The Van Buren press., 1912-08-24
Voting and Militia Ages.

Voting and Militia Ages.
The total number Of males p years
Of age and over is 395,S2l represent.
ing loI per cent Of the population. OF
such males us per cent are white
ana Isl per cent negroes. Native !
whites represent 6g.4 per cent of the
total number and foreign-born white. |
% per cent OF the 9,Tl8 foreign.born
white males Of voting age, 5,2S4, OF
544 per cent are naturalized.
Age.
or the total population, 14.7 per cent
are under five years Of age, PAT per
cent from five to fourteen years, in.
elusive; 20-G per cent from Is to "a:
2'I per cent from % to A, and l4.7
per cent are 45 years of age and over
The fOreign-born white population
comprises comparatively few children.
only per cent Of this class being un
der 10 years Of age, while more than
fiye.siyths 1854 per cent? are % years
of age and over. The negro popula,
tion comprises a 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, 1872
per cent are from 25 to A years Of
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 at any time from
September T. 1909 to the date Of
enumeration. April IS, 1910.
The total number Of persons Of
school ge-that is, from six to 20
years, inclusiye-is 55L672 of whom
22Io35, or 5S7 per cent attended
school In addition to these, 1924 per.
sons under six and 5,336 of 2l and over
attended school For boys from six
to 90 years, inclusive, the percentage
attending school was 5S.7 for girls,
5SS. For children from six TO four.
teen years. inclusive the percentage at.
tending school was 7OI The per.
cDtaoe for children Of this age was
highest in the small group Of native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
SI2, followed by native whites Of ma.
tive parcntagc 747 negroes, $50, and
rorcignborn whites, 55.S. In urban
communities the percentage Of chi.
drcu Of that age attending school was
SOB; i'm rural communities, GS.S.
lliteracy
The census bureau classfies as H.
litcIate any persons 10 years Of age
and over, who is unable to write, re-
gardIass Of ability to read.
There are li2,954 illiterates in the
state, representing 1876 per cent Of the
total population 10 years Of age and
over as compared with 201 per cent
I'm 1900 The percentage Of illiteracy
is 2GA among negroes, 80 among for
elgn.horn whites, and 7 amo0g native
whites. It is IL for native whites Of
native parentago, and 2S for native
whites of foreign or mixed parontage
Iuiteratcs are relatively few in ur
ban than IN rural commu.Ities, GA per
cent as against 1885, This difference
between urban and rural appears In
each class of The population, although
In other sections Of the country the
percentage for forcign-bon whites
most Of whom arrive in this country
when past the school age, is pracii
cally the same I'm urban as in rural
communities,
For persons from 10 to 20 years
inclusive. whose lteracy depends
largely upon present school facilities
and school attendance the percentage
of lItcracy is rs.
Marital Condition.
IN the population 10 years Of age
and over 3L3 per cent Of the males
are single and 237 per cent Of the
females, The percentage married is
$50 for males and Ga for females, and
,h, percentage widowed 90 and ll,3
respectively, The percentage diVorc
ed, O.5 and O.S respectively, are Oeliey'
cd 10 be TO small, because Of the prob
ability that many divorced persons
class themselves as single or widow
ed
That the percentage single Is 10
much smaller for women than for men
is due largely TO the fact that they |
marry younger Thus, 2ll per cent OF !
the females, from 3 to 10 years Of age, |
are married, az compared with per |
cent Of tho malcH and Gj.2 pee cent |
of the females from 20 W q years |
are married. M compared with "o.9 |
rcr cent Of tho males For those aged |
Oh TO "a the percentages are N"3 ana |
73.7 respectively In the next age /.
group. 80 to a years, the difference .
practically disappears That there is
a larger proportion Of widows than OF
wldowcrg may indicate that men moro |
often romarry than women, but since |
husbands are generally Older than |
rholr wIyca rbc morr.ogo relationship |
IN In Cacl moro often broken by death |
o' tho husband than by death Of the
WIFE
Dwellings and Families,
Tho total number Of dwellings IN |
Arkansas Is a2IG2j, 0nd the total mum |
ror of families 3g3.3CS, indicating thNl