The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-18
STATE MAKES
RAPID GROWTH
Age

cent are under years OF age. s22sS!
per cent from s to II years, inelu-
sive. 20.2 per cent from Is to 2f.l
PA per cent from 25 to "A, and
1876 per cent as years of age and
over. The foreign born white popu-
lation comprises comparatively fewI
children, ony So per cent of this,
class being under Is years OF age,
while 6a.9 per cent are 25 years Of
age and over, OF the native whites
OF native parentage 4O.9 per cent are
20 and over, and of the negroes
1875 per cent. The negro population
comprises a somewhat smaller pro-,
portion of children under I'VE than
the native white of native parentage.
The proportion under ave is great
est among native whites OF foreign
or mixed parentage.
The urban population shows
smaller proportion of children than
the rural and larger proportion Of
persons in the prime of life. Mi
grafton to the city explains this at
least in part. OF the urban popu-
ilation. 1872 per cent are from 20 to
A years of age, inclusive, and of the
rural population, 264 per cent.
school Attendance.
The census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely as. to whether
the person enumerated had attend
ed 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 to 90
years, inclusive-is 396, S1S, OF
whom 259,971, or 65.5 per cent, at
tended school. In addition to these,
3.544 children under six, and 1896
persons 81 and over attended school.
For boys from to 30 years, incIu-
sixe, the percentage attending school
was 64.9; for girls, 66J2. For chill
drens from 6 to IA, inclusive, the
percentage attending school was
IS2.5. The percentage for children Of
this age among native whites oflaa-
tive parentage was SIS; among native,
whites OF foreign or mixed parent
age. S2.s; among foreign bpfn white
children, 66.1, and among. negroes.
76.2. The percentage attending
school for children of that age was
1851 in the urban population ans
S2ss1 in the rural.
IlIiteracy.
The census Bureau classfies as IL
fiterate any person 10 years of age
or over who is unable to write, re-
gardless of ability to read. There
are 1886 iiliterates in the state,
representing s.3 per cent of the to-
tai population 10 years of age and
over as compared with 11.47in 1900
The percentage OF illiteracy is s.4
among native whites, 2S.s among
foreign bonn whites, and 2O.S
among negroes Among native
whites Of native parentage it is 81
and! among native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage 2.
lIllIterates are relative fewer in
urban and than in rural communi-
ties, the percentage being 4 in the
urban and 9.4 in the rural. For each
class OF the population separately,
also, the rural percentage is higher
than the Enthusiastically higher
for the foreign born whites and the
Inegroes.
For persons from 10 to 90 years
of age. inclusive, whose Hteracy de-
ponds largely upon present school
facilities and school attendance. the
percentage OF illfteracy is All.
Marital Conditions.
Nm the population is years of age
ano. over, sS.9 per cent OF the males
are single and rs per cent OF the fe-
males. The percentage married is
56!7 for males and sS.S for females,
and the percentage widowed 81 and
10, respectively. The percentage OF
those reported as divorced, O.3 and
0.5, respectively. are believed tc be
too small, because fthe probability
that many divorced persons class
themselves as single or widowed.