Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-09-23
Census Bureau Bulletin Shows
Composition and Character
iStiCS Of People
44,Q5l FAMILIES
ARE IN THE STATE


-composition and characteristics ol 'nS
population OF Delaware. as repol.eo az
ne Thirteenth Decennial Census are
given in an advance bulleun soon W
be issued by Director Durahu Oh 'nS
Bureau of the Census, Department Q,
Commerce and Labor. II Was prepaiSsu
-undor the supervision OF Wlillam -
Hunt, chief statistician for popuiaelon'
statistics of color. nativity, paIeh.ase'
Sex. citizenship, illiteracy school az
tendance. and dwellings ana tamiiles
are presented. They are grouped as
foilous for the state and countess
for rities of $4,000 or more, for cues
If Ia 400 to Is 900; for places OF z'oOO
~ 10000: and for wards Of clues Oh
so.Ooo or more. A previous popuia-
tion bulletin for Delaware gave 'ne
numher of inhabitants by counties anu
,ainor civil divisionse. decenial In,
tease and density OF population, anu
Inc nroportion urban and rural. lhas
ma the forthcoming bulletin cover an
nc nrincipal topics of the population
census except occupations ana o"hei-
ship Of homes. s...,aoa ,nto
The white population is divided INTO
forr nrouns. % Native, native par
scntaye-that is, having both parents
oatiye of the United states; (z) naelFe
foreirn arentage-having both par
onts horn abroad; go native, miAeu
,,a,rentaee--having one parent naive
ana the other foreign born; (4) ioreisn
born. ,,o,aware
OF the total population OF Delawaae
127. 500. or 63.2 per cent nIe o na'Ne W
.yhires of native parentage' 1o'o'o' ~
19e nor cent. are native WHITES VI
foreign or mixed parontage, = ',,- ..',
81 per cent, are toreigh-polh
,sh,tes. and 31.1S1. or 1b4 per cent
noeroeg. Tho corresponding pc.
eontages in 1900 we're $50, H. "a ana
4ss respecdYely. the comparison N
dicatina little change since l9OV III eho
.olor nativity. and parentage compose
49,, If the population. The proper
,ion white of foreign birth llSl per
cent? and Of foreign or mlAeu pss~ a.,
age (19.5 per cent? Is muon nieno enc
New Castle County than II - IA ne Nc
other two counties OF the s.a.e, . q
nercentages for Kent being 20 auu ~
for SUSSEX. 90 and IL respecsl's ..s,
OF the urban population 80 ~
cent are native whites OF haslNe 20 20
ontage: of the rural popnla,ion, -
ner cent. The corresponding ptopoa-
lions for native whites OF ioieisn ~
mixod parentage are 2l.z anu 81 ~
.ent respectively. the pelcen.,aeo
roreiyn-born white is 14.5 IN the utoeu
md S.2 in the rural; the perceln'aa,s s .
negro is IFS in the urban ana ~ IN 'ns
rural -, -, che state
In the total population OF tue o s' ss9
.hero are lOs. ABS males ana $500
snn,slos or 1o4.6 males to 100 famaies'
1ooo the ratio fas lo4 10 1vo'
WONG native whites the rauo Is iol'o ,
-. foreirn-born whites lo1e "
,eo IN the urban population tnere
are 1904 and in the rural 1850 mAlos
to 100 females.
state OF Birth.
OF the native population, that Ia
,,onrtafion horn IN the United STATES
IA nor cent. were born In Delaware
nT ~ ner cent. outside the state I,
,' ~ native white population, 200
per cent we're born outside 'ne 49,
and Of the native negro 1t.z uer Gem
Persons born outside the hua.e e'n,
stitute a much larger proporelon. -,
the native population IN urban '"""
In rural communities. -.
OF the foreign-born white popula,oioono
nersons horn in Ireland represent go
ner cent; Russia, 1877; italy. le.e'
rcvman las: England, So Austria
~. canada. 20; Scotland. 2; all otner
ronntries. 6.5. OF the total white STOCK
~ foreign origin. which includes per
cons horn abroad, also natives nav
,nr one or both parents born abroad
leland contributed 32.4 per cent; Ger
MANY 17.5. Russia, 1913. england
qoe Austria. SO; Canada, ~; Soou'
land. 81: italy, los.
;rhe total number of males II years
of ace and over Is 61.SS7 representing
qoe ner cent OF the population. Vi
such males. COS per cent are native
o,hifes of native parentage 1913 pei
cont native whites of foreign or mixed
narentaee. a4.2 per cent foreign7oorr
whites. and 14.6 per cent negroes. vi
the S776 foreign-born white males Of
voting age. 3.7O7, or 422 per cent, are
naturalized.
az total population. 80 per cent arr
under years of age, 10 per cent iron
to IA years, inclusive, 1s1 per cen
from is 70 "a. 29.4 per cent from 2
10 "A. and 224 per cent are 40 year
Of age and over. The foreign borI
white population comprises compare
lively few children, only per cent
ms class being under Is years OF age
while nearly four-ffths CTS per cent
IRE rs years Of age and over. OF tn
native whites OF foreign OF nike
narentage, only little over two-htth
f43 per cent are % and over, and
the native whites Of native parentae
approximately one-half (51 per cent?.
The urban population shows sms
;.r uroportiof1 OF children than III
rural and a larger proportion OF pc
sons IN the prime Of life. Migrate
IN the city explains this at least
mart OF the urban population, ~
ner cent are from % TO "A years
arr. inclusive. and Of the rural popul
t,on 26.5 per cent Nlne-tenths
nc states urban population is In q
city Of wilmington.
school Attendance.
The census inquiry as 70 scnooi
tendance was merely as 10 Wnether 7
=. person enumerated had attended a.
kind of school at any time from Sc
TENDER 1. 1909. 10 the date OF enumeI
ton, April IS, 1910.
The total number Of persons
school age-that is. from 8 20 20 yea
iaclusive-is 81 1882, Of whom S6,3O4,
500 per cent, attended school. In a
dition to these, 467 persons under
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