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| is believed to be too small, because of the probability that some divorced persons class themselves as single or widowed
 State of Birth.
 The distribution Of the native pop
 ulation according to state of birth is
 shown for 1910 and 1900. In 1910. S6,4S3, or SS.1 per cent. of the native
 population were born in the territory
 of Hawaii; 3,51O, or S.6 per cent. were
 born in Porto Rico; 2,372, or 2.4 per
 cent. in the Philippine Islands; and
 5,6sS, or 5.8 per cent, in the United
 States proper. Of those born in the
 United States. 1,319 were natives or California In 1900, 93.2 per cent Of the natives were born in Hawaii and
 ST per cent. in the United States.
 Of the 93,752 foreign-born resi-
 dents of Hawaii, $500, or 6S.S per cent. were natives of Japan; 14,486, or 1855 per cent. were natives of China; and 4,172, or 4.5 per cent were na- lives of Korea. The aggregate for these three countries, 7S,458, const1- tuted S3.8 per cent or approximately
 dve-sixths, of the total foreign-born population. Natives of Portugal constituted S.1 per cent of the for eign-born element, natives of Spain IT per cent natives of Russia II per cent natives of Germany one per cent and the natives of the Atlantic isl ands one per cent. No other country contributed as much as one per cent to the foreignn-born population.
 Tn 1900 the proportion of Japanese in the foreign-born population was somewhat less, and the proportion of Chinese greater, than it was in 1910. As enumerated in 1910 the number of males 21 years of age and over was 83,996, of whom 59,021, or 70.3 per cent. were Chinese Japanese, or Ko- reans-41,79 795, or nearly one-half be- ing Japanese-13 1900, or 16.5 per cent, were Caucasians; 1926, or g. per cent were Hawaiians; and 3, ,14e, or ST per cent. were of other races. Tn 1900 males of voting age number ed 79,6o7, the number of such males l having increased during the decade | by 4,3S9- The number of Chinese males 21 and over, however. decreas- | ed 4,e0O during the decade, and the of Hawaiians 953, the aggre-t gate increase for all other races com bined being 10,242.
 Males of militia. age-those from | IS to A years, inclusfve-de ecreased In number from 72,596 in 1900 to 7o.-l 962 in 1910. The number of such f males decreased among the Chinese, Japanese and Hawafians, and increas- | ed among the Caucasians, the part and the group Filipino, negro nd all other.''
 Citizenship.
 Of the total number of males 21 years of age and over in 1910, '65.S1o pr 7S.3 per cent, were foreign born. Of these foreign-born males of vot- ng age, 2,562, or 3.9 per cent. were 1aturaIized. Of the 7,885 foreign born Caucasian males of voting age, s,394. or 32.4 per cent were natural zed. Of the 41.718 foreign-born Japanese males 21 and over. only II were natura1ized; and of the 13,025 only 132. Of all foreign oorn males 21 and over not reported Is naturaIized, 91.9 per cent. werel Chinese. Japanese. and Korean.
 School Attendance.
 Persons of school age-tf1at is, from
 to 20 years. inclusive-number I5, ,54s, of whom 27.912, or 61.3 per .eIt. attended school. Tn addition O these. S79 children under 6 and 405 ,ersons of 21 and over attended chool. The percentage of school att endance was 6O.3 for boys of school .ge, and 62.4 for girls; it was 75 for rom 10 to A; and 25.2 for the ages rom 15 to 20.
 The Census Bureau classffes as H. Iterate any person 10 years Of age or ] ver who is unable to write, regard { sss of ability to read. The number if illiterates in the population 10 ears of age and over in 1910 was 39.- .mong persons of this age being 26.8 n 1910. as compared with 8s.1 in 900.
 The percentage of illiteracy for the apanese decreased from 46.2 in 1900 Q 35 in 1910; for the Chinese, from 0 to 32.3, respectively; for the Ha- ] vaiians. from 7.2 to AT; and for the e,s 0 -mong Caucasians in the aggregate he percentage of iI1iteracy was slight { 7 higher in 1910 than it was in 1900, 7-5 as compared with 26.5.
 Inability to Speak English.
 In the population 10 years of age i, nd over in 1910, there were 84,177 , ersons who could not speak English. his clement constituted 56.6 per ent. of the total population 10 years Tas highest among the Koreans, 817 I CT cent. and only slightly lower mong the Japanese, 79 per cent 1 f rhi1e it also exceeded one-haIf amonei I he Spanish, Porto Ricans and Chi- ese, and the group Filipino, negro, nd all dther." It was lowest among ne Caucasian Hawaiians, 43 per ent.
 In census usage dwelling is any uildtng or structure in which one or lore persons reside. The term family as here used means house. old or group of persons, who share
 common abode, and also any per- on living entirely alone. The mum CT of dwellings in Hawaii in 1910 as 4S,764. of which BOAT were in -onolu1u district. The number of lnilies was 52,219. of which 11.847 ere in Honolulu. The number of tmflies to 100 dwellings was 1193 in le territory as a whole, and 1909 ! Honolulu. The average number persons per dwelling in the terri ny as a whole was A in 1es0 and