Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-04
FACTS CONCERNING
 STATESPOPULATION
Composition and Characteristics of Peo- pie of Arizona Are Contained In
 Advance Census Bulletin.

Indians. per cent Chinese and Jap ancse. and per cent negroes. Of the 2s.oS2 foreign born white males of voting age. s,oi2. or 2 per cent, are naturallzcd Males of militia agc-l8 to I4-uumbcr 58,o6l
 Age.
 Of the total population. l2.l per cent are under years of age. l96 per cent from to l4 years, inclu sivc. iS7 per cent from IS to "A. B7 per cent from $ to 44, and l5.6 per cent are 4S wears of age and over The proportion of children is highest among native whites of foreign or mixed percentage. and next highest in the Indian popula- ton The foreign bou white popu la,ion comprises comparatively few children. only II per cent of this class being under Is years of age, while 70 per cent arc 25 years of age and over. Of the native whites of native parcntagc. less than one half (47J per ccnO are 5 and over. and of the native whites of foreign or mixed percentage only little more than one-third (3S.3 per cenO.
 The urban population shows a smaller proportion of children than the rural. and larger proportion of persons in the prime of life. or the urban population. H.l per cent are from 25 to 44 years of age. inclu- sivc. and of the rural population. 32.l per cent
 School Attendance. The census inquiry as to school attendance was merely as to whcth- CT the person enumerated had at tended any kind of school ai any time between September 1, lyO9. and the date of enumeration. April Is. 1910
 The total number oi persons of school age-that is. from q to O years. inclusive-is 56.S79. of whom J0.3ss. or 534 per cent. attended school In addition to these. 49O persons under G and s0i of 2l and over attended school. For boys from c to 20 years. inclusive. the percentage attending school was S2s. for girls s4.3 For children from G to IA years. inclusive, the percentage attending school was 672 The percentage for children of this age among native whites of native percentage was S0.4; among native whites of foreign or mixed percentage. 72l; among foreign born whites, 6l6: among Indians. 34 |. Of the small number of negro chl dren aged G to IA years, SIS per per cent were attending school
 The percentage at school for chil- dren aged c to l4 is higher in urban than in rural communities.
 Illiteracy.
 The Census Bureau classihes as it. literate any person 10 years of age or over who is unable to write, re- gardless of ability to read.
 There are 32.9s3 illiterates in the state, representing D.9 per cent of the total population 10 years of age and over, as compared with p per cent in 1900, The percentage of illiteracy is 729 in the Indian popu- laiion. SIS, among foreign-born whites, 7,2 among negroes. and 42 among native whites.
 For all classes combined the per centage illiterate is % in the urban population, and 26i in the rural For each element of the population the percentage illiterate is higher in rural than in urban communities.
 For persons from 10 to 20 years, inclusive, whose lteracy depends largely upon present school facili- ties and school attendance, the per centage illiterate is l8.
 Marital Condition.
 In the population IS years of age and over, 458 per cent of the males are single and 22,2 per cent of the females. The percentage married is " for males and 6s7 for females, and the percentage widowed 44 and lOS. respectively. The percentages of those reported as divorced. 0.8 and ]. respectively, arc believed to be too small, because of the proba- bility that many divorced persons class themselves as single or wid- owed
 That the percentage single is SO