Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-25
POPULATION or DELAWARE.
Facts From the Census Bureau Regarding
the Inhabitants of the State.

Facts From the Census Bureau Regarding
the Inhabitants of the State.
The Census Bureau has Issued a
bulletin giving statistics as to the mum.
Der OF persons OF school age, males Of
the militia age, males of voting age,
illiterntes and foreign, and native born
inhabitants of Delaware. 1t shows the
aggregate number of persons Of school
age, five to 20 years inclusive, to be
80, 635. OF these, SIS, 225 are native
torn, 1,410 are foreign born; total
number of whites, 4S, 1882: total number
Of oolored, 10. 1858.
Males of school age five to 20 years,
inolusivel in Delaware aggregate 80, :
25l, of whom 30, BOG are native born and
745 foreign born; total white, "a, 1888 ;
native white, "a, 041; total colored, 8, 46S.
Females of school age (Gre to 20
years, inclusive) aggregate 20. 1884, OF
whom 29,7l0 are native born and 665
| foreign born; total number Of native
white, %, 334. ; total oolored, 5,355.
Males Of militia age in Delaware ag.
Gregate 40,029. of whom 1881 are
native born and 1884 foreign born.
There are G, 668 colored people OF militia
age.
Males Of voting age number 81, ola.
OF whom Az, 202 are native born and
e,s16 foreign horn. OF these, 80, 645
are native whites. while 80, go of them
were born of native parents, the re-
nainder, g. 575, being born of foreign
parents. The foreign white males of
voting age number 6.747. The colored
voters aggregate 8,426.
In Wilmington there are 3,06l per-
SONS Of school age, thar is from five to
20 years, inclusive. OF these 2l,920
are native born, while ], 141 are foreign
born. The total number of whit g ia
20, PIG; Of these 1902 are of native
parents, while 6,004 are OF foreign
parents. There are in Wilmington
2,s45 negroes of school age. OF the
23,06l persons of school age in Will
mington 1l,s64 are males, while l1,597
are females. Wilmington has Is, 3l9
males of militia age. OF these IA, 909
are native born and s,410 Foreign born.
Those born OF foreign parentaee num-
Der 3,6a7, while $3.50 we're born Of
native parents. Colored people of
militia age in Wilmington number
2,41G. Wilmington has 90, l57 males Of
voting age. OF whom 2, 949 are negroes.
native horn and 5.032 foreign born
., 96e are OF foreign parents.
One of the tables published classifies
the population of Delaware by literaoy
and iliteracy among males over q
years of age. In the State there are
| 5a,0lS males q years OF age and over,
OF whom 46. 4S0 are classed as literates.
the remaining 1853 being illiterate.
OF the illiterates, 6, 1872 are native born,
while 1,206 are foreign born. OF the
liteIates, 40.870 are native born, while
$50 are foreign horn. There are in
Delaware 3.945 illiterate whites, Of
whom 2, 100 are native born and 1896
were born of native parents. There
are 90 native white illiterates over 81
years of age who were born Of foreign
| parents. There are 8, 593 colored Hitter
ates, while a, 1888 of the oolored people
above 81 years of age are classed az
| literates.
In Delaware sthere is a total of 4s
Chinese males over 81 years Of age.
| The records show but one Jap There
are three Indians in the State above 81
| years Of age, all Of whom can read and
write. The State has Lille foreign
born males over 81 years of age who
| have been naturalizeu. There are in
Delaware l., 1923 aliens, of whom 500 are
classed US illiterate. ~
Ia Wilmington there are 2, 10 Hitter
ate males. Of these iliterates 95S are
| oolored, and 963 are foreign whites.
| In Kent county there are TAO illiterates
10 New Castle county there are 53S,
and in Sussex county 1,42l. 10 Kent
county there are 4,066 native white
males; in New Castle county 1867
native white males, and in Sussex
! county 6,3lS native white males. In
| the same three counties there are, re-
spectively, 1888 females, 10, 351 females
and 6,030 females.
In Delaware there are 81. per cent
Of native born persons of school age.
There are &C.. / ger cent native whites
Of school age born of native parents,
| while 1873 per cent are born Of foreign
| parents. Substan TALLY two thirds OF
| the total number of persons Of school
age in 1900 were native whites OF native
pnrentags, while q little less than one
fifth were colored and a little more
than one.oighth were native whites OF
foreign parentage. OF the total males
of militia age in this State. 80. per
cent are native born, while 10. 8 per cent
| are foreign born. About one sixth OF
| the males OF militia age in Delaware
are colored. About e-eighth of the
whole number of voting age are foreign
born. About l5. g per cent of the whole
| number OF males of voting age are
colcrsd. The aggregate number Of
| illiterates composes about IA per cent
of the population OF Delaware who are
males and of voting age. There are
6,8l6 foreign born males of voting age
in Delaware, and of this number go. 4
| mar cant ara renprted as beinp nattI-