here whose
parents were born in some other coun-
try, subject TO the following modifica-
tion as stated in the preface to the bull
letin. ,..r
The designation +native whlte-na-
tive parents "-comprehends all native
white persons having. either both par
ents native born, one parent native
born and one parent, unknown, or both |
parents unknown, while the deslgna-
tion native white--foreign parents
comprehends all native white persons
having one or both parents foreign
born"
From this it is clear that in the sub
division of native white" we shall find
the Hawaiian: and a portion of the part
Hawaiian, and those Caucasians who
are in the second or third generation,
under the heading native white-na-
tive parents. AS the plumber of eau
casians 20 be classed under this head
is so numerically small that it may ELI
minated, we may regard this column
as giving the Hawaiian and part-Ha-
waiian population for all practical pur-
poses. This totals up 87,91S persons of
Hawaiian and mixed Hawaiian blood.
OF these 2Ol93 are males and 1925 are
females. However some part Hawai-
ians are reckoned under native white
foreign parents" but the discrepancy
is probably counterbalanced by the
CaueasianG wanted in the first column
The total Chinese population is '25,767 I
of which 22,296 are males and 3,471 are |
females. The total Japanese population |
is Gill, of which 1865 are males and |
1868 are females. 1t is impossible
from these tables to deduce subdivis- !