The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-20
COMPOSITION OF
STATE POPULATION
POPULATION OF FLORIDA AND
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CIT
liens OF THE STATE.
DIRECTOR DURAND'S REPORT
Advance Bulletin as Reported by the
Thirteenth Decennnial
Census

Tallahassee, Fla. - The compost,
ton and characteristics of the popula-
ton of Florida, as reported at the
Thirteenth Decennial Census are Civ.
en- in an advance bulletin soon to be
issued by Director Durand of the Blu
reau of the Census, Department of
Commerce and Labor 1t was prepar
ed under the supervision of VIM. c.
Hunt, chef statistican for population
Statistics of color, nativity, parent
age, sex, citizenship, illiteracy, school
attendance, and dwellings and fami.
lies are presented. They are grouped
as follows: For the state and coun-
ties; for the the two cities of $4,000
or more; for cities of 10000 to $4,000;
for places of $500 to 10000 and for
wards of cities Of $4,000 of more. A
previous population bulletin for Flori-
da gave the number of inhabitants by
counties and minor civil divisions,
decennial increase and density of
population, and the proportion census
except occupations and ownership of
homes.
The white population is divided in.
to four groups (1) Native, native
parentage--that Is, having both pa
rents born in the United States; CD
native, foreign parentage7-having
both parents born abroad; (S) native,
mixed parentage-having one parent
native and the other foreign born;
(4) foreign born.
OF the total population of Florida,
443 ,634, or $50 per cent, are whites,
and 3OS,669, or Al per cent, negroes.
fhe corresponding percentages in
1900 We're 56.3 and 43.7 respectively.
In 20 of the AZ counties negroes con
stitute from rs to so per cent. of the
population and in 10 the population
is more than one-half negro.
Native whites of native parentage
constitute almost one-half (49,7 per
cent? of the total population of the
State and S4.3 per cent of the white
population. Native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage constitute only
AS per cent. of the total population,
and foreign born whites As per cent.
Of the urban population, 81 per
cent are native whites of native
parentage; of the rural, 54.S per cent.
The corresponding proportions for
native whites of foreign Or mixed
parentage are Ill and 81 per cent,
respectively. The percentage of for
population and IL in the rural; the
percentage of negroes is 40.4 in the
urban and 412 in the rural.
In the total population of the state
there are 394166 males and 35S, 453
females, or 10 males to 100 females.
In 1900 the ratio was 1857 to 100.
Among the whites there are 1902
males to 100 females; among the ne
groes, 1895. For all native whites
combined the ratio is 107 to 100, as
compared with 1915 to 100 for the
| foreign-born whites. In the urban
population there are 1928 males to
| 100 females, and in the rural, 113.1.
OF the native population-that is,
population born in the United States
-65 percent. were born in Florida
and 80 per cent outside the State; of
the native white population, '35.5 per
cent. were born outside the State;
and of the native born negro, 34.3 per
cent. Persons born outside the State
constitute a much larger proportion
of the native population in urban than
in rural communities.
Of the foreign-born white popula-
| ton of Florida, persons born in Cuba
represent 1858 per cent; Italy, 1874;
Spain, 1874; England, Sc; Germany,
7.2; West Indies Except Cuba and
Porto Rico), Sc; Canada, 5; Ireland,
80; Turkey, 81; Greece, 2.6; Sweden,
20; all other countries, 10.5. Of the
total white stock of foreign origin,
which includes persons born abroad
and also natives having one or both
parents born abroad, Cuba contribu-
ted 22.5 per cent; Germany, 1917; It
ally, 1916; England, 10.6; Spain, 10;
West Indies Except Cuba and Porto
Rico), 7; Ireland, So; Canada, 81;
Scotland, "a; Sweden, %.
The total number of males q years
of age and over is 214,195, represent
ing 2S.5 per cent. of the population.
OF such males IS per cent are white
and 4l.9 per cent. negroes. Native
whites represent 49.9 per cent of the
total number, and foreign-born whites
81 per cent. OF the 17,445 foreign
born white males of voting age, 1853
or 94.2 per cent. are naturalized.
Males of militia age, Is to "A, number
171,6SS.