The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
Voting and Militia Ages.

Of age and over is 395, 1874, represent
ing 25.1 per cent of the population. OF
such males, 71.S per cent are white
and 2S.1 per cent negroes. Native
whites represent 69.4 per cent of the
total number, and foreign-born white,
% per cent OF the 9,718 foreign-born
white males o. voting age, 5,2S4, or
54.4 per cent are naturalized
Ace.
OF the total population, 147 per cent
are under five years of age, 24.7 per
cent from five to fourteen years, in
elusive; 20.6 per cent from 10 to "a;
Psi per cent from % to A. and 14.7
per cent are A. years of age and over.
The foreign-born white population
comprises comparatively few children,
only per cent of this class being I'M
der Is years of age, while more than
five-siXths tS5.4 per cent are % years
of age and over The negro pOpula.
ton comprises somewhat smaller
proportion of children under five than
the native white population of native
parentage.
The urban population shows a small
er proportion of children than the rur-
al, and a larger proportion of per
sons in the prime of life. Migration
to the city explains this at least in
part OF the urban population, 33.2
per cent are from - to A years 81
age, inclusive. and of the rural popu-
lation, 23.9 per cent.
School Attendance.
The census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely as to whether
the person enumerated had attended
any kind of school al any time from
September l, 1903, to the date of
enumeration April Is, 1910.
The total number Of persons Of
school age-that is, from six to 20
years. inclusive-is 551 ,672, of whom
324.035, or 5S.7 per cent, attended
school. In addition to these, 1924 per
sons under six and 5,436 OF 81 and over
attended s.hool For boys from six
to 90 wears, inclusive, the percentage
attending school was ST. for girls,
SIS. For children from six to four
teen years. inclusive the percentage at
tending school was 70.1. The per
centage for children of this age was
highest in the small group of native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
SD, followed by native whites OF ma
tive parentage, III negroes, So. and
foreign-born whites, 55.S. In urbar
communities the percentage - cc2
dren of that age attending school was
SD, in rural communities. 6S.S.
lIIiteracy.
The census bureau classifies as Il.
literate any persons 10 years Of age
and over. who is unable to write, re-
CARELESS Of ability to read.
There are 142,954 illiterates in the
state, representing 12.6 per cent of the
total population 10 years of age and
over, as compared with 20.4 per cent
in 1900. The percentage of illiteracy
is 2Gi among negroes. SO among for
eign-born whites, and among native
whites II is IL for native whites Of
native parentage, and IS for native
whites of foreign or mixed percentage
Illterates are relatively few in ur.
ban than in rural communities, GA per
cent, as against 1876 This difference
between urban and rural appears in
each class of the population, although
in other sections OF the country the
percentage for foreign-born whites,
most of whom arrive in this country
when past the school age, is practi'
cally the same in urban as in rural
communities.
For persons from 10 to 20 years,
inclusive. whose literacy depends
largely upon present school facilities
and school attendance. the percentage
of illiteracy is IS.
Marital Condition.
In the population - years of age
and over. 34.3 per cent of the males
arg single and 23.7 per cent of the
females The percentage married is
58.9 for males and Ga for females, and
the percentage widowed 80 and 11.3,
respectively. The percentage diyorc.
ed, o. and 0.S respectively. are beliey-
ed TO be TO small. because of the prob
ability that many divorced persons
class themselves as single or widow
ed.
That the percentage single is so
much smaller for women than for men
is due largely to the fact that they
marry younger. Thus, oil per cent OF
The females, from l. TO - years Of age.
are married, as compared with per
cent of the males. and co. per cent
of the females from 20 to - years
are married, as compared with 35.9
per cent of the males. For those aged
- to "a the percentages are S3.3 and
1877. respectively. In the next age
group, - to A years, the difference
practically disappears. That there is
a larger proportion of widows than of
widowers may indicate that men more
often remarry than women, but. since
husbands are generally older than
their wives. the marriage relationship
is in fact more often broken by death