Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1913-02-27
CENSUS FIGURES
ON MONTANA
Latest Bulletin from the
Bureau at Washington.

= mately the same proportion of Il
e native population in urban as in ru
al communities.
J. OF the foreign born white popul;
q tion of Montana, persons born
Canada represent 14.7 per cent; Ir,
land. 1913; England, 9.8; German,
9.5; Austria, 81; Norway, 7.8; 1t;
lv, 7.2; Sweden. 7; Finland, d.
Scotland, 81; all other countrie.
1914. Of the total white stock @
foreign origin. which includes pei
sons born abroad and also native
having one or both parents Dor
abroad, Canada contributed 14,9 be
cent; Ireland, 14.3; Germany, 1874
England, 1914; Norway, 7; Austria
6.5; Sweden, SO; Italy, 4; Scotland
3.5; Finland, 3.3; Denmark 2.
The total number of males 21 year.
of age and over is 155,O17, repre-
senting 4l.2 per cent of the popula
ton. Of such males 38.5 per cen,
are native whites of native parent
age, 1872 per cent native whites OF
foreign or mixed parentage, 38. 3 pei
cent, foreign-born whites, I.8 PEI
cent, Indians, IL per cent, Chinese
and Japanese, and O5 per cent, ne
groes. Of the 59,313 foreign-born
white males of voting age, 27,635 or
1876 per cent. are naturalized Males
OF militia age-18 to 44-number
1873 232.
Of the total population, 1912 per
cent, are under 5 years of age. II
per cent from 5 to IA years, inclu-
sive 19.4per cent, from Is to "A, 36.4
per cent from Is to "a, and 1872 per
cent As years of age and over. The
foreign-born white population com
prises comparatively few children,
only a per cent of this class being
under Is years Of age, while 7S 8 per
cent are rs years of age and over.
Of the native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage, only 37.7 per
cent are Is and over, and of the ma
tive whites of native parentage, on
ly AIS per cent.
The urban population shows
smaller proportion of children than
the rural and a larger proportion Of
persons in the prime of life. Of the
urban population. 1878 per cent are
from Is to A years of age, inclusive
and of the ruralpopulation, s4.s per
cent.
( The census inquiry as to school
attendance was merely as to whether
the person enumerated had attended
any kind of school at any time be-
tween Sept. l, 1909. and the date Of
April Is, 1910.
The total number of persons of
school age that is. from 6 to 20
years inclusive is 93,771, Of whom
60,678 or 64.7 per cent attended
school. In addition to these, 936
persons under 6 and 1,l41 Of q and
over attended school. For boys from
to 20 years, inclusive the percent
age attending school was 62; for
girls. 67.7. For children from 6 to |
"A years, inclusive, the percentage
school was 82.7. The per-
.entage for children Of this age
.mong native whites of foreign or
mixed parentage was 86; among ma
i've whites of native parentage. 83.5
lmong negroes 49,. /; among foreign
,orn whites Il: and among Indians
7.2. In urban communities the.
OF children Of that age
ttending school was 86.6 and in rur-
| 8O.8; for persons from Is to 20. it
7as 40 and 35.7, respectively.
The census bureau classifies as il
terate any person 10 years Of age
+ over who is unable to write. re-
ardless of ability to read.
There are ID, ,457 illiterates in the
tate. representing 4.8 per cent Of
he total population 10 years OF age
nd over as compared with 81 per
ent in 1900. The percentage of il
teracy is 9.4 among foreign born
'hites, Q among native white, 55.S !