The Forrest City times., 1912-08-23
STATISTICS GIVEN
 ON POPULATION Interesting and Valuable lnfor- nation Concerning People
 of Arkansas.
NEGROES ON THE INCREASE
iIIiteraey Is on the Decrease as Shown by Comparison of Former
 Census Reports.
Western Nergpaper Union New, Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington, D. C.-The composition and characteristics of the population of Arkansas as reported in the Thir- teenth decennial census are given in an advanced bulletin 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 William C. Hunt, chief statistican for population statistics.
 They are grouped as follows:
 For the state and counties, for cities of 25,000 or more, for cities of 10000 to 25,000 and for places of 2,500 to 10, 000
 A previous population bulletin for Arkansas gave the number of inhabi- tants by counties and minor civil di- visions, decennal increase and density of 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 71.S per cent, are white, ,and AZ, 2,29l, or 28.2 per cent are ne- groes. Corresponding percentages in 1900 were Whites 72, negroes 2S In 26 of the 75 counties, less than five per cent of the population is negro, in 14 more than half In Chicot coun- ty the population is S0.4 per cent ne gro. In Desha county, 79.4; in Phil. lips, 7S.6, and in Lee 7S4
 The white population is divided in to four groups:
 CD Native native parentage that is having both parents natives of the United States.
 CD Native-Foreign percentage, hay ing both parents born abroad
 (3). Native-Mixed parentage, hay ing one parent native and the other foreign born.
 (4.) Foreign born.
 Native white or native parentage constitute 6S.4 per cent of the total population of the state, and S5.3 per \ cent of the white population. Native whites of foreign or mixed parentage constitute only 2.3 per cent of total population and foreign born white II per cent.
 Urban and Rural Population.
 Of the urban population (that is, population of interpretations of 2,500 inhabitants or more) 61 per cent are native whites of native parentage, of the rural population 69.5 per cent The corresponding proportions for native whites of foreign or mixed parentage are G. and IT per cent respectively.
 The percentageforeign n-born white is in the urban and 0.S in the rural, the percentage of negroes is 29.2 in the urban and 2S in the rural.
 Males and Females.
 In the total population of the state there are SI0,026 males and 764 ,428 females, or 106 males to 100 females. In 1900 the ratio was 1061 to 100. Among the whites there are 107.7 males to 106 females. among the ne- groes 1017. For all native whites combined, the ratio is 107 to 100, as compared with 16S.3 for the foreign born whites.
 In the urban population there are 1904 and in the rural 1068 males to 100 females. the urban being very nearly evenly divided by sex, while in the rural the males outnumber the females.
 State of Birth.
 Of the native population-that is, population born in the United States -67S per cent were born in Arkansas and 32.2 per cent outside the state i; ct the native white population, 31.8 per cent were born outside the state, and cf the native negro, 33.1 per cent. Personc born outside the state consti. tute much larger proportion of the native population in urban than in rural communities.
 Foreign Natlonaities.
 Of the :oro,gn-borL white popula- tion, persons born in Germany repre- sent 34.4 per ccat; Italy 10; England, 9; Australia, 7.5; Ireland, 6,4; Canada, 6.3; Switzerland, AS: Russia, 4.5; Scot land. 2.6; France. 2.3; Sweden, 2.3; all other countries, 102. 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 3S.5 per cent: England. 10.7; Ireland, 104; Canada. 5.7; Italy. s; Austl slia, AS: Switzerland. 3.7: Scotland. 2.2: France 26: Russia 3.6