The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-23

census are given in an advance bull l letin soon to be issued by Director Durand of the Bureau Of the Census. Department of Commerce and Labor. It was prepared under the supervision of Vim. c. Hunt, chief statistician for population. Statistics of color. na- tivity parentage, sex, citizenship, it. 1iteracy, school attendance, and dwell ings and families are presented. They are grouped as follows: for the state and counties: for towns of 25OOO or more: for towns of 10000 to 25, ,o00: for towns of 2,609 to 10000; and for wards Of cities Of 50,000 or more A previous population bulletin for Connecticut gave the number of inhabitants by counties and minor civil divisions de- cennIa1 increase and density of popu- latlon, and the proportions urban and rural That and the forthcoming bull ielln cover all the principal topics of the population census except occupa- t1ons and ownership of homes
 COLOR AND NATIVITY The white popula ton is divided into four groups: CD Native. native parent age-that is, having both parents born Tn the United States; CD native, for seign parentage-haying both parents porn abroad; (3) native, mixed parent age-having one parents native and born
 Of the total population Of Connec-
 
 whites of native parentage: 374,4e9 or 336 per cent, are native whites of for eign or mixed parentage; 32S.75e or 29.5 per cent are foreign born whites; and 15,174 or IA per cent are negroes The were Il. s1.1. 2s.1, and IT per cent: mt: whites of native parentage having de- creased during the decade In each county of the state the foreign born whites constitute considerable pro- 0A <xR the population ,and in each the per- centage of native whites Of foreign or eign born whites.
 Of the urban population. 33.1 per cent are native whites of native par entage; of the rural 58.4 per cent. The whites of foreign or mixed parentage are 34.9 and 22-3 per cent, respective ly The percentage of foreign born whites is 306 in the urban population and 2o.1 in the rural
 SEX
 In the total population Of the state there are 563.642 males and 551, IA fe- males. or 1928 les to 100 females. Iy divided between the sexes, loo to 100 Among the native whites the ra- tio is e6,8 and among foreign born whites, 116.7. to 1oO. In the urban pop ulation there are 101.7 males, and in the rural, 107.8 to 100 females
 STATE OF BIRTH
 Of the native popuIa tion-that ie. population born in the United States 77.3 per cent were born in Connecticut and 22.7 per cent outside the state; of the native white population 22.1 per cent were born outside the state, and sons born outside the state consti- tuteF approxima telys the same propor- i, ton of the native populatio in urban as in rural communities.
 FOREIGN NATIONALITIES
 Of the foreign-born white population. persons born in Ireland represent IFS per cent; Italy 17.3; Russia 16.5: Ger many 9-5; Canada 8.1; Austria 72; England 6.S; Sweden 5.5; Hungary AZ; Scotland 2.1; all other countries 2.9 Of 1 the total white stock Of foreign origin | which includes persons born abroad and also natives having one Or both i parents born abroad. Ireland contri- buted 25-9 per cent; Italy 12.S; Rus n England 7.s; z Austria i 5.i; naa sWaden zss: s Hungary 3.1; Scotland 2.1;s France or; l enmark or.
 VOTING AND MILITIA AGE
 The total number Of males 21 years of age and over is 347,692, representingA s1.2 per cent of the population Of 1 such males 34.4 per cent are nativet whites of native parentage, 20 per cent sntage Al per cent foreign born whites, and 14 per cent negroes. Of | he 153.16s foreign-born white males Ire naturaiized. Males of militia age 8 to 4Hnumber 257.a66.
 AGE
 Of the total population, 1o1 per cent Ire under years. of age. 176 per cent ,ent from IS to 24, BIT per cent from 5 to A, and 21.6 per cent 45 years # age and over. The foreign born white population comprises compare lively few children, only 5.9 per cent if this c1ass being under 15 years of ge, while 75 per cent are 25 years of -cf | oreign or mixed parentage. 32.3 per ent are 25 and over. and of the na- i've whites of native percentage, 55.2 ger cent. Of the urban population AT per cent re, under 25 years of age, 32.2s per ent from 25 to A, and POT per cent entages for the rural are 42.2. 27.4 and : 0 respectively. thus showing that the roportion under 45 is smaller in the ura1 population. while the propor- ion of older people is larger. |;
 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE The census inquiry as to school at endanee was merely as to whether he person ennpeTated abaa1 had t;te a1tended ween Sept. 1, 1909 and the date Of npmerat ton April 15. 1910. E The total number of persons of ncludsive-is 298.454. of whom 1e2, ,4e7 r 645 per cent, attended school. In ddition to these. 114a2f persons under , chool. For boys and for girls from 6 l { o 20 years, inclusive. the percentage ttending school was 64.5. For chil- ren from 6 to A years. inclusive, the ercenta ge attending school was 32.3. he percentage for children of this age { 7as the same (92.G) among native z 7hites of native percentage and native yhites of foreign or mixed parentage, I nd 1t was slightly lower for foreign I orn whites (S9.2) l There is little difference between ur- [ an and rural communities as regorde i chool attendance, although the per- f entage for childre-a from to IA is i lightly higher in the urban. and for l hose from Is to 20 slightly higher in t he rural
 ILEITERACY C The Census Bureau classiffes as H. l