The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
STATISTICS GIVEN
ON POPULATION
Interesting and Valuable lnfor-
nation Concerning People
of Arkansas.
NEGROES ON THE INCREASE
iIliteracy Is on the DECREASE as Shown
by Comparison of Formor
Census Reports.

Western Newspaper rtoion News Service.
Washington, u. C.-The composition
and characteristics Of the population
of Arkansas as reported in the Thlr-
tSenth decennial census are given III
an advanced bulletin soon TO be issued
by Director Durand OF the bureau OF
the Census, department of commerce
and labor. II was prepared under the
supervision of William c. Hunt, chief
statistican for population statistics.
They are grouped as follows
For the state and counties, for cities
of 5000 or more, for cities of 10000
to $4,000 and for places OF $500 TO To-
600.
A previous population bulletin for
Arkansas gave the number Of inhabi-
tants by counties and minor civil di-
visions, decennial increase and density
CT population and the proportion urban
and rural That and the Forthcoming
bulletin cover all the principal topics
of the population census, except occu
pations and ownership of homes.
Negro Percentage Increases.
OF the total population OF Arkansas
1,131.026, or lis per cent, are white
and 1921, or 28.2 per cent are ne
groes. Corresponding percentages in
1900 were: Whites -, negroes IS. In
26 of the IS counties, legs than five
per cent of the population is negro
in IA more than half. In Chieot eoun
~ the population is S0.4 per cent ne
gro. In Desha county 794; in Phil
lips, 1876, and in Lee 7S.4.
The white population is divided in
to four groups:
ID Native native parentagt
that is having both parents natives
OF the United States.
CD Native-Foreign parentage. hav
Ing both parents born abroad.
go. Native-Mixed parentage. hay
ing one parent native and the other
foyeign born.
(4A Foreign born.
Native white or native parentage
constitute 6S.4 per cent of the tota
population of the state. and 1913 pei
cent of the white population. Native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage
constitute only 23 per cent of total
population and foreign born white IL
per cent.
Urban and Rural Population.
OF the urban population chat is
population of interpretations of 2,50t
Inhabitants or more) 81 per cent are
native whites of native parentage, o.
the rural population 60 per cent. The
corresponding proportions for native
whites of foreign or mixed parentagt
are o. and II per cent respectively
The observation-disclosures white Is
3 in the urban and 0.S in the rural
the percentage of negroes is 3D. il
the urban and 2S in the rural.
Males and Females.
IN the total population of the state
there are Sl0,026 males and 764,42S
females, or 106 males to 100 females
In 1900 the ratio was lOG1 to 100
Among the whites there are 107.l
- males TO 100 females, among the ne
groes 1917. For all native whites
combined, the ratio is l07 to loo, a
compared with 1853 for the foreign
born whites.
In the urban population there ar
1904 and in the rural 1868 males &c
100 females, the urban being very
nearly evenly divided b. seE, while
In the rural the males outnamber the
females.
State Of Birth.
OF The native population that is
population born in the United States
-67.s per cent were born in Arkansas
and a. per cent outside tie state;
OF tire native white population, BIS
per cent were born outside the state,
and of the native negro, 33l per cent
Persons born outside the state constt
tute much larger proportion of the
native population in urban than in
rural communities
Foreign Nationalities.
or the foreign-born white popula
ton. persons born in Germany repre-
sent 34.4 per cent Italy 10: England
Q. Australia, -; ireland. CA; Canada
e3. Switzerland, as; Russia, As; Scot
land. 30. France 2,3; Sweden, 2.3; all
other countries, 1912. OF the total
white stock OF foreign origin, which
includes persons born abroad and also
natives. having one or both parents
born abroad. Germany contributed
38.5 per cent; England, 10.7; Ireland
1914; Canada. 81; Italy. 5; Australia
as: Switzerland. 81; Scotland, 30;
France &c; Russia, &c