Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-19
Population Of Kauai; It's
Composition and Characteristics


thirteenth deccnnhnl census. are
given IN n bulletin soon 10 be lrasied
by' Director nurand of the bureau Of
the census department Of commerce.
+ II was prepored under the supervl.
sion 81 William q. Hunt. chief stalls
tlcinn Tor population. Statistics are
presented ~ number 81 inhablean ia
incrcapc aud density OF population.
proportions urban and rural. race.
naiiviiY. parentasc. sex. age, marital
condition. place % birth males IT
voting ANA militia ages citlxensAlp.
year ~ Immigration ~ the foreign.
horn. schonl attendance. lliteracy, IN.
ability 60 speak English, and nusnbei'
-of dwellings aud families. a previous
population bulletin for Hawaii gave
the number % inhabitants by com
ties ana minor civil divisions That
ana the forthcoming bulletin cover
an the principal topics 0f the popuia-
ton census except occupations aud
The Ownership Of homes.
Population of the TcrritOry.
The population of Hawaii at each
census from 1882 "a 1910. inclusive.
was nv follows. is3s. is0.3l3. 1875,
/ lOS,b1s; 1850. sf.iG5: 1854, 1878.
1850, Gs,s00, 1866. $685. 1879, &c.
SaT; 1873. 1895; 1854. se.s7s: 1899,
$3.50, 1859. 10000, 1909. $4,000:
and 1910. 1871 500.
Itasc and Nativity.
Haclally the population of the ter
ritory II extremely Heterogeneous In
1919 the pure Caucasian element
numbered 44.0ts. constituting 90 per
cent, or little over one-nfth. Of the
total population. 90 this class, which
II Itself composed OF diverse racial
elements. 22.30i, or slightly more
than one-half. were Portuguese. 4.sg0
were Porto Rican. $3.50 were span
ish, and 1857 were OF other eau
caslon descent
The Japanese. numbering 1870,
constituted as per cent. or more
than two-iifths OF the total popuia-
ton. while the Japanese, Chinese and
Koreans combined numbered los. SSg.
or 1d.2 per cent 81 the total populd.
ton. Persons of pure native Ha-
waiian stock numbered 2s.0fl and
constituted ia.e per cent 81 the pop
ulation.
In the decade is0q-islo the num-
Der OF Caucaslans in the population
increased ij.2gs, or 52.S per cent. the
percentage ot increase for this race
being practically the same In this az
In the preceding decade The in
crease Of the Japanese In the decade
ia00-lsi0 was 1855. ar 30.4 per
irent. In the same period the Chi
nese decreased i.0a3. or 1879 per
cent.
The number Of pure Hawaiians de-
creased from 3i.i36 In 1899 20 ga
0fl In 1910. the decrease In the de-
cade i900-la19 being somewhat less
than that in tie preceding decade
S,j5s, or i2.G per cent. as compared
with t.G37. or 1875 per cent. As
slightly more than one-half COS,
49, or Sill per cent? of the pupula
tiOn In 1910 was native. and slightly
less than one.half (98.752. or asa
per cent? foreign born. The native
element embraces all persons born IN
Hawaii. or Ia any state or outlying
possession OF the United states. Per-
sons born "a Porto Rico or in tae
Philippine Islands, whether Of Porto
ilican. Filipino or other racial origin
are ACCORDINGLY classified as native
For the Japanese the percentage ma
tive was %. for the Chinese. 3s.2 Tor
the Portuguese. al. aud for the
other Caucasian element. GG.1.