The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-20
CENSUS MAKES REPORT
ON VIRGINIA'S. PEOPI T..

l2S.
VI the total population, 13 per cent
are under five years of age, 23.9 pei
cent from five to fourteen years, in.
elusive. 20 per cent from fifteen tt
twenty-four. 25.5 per cent from twer.
ty-iive no forty-four. and 1L3 per
cent forty five years OF age and over
The foreign born white population
comprises comparatively few children
only Go per cent of this class being
under fifteen years of age. while TSs
per cent are twenty-five years OF age
anu over. OF the native white of ma
tive pnrentage. 43.3 per cent arc TWEEN
ty-hve and over; of the negroes 4o.a
per cent
The urban population shows a small.
cr proportion of children than the
rural. and Il large proportion Of per-
sons in tho prime of life. Migration
y the city explains this at least in
Fart. OF the urban population, 32.4
per cent arc from twenty-five to for
ty-four years of age, inclusive. and OF
the rural population, 234 per cent.
School Attendance.
The census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely as TO whether the
person enumerated had attended any
Kind OF school at any time between
September /. 1909. and the date OF
enumeration. April Is. 1910
The total number OF persons OF
school age-that is. from six to TWEEN
~ years. inclusive--is 697,649. of whom,
school. In addition to these. 1901
children under six. and 5.296 persons
twentyone and over attended school.
For boys from six to twenty years, in
elusive, the percentage attending
school was S5.4: for girls, 57.l. For
children from six 10 fourteen years,
inclusive. the percentage attending
school was 6S,S. The percentage for
children Of this age among native
whites OF native parentage was 1872.
amcng native whites Of foreign or
mixed parentage. so: among foreign
born whites. us: and among negroes
oS.1. III urban communities the per-
ccntaec oe children OF that agc at
tending school was IA, and in rural
6Ca
IiIitcrncy.
The Census Bureau CLASHES as IL
literate any person ten years of age or
over, who is unable to write. regard
less of ability to read.
There are 1891 illiterates In the
state. representing i5.2 per cent OF the
total population ten years OF age and
over. as compared with go per cent
III 1900. The percentage of illiteracy is
30 among negroes. 90 among foreign
horn whites. and among native
whites. For native whites of native
parentage. the percentage is So. and
for native whites of foreign or mixed
parentage, L.
For all classes combined, illiterates are
relatively fewer in urban than in rural
communities. the percentages being
90 and 17.o. respectively For each
class separately, also, the rural per
centage. exceeds the urban.
For persons from ten TO twenty years
of age inclusive. whose literacy de-
ponds largely upon present school
facilities and school attendance the
percentage Of illiteracy is %.
Marital Condition.
In the population fifteen years of age
and over, $50 per cent of the males are
single and BIG per cent of the females
The percentage married is SCI for
males and SOS for females. and the
percentage widowed 40 and 11S, re-
spectively. The percentages of those
reported rs divorced. 0.3 and o. re-
spectively, 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 so
much smaller for women than for men
rs due largely to the fact that women
marry younger Thus lib per cent of
the females from fifteen to nineteen
years of age are married, as compared
with IL per cent of the males, and sos
per cent of the females from twenty
10 twenty-four years are married, as
COMPARED ,d with 26.4 per cent of the
males. In the next age group, TWEEN
ty-hve to twenty-four years. the diff
ference in the percentages is less
marked, ana among those in the next
Two age groups the percentage mar
ricu Is higher among the males.
~ Ia ra
WIDOWS than Of widowers may indi-
cate than men more often remarry than
women. but, since husbands are gen
orally older than their wives. the mar
rage relationship is more often brok-
en- by death of the husband than by
death of the wife.
For main clements OF the population
the percentages of married persons
among those fifteen years of age and
over are as follows: Foreign born
whites. 5?.5 for males. $40 for fe-
males native whites OF native par
entaRe all and 5S. respectively; ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, AS and 49.5; negroes, $40 and
53.3.
These percentages by no means indi-
cafe the relative tendency OF the sew
eral classes as regards marriage TO
determine that, the comparison should
be made by age periods since the
married in any class is de-
ternined largely by the proportion who
have reached the marrying age. Sim
'lariy. the proportion widowed de-
Ponds largely on the proportion past
middle life. Tho percentage married
for males and for females is higher
in rural than iii urban communities
Dwellings and Families.
The total number OF dwellings i'm
Virginia is 400,445. and the total num-
Der of families 419452 there being
lOi.f families to each 100 dwellings,
The average number of persons per
dwelling is 81, and the average num-
Der per family 40.