Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-08

In June. 1900. there were in the
United States proportionately few
more females than i'm 1890, greater
proportion OF the population was ma
tive born, ana there were also proper
tionately moro whites; or, stated con
Versely, there were proportio1ately
fewer males. fewer foreigners and
fewer blacks than ten years ago.
During the past ten years the num-
Der of women has been growing slight
ly more rapidly than the number OF
men; the native born population has
Increased at nearly double the rate OF
increase Of the foreign born, the for.
eign element having increased at less
than one-third of the rate of increase
o. the foreign born during the preced.
ing decade, and the number of whites
has Increased tC quite an extent more
rapidly than has the number of blacks.
These are the main conclusions de-
rived from a study of the figures Pre-.
sented IN n recent Census Bulletin.
The total population of the United
States on June I, 1900. was 7G30S.3 .3S7,
including persons enumerated at mill
tary and naval stations and naval ships
abroad and in Alaska Hawaii. Indian
Territory and Indian reservations.
This great total consisted OF 3g.059.-
242 males and 37,244.145 females--a ma
jority for the males Of l,S15,097. Ex-
pressed differently, of each 10000 in
habttants 51lS were boys and men ana
4,SS2 We're girls and women Ten years
before there were 32.3l5 .063 males and
30, O,15i,G93 females or Of every 10000 in.
habltants 5,124 were males and 4S76
We're females. The females have thus
Increased only very little moro rap.
idly than the males. In 1900, in 000c
inhabitants there were 236 more men
than women, whereas in 1890 i'm the
same number of Inhabitants there
were 2lS more men than women Ex.
pressed in percentages. there has been
an increase in males of 20.9 per cc1t
and in females of oil per cent.
or native born persons there were
65,S43,302 and of foreign born 1850.
OS5 in l900-that is, of every 900 per-
sons in 1900 S63 were born in the Unit.
ed States and only 1877 outside the bor.
ders OF the country In 1890, on tho
other hand, there were 63. 76l SOS ma
tive born and 9,30S .091 foreign born. or
of every 1000 persons S52 were native
and l4S foreign born.
During the ten years the native born
increased at nearly Gouble the rate OF
Increase of the foreign born. the former
increasing 22.5 per cent and the latter
only i2.4 per cent. If we exclude the
iofeign born counted in Hawaii. Alas
ka and at military and naval stations
abroad. III the United States itself the
foreign element increased by only l.
O9L729, or 11.S per cent, whereas dur
ing the preceding decade il increased
by 2,569,6O4, or 1856 per cent-that is,
during the last ten years the foreign
element increased at less than one
third of Its rate of increase during the
preceding decade. In absolute numbers
there was an addition to our native
born population of 12,OSl 1897 and to
our foreign born of Isl ,904
There are l Japanese, 2 Chineses, Z
Indians, 116 negroes and S7S whites in
every 1000 Of the population,
The total. of the different classes ara
66,99O,SO2 white persons, $40, ,7S5 per.
sons OF negro descent, 119.O5O Chinese
S5,9S6 Japanese, and 266, $50 Indians or
total coiored element of 9,312. .5S5 per.
sons.