Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-09-23
POPULATION OF DELAWARE


from to IA. but OF persons from 10
TO 20 years. inclusive, 24.6 per cent in
urban and 34.9 per cent in rural COM
munities were reported as attending
school.
The Census Bureau Classics as illit-
crate any person 10 years of age and
over who is unable to write, regard
less Of ability to read.
There are 1920 illterates in the
state, representing 81 per cent Of the
total population 10 years of age and
over. as compared with - per cent in
1900. The percentage OF illiteracy is
25.6 among negroes. 1913 among for
eign-born whites, and 20 among native
whites.
For all classes combined the per-
oentage illiterate is higher in the rural
than in urban population (9.6 and So,
respectively, but for foreign-born
whites is much higher in the urban.
For persons from 10 TO 20 years, in
elusive. whose literacy depends large
ly upon present school facilities and
school attendance. the percentage Of
illiteracy is only 20.
Marital Condition.
In tho population Is years of age
and over, $40 per cent of the males
are single and 2e.4 per cent OF the
females. The percentage married is
Sol for males and $50 for females I.
aud the percentage widowed 81 and
ia respectively. The percentages
divorced, OF and 0.8 respectively, are
believed to be too small, because Of
the probability that many divorced
persons class themselves as single or
widowed.
That the percentage single is so
much smaller for women than for men
is due largely TO the fact that they
marry younger. Thus 1915 per cent
of the females from is to 10 years of
age are married. as compared with .
per cent Of the males, and 4s.6 per
cent OF the females from 20 to "a years
are married. as compared with 1914 per
cent of the males. In the next age
group, 20 10 "a years, the difference
is not 80 great. 1873 for females as
against SO for males, while in the age
group 35 to "A the difference practical
ly disappears. That there is a larger
proportion OF widows than Of widowers
may indicate that men more often re-
marry than women, but since husbands
are generally older than their wives,
the marriage relationship Is. in fact,
more often broken by death OF the hus-
band than by death Of the wife.
For each OF the main elements OF
the population the percentage OF mar
ried persons over Is years Of age is
as follows: Foreign-born whites, 60.7
for males and 67.1 for females; native
whites OF native parentage, So and 500
respectively; native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage, 46.7 and 500, re-
spectively; negroes, 81 for males and
$40 for females.
These percentages by no mean in
dictate the relative tendency of the
several classes as regards marriage
To determine that, the comparison
should be made by age periods, since
the proportion married in any class is
determined largely by the proportion
who have reached the marrying age
Similarly, the proportion widowed de-
ponds largely on the proportion past
middle life. The percentage married
is slightly higher for males and de-
cidediy higher for females IN rura'
than IN urban communities.
The total number of dwellings II
Delaware is 43.1SS, and the total mum
Der OF families 44.951, indicating tina
IN very few cases does more than one
/ family occupy a dwelling. The aver
age number of persons per dwelling is
At. and the average number per family
Az.