The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-18
As Shown'by Statistics Issued
by the Federal Census
Bureau.

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WASHINGTON, D. C., aMr, Is
The composition and characteristics
Of the population OF West Virginia
as reported at the Thirteenth Deeen-
NAL Census, are given in advance
bulletins soon to be issued by Direct.
or Durand Of the Bureau OF the Cen
sus. Department of Commerce and
Labor. 1t was prepared under the
supervision of William C. Hunt,
chief statistiean for population.
Statistics of color. nativity, parent
age, sex, state Of birth. citizenship,
age, illiteracy. school attendance,
martial condition and dwelling and
families are presented. They are
cropped as follows: For the state
and counties; for Huntington and
Wheeling the two cities of more than
rs, 900 inhabitants; for cities of
10000 to $4,000; and for places OF
I2 500 to 10000. A previous popu-
lation bulletin for West Virginia
gave the number of inhabitants by
counties and Imfnor civil divisions,
the decennial increase and the desti-
ny of population. and the proper
tons urban and rural. That and the
Forthcoming bulletin cover all the
principal topics OF the population
census except occupation and own
ership OF homes.
Color and Nativity.
The white population is divided
into four groups: Cd Native, ma
tive parentage-that is, having both
parents born in the United States;
(2) native. foreign parentage-hav-
ing both parents born abroad; (S)
native, mixed parentage--haying one
parent native and the other foreign
born; az foreign born.
OF the. total population Of West
Virginia, 1,1l56,S17 or 94.7 per cent
arc white and 64,t7S, or SO per
cent. negroes. The corresponding
per centages in 1900 were s5.5 and
AS In forty-two eof 2the nifty ave
Elcoantiesl3less than Ave per cent Of
the population are negroes; in only
four counties does the proportion or
negroes exceed 1915 per cent, the
maximum percentage, 500, being
that for Mcdowell county.
Native whites of native parentage
constitute $50 per cent of the total
populstton of the, state, and sOh par
cent OF the white population. Ma
tive whites of foreign orSrhKed par
septage and foreign-born whites eacn
constitute only Al per cent of the
total population.
OF the urban populations: sT4.S per
cent are whitessof native parentage;
of the rural SIS per cent. The cor
responding proportions for native
whites OF foreigner mixed parentase
are 11.6 and 81 per cent, respect
lively. The percentage of foreign.
born whites is GO in the urban pop
ulation and AZ in the rural; the
percentage of negroes is sc in tho
urban and 40 in the rural.
Sex.
In the total population OF the state
there are ga, O44 males and 577,-
OT5 females, or 11l.6 males to 1oS
females. In 1900 the ratio was
1886 to 100. Among the whites
there are 11O.5 males to 100 fe-
males; among the negroes, 1928.
Among native whites the ratio is
1861 to to 100, as compared with
261.S to 100 for foreign-born whites.
In the Urban population there are
1912 males to s1eO females. and IN
the rural 1tS. 4.
State OF Birth. &
OF the native population shat is
population horn in the United States
80 per cent were born in West
Virginia and 20 per cent outside the
state; OF tho native white population
IT'S per cent were born outside the
state, and of the native negro pop
ulation, SIS per cent. Persons born
outside the state constitute larger
proportion of the native population
in urban than in rural communities.
Foreign Nationalities.
OF the foreign-born white popu-
lation of West Virginia, persons born
in Italy represent 800 per cent; Au-'
stria, 14.G; Germany. Ill; Hun
gary. 1914; Russia. 3; England, 81:
Ireland, 4; Scotland, 10; all other
countries, 1l2.5. OF the total white
stock of foreign origin, which in
cludes persons born abroad and al
so natives having one or both par
ents horn abroad, Germany contrib