The Van Buren press., 1912-08-24
STATISTICS GIVEN
ON POPULATION
Interesting and Valuable lnfOr-
nation Concerning People
of Arkansas.
NEGROES ON THE INCREASE
uIjteracy Is on the Decrease as Shown
by Comparison Of Former
Census Reports.
. ,,ou-,o,,or r-pioD New, s,rv,c.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, d. C.-The composition
and characteristics Of the population
of Arkansas as reported in the ThIr-
teeuth decennial census are given in
an advanced bulletin soon to be issued
nv director Durand of the bureau of
the Census, department Of commerce
and labor. 1t was prepared under the
supervision of William G. Hunt, chief
statistican for population statistics
They are grouped as follows:
For the state and counties, for cities
Of 25.00O or more, for cities Of 10000
20 $4,000 and for places Of $500 to TO-
tsO.
previous population bulletin for
Arkansas gave the number Of inhabi-
tants by counties and minor civil di-
visions. decennial 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.
patons and ownership Of homes.
Negro Percentage Increases.
OF the total population Of Arkansas,
ll2.02G, or Ills per cent are white,
and 4s2.29l, or 2S.2 per cent are ne
groos Corresponding percentages in
1900 were. Whites -, negroes 2S IN
2G Of the IS counties, less than five
per cent Of the population is negro,
in IA more ,han halG In Chicot coun-
v The population is S0.4 per cent ne.
gro In Dcsha county 794; in Phil
lips, 1876, and in Lee 5SA.
The white population is divided I'M.
to four groups;
uD Native - native paren.aGe
that is having both parents natives
Of the United States
lD Natiye-Forcign parentage, hay.
mg both parents born abroad.
Co.. Natiye-NiNod parcntaae hor
ing one parent native and the other
ioreigu born.
GJ Foreign born.
Native white or native parentage
constitute CNI per cent Of the total
population Of the state, and Sj.3 per
cen. Of the white population Native
whites of foreign or mixed paron,age
constitute only 23 per cent Of total
population and foreign born white If
per cent
Urban and Rural Population.
OF the urban population Dthat is,
population Of interpretations Of $500
Inhabitants or morol 81 per cent or.
native whites Of native paronJaac. O,
tho rural population CO.'S per cent The
corresponding proportions for native
whites of foreign or mixed parcntaaa
are o1 and a. per cent respectively
The perceutageioreigu.bom white Is
8 iu the urban and OS 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 SIo,O2G males and 1GLi2N
females, or lOG males to 100 females,
In 1900 the ratio was 1861 to 100,
Among the whites there are IOrI
males TO 100 females, among the NO.
grocs l0lG For all native whites
combined, the ratio is lO7 TO 100, as
compared with 1858 for the iorol@n.
born whites,
In the urban population there are
1904 and In the rural lO6N males 10
100 females, the urban being very
nearly evenly divided by SEX Whli'
IN the rural the males oulnrmber the
females,
state Of Birth,
or the native popuIation-thhl 49,
population born In the United states
-aG0N per cent were born In Arkansas
md 92.2 per cent outside The state,
Of the native white population, ahN
per cent were born outside the state,
AMI of the native negro, 33l per CEN,
Persons born outside the state consul
t0'o % much larger proportion OF the
native population In urban than II
fural communities.
Foreign NatlonalItles'
Or the forclgn.born white popo'A
tHn persons born IN Germany r''ro.
rnt 2ll per cent italy lOi England
3 Australia, IS, ireland, Ca Canada
G., switzerland, As, Russia, i5' scot
lD"d 2G, France, 23; sweden, 2"' oIl
o.bor countries, lO9. or the lolaI
NhI,c stock OF foreign origin which
Includes persons born ahrood ana oI''
natives, having one or both pofrhlH
bDTn abroad Germany contributed
S'i per cent. England, 1917 Ireland
lolj Canada, 5.7i italy, 81 Aostra'.a'
i' switzerland, 81; Scotland 5'si
France 20, Russia, 2,6