Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-06

DAILY TRIBUNE
the rural. Of negroes, O.5 in the urban
and OIL in the rural. The Indian pop.
ulation is almost exclusively rural.
Sex.
In the total population of the state
there are 3l7.554 males and 259,502
females, or 1924 males to 100 females.
In 1900 the ratio was 1898 to 100.
Among native whites the ratio Is las
to 100; among foreign born whites,
l45.S to 100. In the urban population
there are 1856 males to 100 females,
and in the rural, 1882.
State Of Birth.
Of the total native population-thar
Is. population born in the United
States-47.1 per cent were born in
North Dakota and 52.9 per cent out
side of the state; of the native white
population, 53.5 per cent were born
outside the state; Of the native negro,
1914 per cent; and OF the native In.
dian. 1921 per cent. Persons born out
side the state constitute a larger pro-
portion of the native population in
urban than in rural communities.
Foreign NationaIities. .
or the foreign born white popula-
ton of North Dakota, persons born in
Norway represent 29.4 per cent: Rus
STA, 2O.4 per cent; Canada, 1875, those
of French parentage, is and all 9th
ers, 12); Germany, 1916; Sweden, rs;
Denmark, "a; Austria, &3; England,
2; Hungary, II; Ireland, 1.6; all 9TH
cr countries, Ga per cent. or the to-
tai white stock of foreign origin,
which includes persons born abroad
and also natives having n or both
parents born abroad, Norway contrib.
nted 1913 per cent; Russia, 1913; Ger
many, l4.7; Canada, 1927 (French
stock, is. and all others, 1879; Swe-
den, &C; Denmark, 3; Ireland, 80;
Austria, 81; England, 2.3; Hungary,
IL; Scotland, l per cent.
Voting and Militia Ages.
The total number of males 81 years
Of age and over is 1880, represent
ing 3O.1 per cent Of the population.
or such males, 24.9 per cen are ma
tive whites of native white p%arentage;
PSI per cent native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage, ass per cent for
eien born whites; 0.9 per cent Indians,
and or per cent negroes. OF the 49,
721 foreign born white males of vot-
ing age, 4G.G36, or $50 per cent, are
naturalized. Males Of militia age
IS to 44-number" 1858.
Age.
OF the total population, 1913 per
cent are under 5 years of age, PA
per cent from 5 to IA years, inclusive;
20.5 per cent from Is to "a, 28.9 per
cent from % to "A, and 1873 per cent;
45 years Of age or vel The foreign
born white population comprises COM:
paratively few children, only 7.6 per
cent of this class being under 10 years
of age, while more than three.fourths
(76.4) per cent? are % years Of age
and over. OF the native whites of for.
eign or mixed parentage, only 25.6 per
cent are % and over; of the native
whites Of native %parentage, 36.1 per
cent. .sf
The urban population shows a
smaller proportion of children than
the rural and a larger proportion Of
persons in the prime Of life. Migra-
ton to urban communities explains
at least in part. OF the urban
34.S per cent are from 25
to a. years of age, inclusive, and Of
the rural population, 2S.2 per cent.
School Attendance. u
The total number of persons of
school age-that is, from 6 to 20 years
inclusive-is 1886, of whom H.
453, or 64.1 per cent attended school.
In addition to these, 1899 children
under 6 and 1897 persons 81 and over
attended school. For boys from 6 to
20 years., inclusive, the percentage at
tending school was 63.4; for girls, GAS.
For children from 6 to II years, in
the percentage attending
school was o0.I. The percentage for
children of this age along native
whites of native %parentage was S2.7;
among native whites Of foreign or
mixed parentage, SIS; among foreign |
born whites, 70; and among Indians, |
G5.5. In urban communities the per-
centage of children of that age at
tending school was S4.2, and in rural,
S0.4; for persons from Is to 20 years,
inclusive, the percentages we're 43.l
and 1871, respectively.
lIliteracy. |
There are 1900 illiterates in the
state, representing 81 per cent Of the
total population 10 years of age and
as compared with Sc per cent
in 1900. The percentage of illitcracy
is 0.5 among native whites, 6.3 among
born whites, and 46 among
Indians. "r
For all classes combined, the per.
centage of ]illiterates is % in urban
communities and 80 in rural. For
each class separately, also except the
born whites, the percentage
is higher in the rural population than
the urban.
For persons from 10 to 20 years, in.
whose literacy depends large. |
" upon present school facilities and
school attendance, the percentage of
Illiteracy is L..
Marital Condition.
In the population Is years of age