New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-28


Louisiana gave the number OF IN
ka.bitansa by parishes and MINOR
civil divisions, the decennlal IN
crease and the density of popula-
ton, and the proportions urbanI
and rural. The present bulletin
deals with the composition ana
characteristics Of the population.
The two bulletins cover all the
principal topics of the population
census except occupations ana
ownership of homes.
Description of the Tables. i
The greater part of this second
bulletin consists of five tables,
which present statistics OF color,
nativity, parentage, sex, citizen
ship. illiteracy, school attendance,
and dwellings, and families, as TO-,
lows. Table / for the state ana
parishes; Table II for New or-
leans and Shreveport, the twol
cities of more than $4,000 inhab-
itants; Table Ill for cities OF NJ
OUU to 25,0OO; Table ~ for places
of 9 500 to 10000; and Table VI
for wards of New Orleans, the|
only city of more than $4,000.
a series of summary tables
Numbered / to 15) reproduces
from the general tables the more
important state and city totals,
and presents also certain addi-
tiona data relative to state oil
birth, age, and marital condition.
On account of the wide differ
ences in characteristics among the
uiflerent classes of the population,
the statistics on each subject are
shown according to race, and ior
the whites according to nativity
and parentage. Classification ac-
cording to nativity and parentage
is scarcely necessary for the other
races, since nearly all negroes and
Indians are native born OF native
parentage, and nearly all Chinese
and Japanese either foreign born
or OF foreign parentage. /,
The white population is divided
into four groups: Cd Native, ma
tive parentage-that is, having
,.A parents born in the United
.Jtates; (2) native, foreign par
entage--having botn parents born
abroad; (3) native, mixed parent
having one parent native
AMID the other foreign born; ~
foreign born. As the second aud
in characteristics, they are com
bined in some Of the tables; IN a
few cases all three native white
classes are combined.
Since marked differences often
exist between urban and rural
communities with respect to the
composition aud characteristics OF
the population, the two classes are
distinguished in connection with
several of the subjects. Urban
population, as defined by the Bu-
reau of the Census, includes that
Of ali incorporated places OF 2,5oO
inhabitants or more, the remainder
being classified as rural.
The census inquiry as to schooI
attendance was merely as to
whether the person enumerated
had attended any kind Of school
at any time between September
], 1909, and the date OF enumera-
ton, April Is, 1910.
The Census Bureau classifies
a. illiterate any person 10 years
Of age or over who is unable to
write, regardless Of ability to
read.
Color and Nativity liable IL
OF the total population Of Lou
isiana, 941,066, or 56.8 per cent!
are whites, and 1854 or 43.l
per cent, negroes. The CORE
spending percentages i'm 1900
we're 52.8 and All, respectively
III rs Of the 60 parishes the pop
ulation is more than one-half ne
gro, and in 5 Of them more thar
four-fifths negro, the highest
percentage Of negroes being thai
for ,rsnsas Parish (91.5.)
Native whites Of native parent