The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-28

, $40 per cent. of the population, OF sue
males GIL per cent. are native white
of native parentage, III per cent. na
tive whites of foreign or mixed parent
age, 300 per cent. foreign.born whites
and 90 per cent, negroes. OF the 23,75'
foreign born white males of voting age
l0,Sll, or 49, per cent, are naturalized
Males of militia age is TO ~, number
1865.
Age.
OF the total population, 90 per cent
are under years OF age, is per cent
from . TO Ii years, inclusive, 1863 pea
cent. from Is 10 "a, 2s.4 per cent. from
% TO "A, and ~ per cent. are IS years
OF age and over. The ioreign.born white
population comprises comparatively few
children, only rs per cent. OF this class
being under Is years of age. while more
than three fourths 400 per cent? are
25 years OF age ana over, OF the native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage
less than half t4d.s per cent? are %
and over, and of the native whites OF
native parentage more than half (53.0.
As compared with the rural. the urban
population shows a larger proportion OF
persons in the prime of life, 300 per cent.
of the urban population being from 25
to A years of age, and 26.6 per cent. of
the rural.
School Attendance.
The census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely ms to whether the
person enumerated had attended any
kind of school at any time from Sep.
TENDER |, 1909 to the date of enumera.
ton, April Is, 1910. The total number
of persons of school age--that is from
g to 20 years, inclusive-is 94,70l, of
whom 66,S45, or 70.G per cent. attended
school In addition TO these. l,76S per-
sons under 8, and 9lS of 81 and over
attended school. For boys from 6 TO 20
years. inclusive. the percentage attend
ing school was 69,2, for girls u, For
children from to IA years, inclusive,
the percentage attending school was 92.0.
The percentage for children of this age
among native whites of native parent
age was 93.l; among native whites of
foreign or mixed parentage, 033; among
foreign-bor whites. s9.3; among negroes,
S76. There is little difference between
urban and rural communities as regards
the percentage of school attendance, the
being slightly higher in the
urban for those from to IL, and in the
rural for those from Is to 20 years.
Illiteracy.
The census bureau Classics as illit-
crate any person 10 years of age or over
who is unable to write, regardless of
ability to read There are l0,S06 illit-
crates in the state, representing 81 per
cent. of the total population 10 years
Of age and over as compared with 5.s
per cent in 1900. The percentage of
is 1871 among foreign bern
whites, As among negroes, and 10 among
native whites.
For all classes combined, the percent |
age of illiterates is slightly higher in |
urban than in rural population-39 and |
3G-but for each class separately the /
percentages are higher in the rural
For persons from 10 to 20 years, in |
,lusive. whose literacy depends largely |
upon present school facilities and school |
attendance the percentage of illiteracy |
S very slight (l01.
Marital Condition.
In the population Is years Of age and
,ver, 34.3 per cent. Of the males are
Jingle and 2G.4 per cent. of the females.
The percentage married is $50 for males
md 69.6 for females and the percentage
widowed SO and 1872, respectively. The
percentages divorced. 90 and 0.s, respec-
lively, are believed to be too small be-
anse of the probability that many di-
orced persons class themselves as single
r widowed.
That the percentage single is so much
mailer for women than for men is due
argely to the fact that they marry
Thus, % per cent. Of the fe-
1ales from Is to 10 years of age are
married, as compared with 0.S per cent.
{ the males; 40 per cent of the fe-
lales from 20 to "a years are married,
5 compared with 22.l per cent. of the
lales. In the next age group, "a to "a
ears, the difference is not so great, 1873
or females and 62.7 per cent. for moles,
lille in the age group 35 to A the
ifference practically disappears. That
here is larger proportion of widows
nan Of widowers may indicate that men
lore often remarry than women. but |
nee husbands are generally older than
leir wives. the marriage relationship is
fact more often broken by death of
he husband than by death of the wife.
For each of the main elements of the
opulation the percentage married of
rose over Is years of age is as SOL
Tvs: Foreign-born whites, 63.6 for :
ales. Gs.6 for females; native whites
native parentage. 5s.s and 500, respee-
vely; native whites of foreign or mixed
,rentage 535 and 57.3, respectively;
agroes, 23.5 for males and G2.2 for
males.
These percentages by no means indi
te the relative tendency of the several :
asses as regards marriage. To deter I
inc thot, the comparison should be =
ade by age periods, since the proper .
on married in any class is determined ,,
rgely by the proportion who have
ached the marrying age. Similarly, the
oportion widowed depends largely on
e proportion past middle life. The
rcentage married, for males is slightly o
CHER. and for females decidedly higher, s
rural than in urban communities. Q
Dwellings and Families. r
The total number of dwellings in Yer
ont is ~ AGO. and the total number of c
miles s5,l7s, indicating that in com c
ratively few cases does more than one Il
mily occupy a dwelling. The average a
mber of persons per dwelling is 40, n
d the average number per family AZ. a
moors Consider Us Dirty. ,