Evening star., 1901-07-20
Census Bulletin Regarding the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
PHE PERCENTAGE OF ILLITERACY
Population Liable to Military
Service.
INTERESTING COMPARISONS

The school. militia and voting ages of
all persons in the District of Columbia,
Delaware. Florida. Georgia Hawaii, Idaho
and Illinois. and the percentage of ilit-
eracy are given in bulletin issued by the
census bureau today.
Districts School Children.
This bulletin shows that according to the
twelfth census. there were in 1900 81, ,212
white and 26079 coiored children of school
age, from five to twenty years old, in the
District of Columbia. OF the total. 77291,
of these children 1,295 are foreign born. OF
the 47,375 native white children 30, 446 have
native and 1904 foreign parents.
The percentage Of native-born children is
9S.3 and of foreign-born Ii OF the 1921
children of school age 36, ,49S are males.
of whom 35,S97 are native born and COL
foreign born, and "a, s07 of them are white.
OF the native whites 5.25S3 have foreign
parents. OF the total of 1921 children OF
school age 40,793 are females, of whom
694 are foreign born. OF the girls 25, 124
are native whites and 14,3SS are colored.
OF these native white girls 1851 have for
eign parents.
OF Militia Age.
There are in the District of Columbia
81, ,3S1 males of militia age, or from eigh-
teen to forty-four years old. OF this total
5S. 0S7 are native born and 1884 foreign
born, the total white of militia age being
43,457 OF the 49, 457 native whites of mill
tia age 29,S07 have native parents and $3.50
foreign parents. The colored people OF
militia age number 19.024. 357 of whom are
Chinese, Japanese and Indians, but chiefly
Chinese
The males of voting age, above twenty
one years. In the District of Columbia num-
Der Sc. .S23, of whom 60,31S are white. OF
the aggregate number 73,122 are native
born and 10. 101 foreign born. Of this num-
Der 50,71S are native whites, 1857 of them
having native and IL, 161 foreign parents.
1t will be seen that the proportion of chill
dren with foreign parents is much less than
the proportion of persons over twenty-one
years of age. The number of colored males
over twentyone years Of age is23,J 800.
Percentage of IIIiteracy.
OF the 1888 males. twenty-one years Of
age and over. in the District of Columbia.
18TH are shown to be literate and 1852
illiterate. Those who cannot read nor
write are classed as lliterate This makes
the percentage of Hterate males Of all
classes, twenty-one years and over, 91.6
and illiterate S4 per cent. OF the native
born SS were illiterate and of the foreign
born sc nliterate. 1t will be seen that
there is a greater degree of iliteracy
among the native than the foreign born.
OF the 6O,31S white people in the District
944 were found to be illiterate, while of the
50.71S native whites 466 were illiterate.
There were 1857 native whites of twenty
one years and over or native parents, and
of these 391 were illiterate. There were
II. 161 native whites of foreign parents,
and of that number 7o were iiliterate. 1t
will be seen that there Is slightly less
illiteracy among native whites Of foreign
parents than among native whites of ma
tive parents. OF the 5000 foreign whites
of twenty-one years and over Ats were
found to be illiterate.
OF the 23.5O5 colored people twenty-one
years of age and over los were recorded
as illiterate. OF the All Chinese in the
District 76 were found to be fliterate. OF
the 10 Indians 7 were ifliterate, and Of the
6 Japanese 1 was illterate.
There were In 1900 6,7S2 naturalized citi-
zsns in the District Of Columbia of whom
227 were illiterate But the proportion of
illteracy among those applying for natu-
raliZation the illiteracy was much greater.
OF 661 males who had taken out their first
naturalization papers SO were illterate. OF
1852 aliens in the District 233 were IL
literate