The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-18

elements Of the white population. As
well as for the total negro population
and the total other colored population
indians. and Chinese. japanese. and
lother Asiatiesl. are shown for the same
oensuses in Table No. i
Native White And Foreisn-sorn White
Proportions-
OF the total population Of continental
United States-that is. excluding Alas
ka. Porto Rico, and other outlying pos
sessions-in 1910. the native white ele
lment. numbering ss.3ssl04. constitutes
IA per cent while the foreign-born
white element numbering 13.343.5s3
constituted 145 per cent The native
white proportion in 1910 was almos,
the same as ii 1900. but slightly larger
than in 1880 or 1850. The toreign-born
white popualtion constituted ls1 per
leent Of the total 10 1850. rose to 14.5
per cent In 1880. fen 10 1s.4 per cent in
1900. and vas again 14.5 per cent cent
In 1910 These fluctuations were due
TO the very large immigration from
1880 to 1880 and again from 1900 10
iisi0
OF the entire white population in
1910 namely. sI,732,ss7. the foreign
born whites constituted 1863 per cent
as compared with 1873 per cent in 1900
lt6.6 per cent in 1880. and ISL per cent
in 1880
For the last three federal censuses
the native white population has been
further subdivided with respect to par.
entage Those classed as having ma
tive parents are persons with both par
ents native: those having one or both
parents foreign born are classed as Of
foreign parentage. Table No. / shows
that in 1910 the native white popula-
tion having both parents native num-
bered 49.4sS.44l, while those having
one or both parents foreign born mum
bered ls,sOO.s .s63. or 53.S and POS per
cent. respectively, Of the total popu-
latiOn Of the country at that census.
These proportions are practically the
same as those shown by the census Of
1900. but as compared with 1890, there
has been slight decrease-from SAT
ito 53.o per cent-in the proportion of
native white persons Of native parent
age. and a considerable increase-from
1873 10 2O.6 per eent-in the proportion
Of native white persons Of foreign par
entage The latter class constituted
276 per cent of the total native white
population in both 1910 and in 1900, as
compared with 25 per cent in 1890.
Decennial Increase In The Main
Elements.
Table No shows the decennial in
crease in each OF the main elements of
the population of continental United
States since 1880. In figuring the in
crease from 1880 to 1890 the population
1926, ,464 specially enumerated in In
dian Territory and on Indian reserva-
tions in 1880 is excluded, as the cor
responding population for 1880 was not
enumerated. It should be borne in
mind that. except for the negro popu-
iation, which is not appreciably affect
ed by immigration, none Of these per
centages of increase represent natural
increase from excess of births over
deaths Thus the native white per-
] sons Of native parentage for 1910 in
clude not merely the children born
since 1900 as the offspring of the class
OF native white of native parents, but
also as the offspring of the class of
the native white persons of foreign
parentage
The Natural Rate of Increase.
Since 1900 the white population as a
whole, as shown by preliminary state
ment issued recently by the census
bureau. has increased 22.3 per cent. as
compared with an increase in the negro
population of l1.3 per cent, the excess
in the percentage of increase for the
whites being due in part as then ex-
planned, to the large immigration of
foreign-born whites during the decade.
1t was also estimated in the same state
ment that the increase in the white
popurtion, apart from immigration,
would have been not quite Is per cent,
representing approximately though not
precisely, the natural rate Of increase.
Il was further stated that the appar-
emily very marked falling Oft in the per-
centage OF increase Of the negro popu-
lation during the decade l9OO-1910. as
compared with the preceding decade is
possibly due to an under-count of the
negroes in 1890.
It is not possible TO determine the ex-
tent to which the increase in each ele-
ment OF the white population is due to
natural increase from excess Of births
over deaths but i'm iudging the signifi.