Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-05
WORLD CONTRIBUTES
How the Population of the United
States Is Made Up.
some Interesting Fac Ascertained
Through the Last Official Gem
sus-Rate of Increase OF
Native Born.

In June, 1900, there were in the
United States proportionately Il few
more females than in 1890, Il greater
proportion of the population was ma
tive born, and there were also proper
tionately more whites; or, stated con-
versely, there were proportionately
fewer males, fewer foreigners and few
er 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 in
creased at nearly double the rate of in
crease of the foreign born, the foreign
element having increased at less than
one-third of the rate of increase of the
foreign born during the preceding
decade, and the number of whites has.
increased to quite an extent more rap
idly than has the number of blacks.
These are the main conclusions de.
rived from 4 study of the figures pre-
scented in a recent census bulletin,
states the Chicago American.
The total population of the United
States on June /, 1900, was 76,303, 3S7,
including persons enumerated at mill
tary and naval stations and naval ships
abroad and il Alaska, Hawaii, Indian
Territory and Indian reservations.
This great total consisted of 39,0j9,-
242 males and 1924, las females-a ma
jority for the males of 1,S1j,097. tx
pressed differently, of each 10000 in
habitants 5,11S were boys and men and
ASA were girls and women. Ten years
before there were 32,315, 063 males and
80, 754, 693 females, or of every 10000
inhabitants 5,124 were males and 1876
were females. The females have thus
increased only a very little more rap
idly than the males. In 1900, in 10, 1000
inhabitants there were 236 more men
than women, whereas i'll 1890, in the
same number of inhabitants, there
were PAS more men than women. En-
pressed in percentages, there has been
an increase in males of 20.9 per cent,
and in females of 21.1 per cent.
OF native born persons there were
G5,S43, 1902 and of foreign born 10,460, 0o5
in 1900-that is, of every 1000 persons
in 1900 S63 were born in the United
States and only 1877 outside the bor-
ders Of the country. In 1890, on the
other hand, there were 53,761, sos ma
tive born and 9,30S,091 foreign born,
or of every 1000 persons $50 were ma
tive and 148 foreign born.
During the ten years the native born
increased at nearly double the rate
of increase of the foreign born, the
former increasing 22.5 per cent. and
the latter only 1874 per cent. If we
exclude the foreign born counted in IIa-
wall, Alaska and at military and naval
stations abroad, in the United States
by only 1901 ,729, or lis per cent,
whereas during the preceding decade
it increased by 2,5G9,GOi, or 3s.5 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 ad-
dition to our native born population
of 12,0S1 ,637 and to our foreign born
of 1,151, 1914.
There are l japanese, . Chinese, 3
Indians, 116 negroes and s7S whites
in every 1000 of the population.
The totals of the different classes
are 66,9ab02 white persons, 8.S40,7Sj
personSHf negro descent, 11o,O50 Chi,
nese, $3.50 japanese, and 26G, 76O In
dams, or a total colored element of
0,312,5S5 persons.