The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-04-03
Of negroes is 45.2 in the urban pol :
! alton and 500 in the rural.

In the total Population o. the Si%te
there are 751,S42 males and 7G3, ,35S
females, or 9S. ) males % 100 females.
| In 1900 the ratio was 9S4 to 100.
Amcng the whites there are 1924
males 10 100 females; among the ne
groes. 95.4 to 100. Among native
whites the ratio is 102 to 100 as COM
pared with 1898 to 100 for the for
eign born whites. In the urban pop
ulation there are 90.2 males to 100
females. but in the rural the sexes
are nearly equal in number.
Of the total native population
that is, the population born in the
United States-94.S per cent were
born in South Carolina and 50 per
cent outside the State; of the native
white population, ga per cent were
born outside the State, and of the
native negro, 1.S per cent. Persons
born outside the State constitute a
larger proportion of the native pop
ulation IN urban thar in rural. COM
munities.
FOREIGN NAT1ONALITIES.
Of the foreign born white popula-
ton of South Carolina. persons born
in Germany represent 2S.S per cent.
Russia Is, Ireland ILL, England S.3,
Italy 80, Turkey 5, Greece Al, Can
ada As, all other countries 1914 per
cent. Of the total white stock of
foreign origin, which includes per-
sons born abroad and also natives
having one or both parents born
abroad, Germany contributed 1872
per cent, Ireland 1913, England S.9,
Russia S.4, Scotland 46, Canada Sc,
Italy 3.2, Turkey 2.5, Austria "a.
The total number of males II years
of age and over is 35,046, repre-
senting 22.l per cent of the popula-
ton. Of such males, 49.5 per cent
are white and 50.5 per cent negroes.
Native whites represent 4S.5 per cent
of the total number and foreign born
whites per cent. Of the 1885
foreign born white males of voting
age, 1902 or AT per cent are nat
uralized. Males of militia age, Is
to "A, number 276,7SS.
AGE.
Of the total population Isl per
cent are under 5 years of age. 26.5
per cent from to IA years, inclu-
sive, 11.4 per cent from Is to "a,
23.5 per cent from 25 to IA and 1875
per cent Is years of age and over.
The foreign born white population
comprises comparatively few chill.
dren, only 4.S per cent of this class
being under Is years of age, while
S2.9 per cent are Is years of age
and over. Of the native white pop
ulation of native parentage, 1919 per
cent are 25 and over; of the native
whites of foreign or mixed parent.
age, 55.2 per cent, and of the ne.
groes, 33.9 per cent.
The urban population shows a
smaller proportion of children than
the rural and larger proportion of
persons in the prime of life. Migra-
ton to the city explains this at least
in part. Of the urban population,
30.5 per cent are from 70 to "A years
of age, inclusive, and of the rural
population 22.2 per cent.
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 be-
tween September l, 1909, and the
date of enumeration, April Is, 1910.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
The total number of persons of
school age-that is,6 to 20 years, in
clusive-is $50, ,26O, of whom 211, 1907,
or SIG per cent, attended school. In
addition to these, 1866 children un-
der Sand 4,486 persons 81 and over
attended school. For hoys from 6 to