Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-01-02
PEOPLE OF EVERY NATION.
10 made rp of Natives OF
Every Cline

In June. 1900. there were in the
United States prOPortionately a few
more females than in 1850. 4 greater
proportion Of the population was IA
tive born. and there we're also proper
rionately more whites; or, stated con-
verse4y. there were proportionately
fewer males. fewer foreigners and few
er blacks than ten years ago
During the past ten years the rum
Der Of women has been growing sight
" more rapidly than the number of
men; the native born population has in
creased at nearly double the rats of in
erease of the foreign born. the foreign
e-sment having Increased AZ less than
oEe-thirt Of the rate Of increase of the
foreign born during the preceding
decade. and the number OF whites has
increased 20 quite Al extent mere rap
idly than has the number o. blacks
These ara the main conclusions de-
rived from 4 study OF The figures pre-
scented in 4 recent eerSus bulletin,
states the Chicago American
The tora. population OF the United
States on June /. 1900. was -s5o35s1.
including persons enumerated az mill
tary and naval stations and naval ships
abroad and in Alaska. Hawaii. Indian
Territory ard lnGiaa reservations
This great total consisted Of ss.O5s.-
242 males and 3s2i4I45 feuas-u ma
lcrity for the males Of I.sI5Os.- tx
pressed differently. OF each I0le99 IL
habitants Sis were boys and men and
4-sse we're girls and women Ten yezrS
before there were 5z5I5.0s3 macs aud
50.J4-6s3 females. or of every t1.gcg
inhabitants 5I2s we're males and ass
were females The females have thus
Increased only 4 very little more rap
idly than the males In 1900 in 10000
Inhabitants there were s5s more men
than women whereas in IssO. IN the
sane number of Inhabitants, there
we're 24s more men than womer. Ex-
pressed IN percentages. there has been
an increase in males of 20-9 per e
an n femaleSOf 2I-I per cent
OF native born persons there were
65->455Os and Of foreign born I0.4sO.Os5
Il l~9e-that i. of every 1000 persons
n 9 0 sc We're born in the United
States and only I37 outside the Dor
6ers OF the country. In 1ss0. on the
other hand there were 53.16l. 665 IA
tive born and 9.30s.09f foreign born.
or Of every 1000 persons So were IA
tive and Us foreign born
During the ten years the native born
increased AZ nearly double the rate
Of increase Of the foreign born. the
former increasing 22-5 per cent. and
the latter only ia per cent. II We
EXCLUDE the foreign born counted in Ha-
waii. Alaska and AT military and naval
stations abroad. in the United States
Itself the foreign element increased
BY only 1-O9I-s29. or lis per cent.
whereas during the preceding decade
Il increased BY 9-56s.s0i. or SIS per
eent--that Is. during the last ten
years the foreign element increased
AZ less than one-third Of It's rate of
Increase during the preceding decade
In absolute numbers there was an aG-
eition 10 our native born population
OF i2-Osi.s3- and 70 our foreign born
Of I.15I-ss4.
There are l japanese. . Chinese. ,
Indians 1ie negroes and SIS whites
IN every 1000 OF the population.
The totals OF the different classes
are $3.50 soc white persons. s.si0.-s5
persons Of negro descent. Iis.a50 Chi
nese. sJsss japanese. ard s6s.-so In
dams. or a total eolored element Of
s5iesss persons