The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-29

cent from 25 to A, and 27 per cent
are As years of age and over The
foreign-born white population compris
es comparatively few children, only
rs per cent of this class being under
Is years of age, while more than
three-fourths (76.9 per cent? are 20
years of age and over. OF the native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
less than half (46.S per cent? are 20
and over, and the native whites OF
native parentage more than half
(53.O.
AS compared with the rural the ur-
ban population shows a larger pro-
portion of persons in the prime of
life, 30.6 per cent. of the urban popu-
lation being from 25 to A years of
age, and 26.6 per cent. Of the rural.
The census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely as to whether
the persons enumerated had attended
any kind of school at any time from
September 1, 1909, to the date of
enumeration, April Is. 1910. The to-
tai number of persons of school age,
that is from six to 20 years, inclusive,
is 94,701, of whom 66,S45, or 70.6 per
cent. attended school. In addition
to these. 2,76S persons under six, and
91S of 81 and over attending school.
For boys from six TO 20 years, inclus-
i've, the percentage attending school
was 69.2. for girls ~. For children
from six to Ia years, inclusive, the
percentage attending school was 92.9.
The percentage for children of this
age among native whites of native
parentage, was 93.1; among native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage.
$685. among foreign-born whites.
1913; among negroes, S76. There is
| little difference between urban and
rural communities as regards the per-
centage of school attendance, the per-
centage being slightly higher in the
| urban for those from six to IA, and in
the rural for those from Is to 20
years.
llliterates Number 1o,8o6
The census bureau Classics as IL
literate any person 10 years of age or
over who is unable to write regard
less OF ability to read. There are TO-
SOC illiterates in the State, represent
ing 81 per cent. of the total popula-
ton 10 years of age and over, as COM
pared with SIS per cent. in 1900. The
percentage of illiteracy is 1871 among
foreign-born whites. as among ne
groes, and 1.9 among native whites.
For all classes combined the per-
| centage OF illiterates is slightly high
er in urban than in rural population,
3,9 and SO, but for each class separ-
For persons from 10 to 20 years, in
elusive, whose literacy depends large
ly upon present school facilities and
and school attendance, the percentage
of illiteracy is very slight Q.0)
In the population Is years of age
and over, 34.3 per cent of the males
are single and 26.4 per cent of the fe-
males. The percentage married is
5S.5 for males and 606 for females,
and the percentage widowed 60 and
l2.2, respectively. The percentages
| divorced, 0.9 and 0.S respectively, are
believed to be too small, because of
the probability that many divorced
persons class themselves as single OF
widowed.
That the percentage single is SC
much smaller for women than for
men is due largely to the fact that
they marry younger Thus, 80 per
| cent OF the females from Is to 10
years of age are married. as compar.
ed with 0.S per cent of the males; az
per cent of the females from 20 to "A
years are married, as compared with
221 per cent of the males. In the
next age group. % to "a years. the
difference is not so great, 1853 for
females and 62.7 for males, while i'm
the age group 35 to "A the difference
practically disappears.
That there is larger proportion of
widows than of widowers may indi-
cate that men more often remarry
than women. but since husbands are
generally older than their wives, the
marriage relationship is in fact more
often broken by death of the husband
than by death of the wife.
More Foreian-born Married
For each OF the main elements of
the population the percentage mar
ried Of those over Is years of age is
as follows: Foreign-born whites, $50
for males. $50 for females: native
whites Of native parentage, SIS and
5s.6. respectively; native whites of
foreign or mixed parentage 5S.5 and
51.3, respectively; negroes, 23.5 for
males and 62.2 for females.
These percentages by no means in
dictate the relative tendency of the
several classes are regards marriage.
To determine that. the comparison
should be made by age periods, since
the proportion married in any class is
determined largely by the proportion
who have reached the marrying age
Similarly, the proportion widowed de-
ponds largely on the proportion past
middle life. The percentage married.
for males is slightly higher. and for
females decidedly higher. in rural
than in urban communities.
The total number OF dwellings in
Vermont is 1886 and the total num-
Der Of families S5,17S indicating that
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