Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-27
FOREIGN Natlonallsles.-ot the for


eign-born white population. persons
born in Ireland represent lis per
cent; Italy. 17.2; Russia. is; Ger
many. s.5. Canada. 81; Austria. 70;
ENGLAND. SIS; Sweden. 5.5. Hungary,
A.. Scotland. p; all ether countries.
AZ or the total white stock Of for
eign origin. which includes persons
born abroad and also natives having
one or both parents born abroad. Ire
land contributed 25s per cent; Italy.
I2S: Russia. 1l.s; Germany. Ill;
Canada, So England 10; Austria,
"a: Sweden. 4s. Hungary. 81; Scot
land. 81; France. OF; Denmark. o..
Voting and Militia Ases.-The total
number of males u years Of age and
over is S47,es2, representing Sl2 per
cent of the population OF such males
S44 per cent. are native whites of ma
tive parentage 20 per cent. native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
AL per cent. foreign-born whites, and
IA per cent negroes. OF the ls3,l6S
foreign-born white males Of voting
age. so SOS. or Ss.6 per cent are natu-
rallied Males of militia age--1S TO
44-number 1885.
Aae.-Of the total population. 1o1
per cent are under years of age. lis
per cent from to IA years. inclusive;
1873 per cent. from Is TO "a. ST. per
cent, from "a TO "a, and 21.6 per cent.
As years of age and over. The foreign,
born white population comprises com
paratively few children. only So per
cent of this class being under Is
years of age. while rs per cent. are 70
years of age and over. OF the native
whites OF foreign or mixed psrentage,
1928 per cent. are IS and over, and
of the native whites of native parent
age. 55.2 per cent.
OF the urban population. A per
cent. are under 20 years age, S2.2 per
cent. from 25 TO A. and 207 per cent
As and ever The corresponding per-
centages for the rural are AR, 274
and 80. respectively, thus showing
that the proportion under As is small
er in the rural population. while the
proportion Of older people is larger.
School Attendance.-The total num-
Der of persons of school age-that is.
from to 20 years inclusive-is 1885,
454, of whom 2,497. or 64.5 per cent.
attended school In addition TO these,
1.492 persons under s and 1856 OF 81
and over attended school. For boys
and for girls from to 20 years, in
elusive. the percentage attending
school was 64.5 For children from 6
to II years, inclusive. the percentage
attending school was 92.3. The per-
eentage for children of this age was
the same (926l among native whites
| of native parentage and native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage, and it
was slightly lower for fereign.born
whites (S92l Ii is found that there
is little difference between urban and
rural communities as regards school
attendance, although the percentage
in school for children from to IA is
slightly higher in the urban and for
those from 10 to 20 slightly higher in
/ the rural
llliterscy.-The Census Bureau CLASH
| fes as illiterate any person 10 years
| of age or over who is unable TO write.
regardless of ability to read. There
are 1866 illiterates in the State, rep
resenting per cent, OF the total popu-
| lation 10 years of age and over, as
| compared with SO for 1900. The per
| centage of illiteracy is 1874 among
foreign-born whites. SO among ne
| groes, and 0.6 among native whites.
For classes combined, the percent
| age illiterate in urban communities t6)
| is somewhat higher than that in rural
| communities (5.2), although for each
| class separately the percentage is
| higher in the rural.
For persons from 10 to 20 years OF
age, inclusive, whose literacy depends
largely upon present school facilities
and school attendance, the percentage
| of illiteracy is only 2.2
Marital Condition.-In the popula-
| ton Is years of age and over. 1913 per
| cent. of the males are single and 1916
| per cent OF the females. The percent
age married is 55.3 for males and $40
for females. and the percentage wild
owed AS and 11.2, respectively. The
percentages of those reported as di-
vorced, 03 and o., respectively. are
believed to be too small, because OF
the probability that many divorced
persons class themselves as single or
widowed
That the percentage single is small
err for women than for men is due
largely to the fact that women marry
younger. Thus 81 per cent of the
females from Is to ~ years of age are
married as compared with 05 per
cent of the males, and 1916 per cent.
of the females from 20 TO "A years are
married, as compared with 1875 per
cent of the males. In the next age
group, Is to "a years. the difference is
not so great, the percentages being
68.e for females and sos for males,
while in the age group 80 TO A the
difference practically disappears. That
there is larger proportion OF widows
than of widowers may indicate that
men more often remarry than women,
but, since husbands are generally old
er than their wives, the marriage re-
lationship is more often broken by the
death of the husband than by death of
the wife.
For the main elements Of the popu-
lation the percentages Of married per
sons among those 10 years OF age and
over are as follows: foreign-born
whites, 63.2 for males and 66.2 for fe-
males native whites of native par
entage, 567 and 51.3, respectively;
native whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, 394 and 42.9. respectively;
negroes, 565 for males and Sill for
females.
Dwellings and Fsmilies.-The total
number OF dwellings in Connecticut is