Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-16
POPULATION OF THE
CITY ABOVE THE
AVERAGE
Data Complied BY City PLY.
sician's Office Shows That
a Big Percentage Are Amer
ican-Born Citizens.

Nu examination OF tb, birth rec.
ords in the office of city Physician
solomon T.. Burton emphasizes the
fact that the population of Nlbuqucr-
uu, be- American born by higher
por cent than is In, average iu the
United states 1t also disci,scs Sow
trI interesting facts worth rcmcm-
boring Tor tho purpose OF rnlightcn-
Ing distant people who are interest
led ia Albuquerque. BAT ar, not cor
rccuy advised rs to the conditions Ia
the ctty
since 1uinary |. 1911. there have
been q total oi 30 births IN Alou-
qucrqu, According To- the records
the total number OF children ia these
families is ~. or an average of go
children e. the family.
That makes tho average family i.si
as compared with $50, the average
sized family in the United states
THIS o. not a Roosevelt record, hut IS
not faI behind the average size ana
leaves us almost ia style.
OF THESE 90 families just ton out
OF the 100 parents were born IN for
eign countries. That shows the par
,ntaEc To- b, 10 per cent foreign born.
while the average foreign born IN the
United states is more than 10 pei
cent.
CT the parents born IN foreign
lands Germany furnished tour. syria
one. Porto Rico one. sweden one. II
ais one. scotland one ana Nicaragua
ON"
CT the 90 children born since Jan
uary 1871. the color record - a.
follows White, -, Mexican. =, ma
tiyrs .. ana negro. one.
The negro population of the United
States according TO the census of
1900. D. lt.G per cont while, according
to lho birth records OF Albuquerque.
IA. future negro population of the
city would Ice only per cent of the
whole
Ia Albuquerque. 1t appears that the
Wtur, population VIII De 80 per cent
white and 10 per cent from al otncr
SHADES, including negro. chincsc. Jap
an"sc, indian. etc.
In 1900 tn, population OF the Coun-
try was N1.N per cent white and con-
tanned I21 per cent gathered from
all Other nations Thus the future
population OF Albuquerque bids fair
60 br made up oi 90 ser cent more
whit, blood than ~ the average
throup uuut jhc land while the negro
population VIII show only onc-tcnth
as d"ns, in Albuquerque as through
out Ia. country ~ large
The largest family out ~ 80. which
of course were from all parts Of the
city ana every Walk OF lifu, being by
th, natur. Of the estimate taken at
random. was eight children. or I'M
Guiding parents, family of ten. Tiai
does NOT moan that there are M
larger families IA Albupucrqu'. IT
means that u taking p" families ,n'
tircly b> lo' there was mo- family found
with more shan eight children.
Tho increase I'm the numbor oi
births 100 NlbuqurruuD in "a, last thr,,
years has kort pace with the nilu,
aud general increase iu population
, from all sources.
Tlcrr were recorded I'm taos to
/ ta uf 49, births; ia 1909. l6S ana u
IlplU. RS, II the birth rate for lsl
should keep pace WITH the first 90
days ~ IN. year tho grand tota
J would b., brought mp To- exactly 400
To number ~ which would show "a ma
.fcrlal gain over that of last year. g.
IN, 100 parents of the 30 familio
taken. 1t may or added that they hal
from almost ever, state la the union
/ from Sew york Ncw Jersey, califnr
mia. iowa Alabama Minn'so ant
almost every state under the star
land stTiuss