The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-21


creased i.HSs, on lS.g per cent
The number of pure HaWanans de-
creased from 3'l36 in 1880 Ia s6,o4l
:n 1914, the decrease ia the decade
ieoo-lsl" being somewhat less than
in the preceding decade-3.75S. or
l-.e per cent. as compared with 4.635.
ur lf.' per cent.
Slightly more than oue-halt t9H.li1.
or 5lI per cent? of the population i'm
1910 was native. and slightly less
than unc-halr og3,752. or iNg per cent?
foreign horn. The native element en-
braces an persons born in Hawaii ur
N any state OF outlying possession
at the United States Persons born
IN Porto Rico or i'm The Philippine
islands, whether OF Porto Rican. Eli
ipino, or other racial oriSin are ac-
gordir-lS classified as native. For the
Japanese the percentage native was
IS. foI the Chinese. So: for the Por-
tuguesc oil; and for the other
cducaSiun" clement. 667
Percentage,
Of the PSl57 natives. less than one
"a both parents native: u.3N1. ur
w. per cent reported both parents
foreign born; ana 9.42S or 80 per cent,
reported one parcut native and one
foreign bonn. OF the 9,i23 natives
repoltin" one parent foreign bonn,
>.3-5 reported foreign born fathers,
and only llou foreign mothers.
che large proportion with foreign
bonn fathers anon. the part Hawaii
ans Of mixed native and foreign-b1rn
parentage may be noted as specid-
,allv Indicative of the process lay
which the native Hawaiian stock is
being merged with other races.
Sex.
In the population of the territory
in 1870. there were 123,o69 males and
GN,Nlo females the number of mates
t. females being 17Sg In 1900 the
ratio vaa 22'.3 males to 100 females.
Amune ilawaiians the number Of
males tu 100 females in 1910 was
1866 among the Portuguese. lOI.S.
among the chinese. 31N.P; and among
the japanese. 220l In each are
group for which 1900 data are given.
the proportions of females increased
during the decade l9O0-19l0.
Ace.
OF the totai population in 1910
Sc per cert we're under 20 Years of
ago. The proportion under -, how
eyer, varied greatly in the different
races. or the Asiatic Hawaiians 1913
/ per cent were under 20 The pcrccn-
tasc was rclati, ely high also among
! ;hc Caucasian IIawaiians $3.50, the
Portuguese '5G.Nl. the Porte Ricans
/ HS.6l, and the Spanlards C5S6). 1t
was relatively low among those elias
silied as other Caucdsiaus" t29.3)
! the Chinese o2S9l. the Japanese
! C.S.3. and the Koreans Oi9j. i'm
which races The immigrant or foreign
! born element is large. Amons the
pure Havaiians the percentage under
I 60 was 2q.9.
Martial Condition.
Statistics relating To martial condi-
tion in 1910 and in 1900 are shown for
! five racial groups. Among Hawaiians
! - years OF age and over. both males
and females, the percentage married,
| widowed, and divorced in the aggr"-
gate was slightly higher in 1910 than
} IA 1900 Among part Hawdiians and
| Caucdsians the corresponding percent
age was slightly lower in 1910 than
! in 1900. Among the Chinese and Jap
anesc the 1910 percentage for males
was higher and that for females low
er than the corresponding percentage
! in 1900. The percentage single was
| generally lower for males, and higher
| for females. i'm 1910 than i'm 1900
In the total population - years of
asc aud over, 1913 per cent of the
males and 1914 per cent OF the ie-
males were single; the percentage
married was i5l among males aud
764 among females; and the percent
age widowed, Ia and 81 respectively.
| The number reported as divorced,
! comprising one per cent of the males
and 90 per cent of the females. Is be-
| levcd To be too small, because "t the
probability that some divorced persons
! class themselves as single or widowed.
Citizenship.
OF the total number of males u
| wears Dl age anu pNtI III l'l's ''''i''
or 1873 per cent. were foreign born
or these foreign born males of Not-
| ing age. 2,39i or ga per cent, were
natura lied OF the il,1lS foreign
born Japanese males II and over only
II were naturalizod and of the 10
O25 Chinese, only 49,. OF all foreigl
born males II and over not reported
as naturalzcd. 9l.9 per cent were
! Chinese. Japanese. and Korean.
Inability to Speak English.
In the population 10 years of age
and over i'm 1910 there were Si.l''
persons who could not speak English
! This element constituted 800 per cent
of the total population 10 years of ag"
and over. The proportion was high
est among the Koreans, ST. per cent
and only slightly lower among tn"
Japanese. - per cent, while II ais"
exceeded onc-half among the span
ish, Porto Ricans and Chinese, ana
the group Filipino negro. ana all
other" II was lowest among the eau
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