The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-24
MELTING POT INsREprENrs

came by wireless The Advertiser vicuse date
wasbngonare hard m full by yesterdays mail These
figures interest here and on the
mainland at the present time owing to the fact tina, Hawai- and her
population doub the nght sugar ques
and In regard TO the japanese question raised by California
The Advertiser has given the totals Of population las, Sunday
issue Herewith are further figures from the census report
ParentageOf the 9s lj7 natives less than one.haf47347
s2 per both parents NATIVES 4Ss7 or 22 cent
reported both parents oreignbor and 9423 or 49, per cent re
ported one pah native and eoreighborn OF the 9423
yes reporting oegnbo 1923 reported foregnborn
fathers and only 100 foeenborn mothers The large proportion
18th foregnbon fathers the part IIawaans of mixed
tive and foegnbo parenage be noted specifically ndca
tive of the process by which the native Hawaiian stock being
merged with other
2O69 males and 6sslO females the number of males to females
being 1853 In 1900 the ratio 223 males to 100 females Among
awaians the number of males 100 females in 1910
among the lortguse 1895 among the Chinese 1888 and
the Japanese POL In each for which 1900 data
sven the proportion of females increased during the decade 1900
Ageof population 1910 per under
&c of The under 30 however varied greatly
the different OF the Asatc awaians 7o9 per
asian Hawaiian (63S the Portuguese $685. the Porto Rcans
and the spaalards SS o was relatively low an among
Japanese 283 and the Koreans G9 in which the mm
Grant or oreignborn element large Among the waans
the percentage under 20 1919
Marital Condition Statistics relating marital condition il
10 of and both males and females the percentage
married widowed and divorced in the slightly higher
corresponding percentage slightly
higher and that for females lower than the corresponding
age 1900 The percentage single generally lower for males
md higher for females, in 1910 than in 1900.
In the total population 10 years over per
the males and 1914 cent of the females SINGLE the
married 45 males and 64 among
percentage widowed As and respectively The
orted divorced comprising Of the males and 90
cent the females believed be small because of the
ability that some divorced persons class themselves single
Bh-Thc distribution of the native population accord
ing to state of birth shown for 1910 and 1900 In 1910 S6S3
Hawaii 1910 SO Rico 1872 "a
cent in the Philippine Islands, and $685. per
were natives Of California In 1900 982 per cent of the NATIVES
were born in Hawaii and 81 cent in the United States
thp
mt We're natives of apa 44S6 10 natives
sae for these three coan s Constituted o s ne cent
hvesixhs Of the total foegn-born population
natives Of Spain ~ per cent naves Of Russia II per cent
natives of Germany per cent and the natives of the Atlantic
per to the fofeignborn population
in number ~ 500 1900
Der of such males decreased the Chinese Japanese and a
and the group Filipino negro and all other
cznshpo the total number of males p years of anc
males voting age 1852 or 0 per cent were natural
nd OF the 1885 foregnbon Caucasian males of voting 1894
males p and only II narazed and of the 1902
Chinese only 1872 Of all foregnbo males p over report
ed natuaed 919 Chinese
School AendancePeons of school agethat is from to
years nusvenunbered As 5S of whom 81 per
addition these S79 children
of q and over attended school The percentage of schoo
SOB for boys of school and 624 for girls
rs children 925 for children and 25
for the ages from Is to 20.
The Census Bureau casfes terae any years
who unable write regardless of ability to read TIL
number of lerates the population of and
1910 1892 the percentage of eracy of THU
age being 26S in 1910 compared with 33l in 1900
The of ecy for the japanese decreased 49,
1900 80 in 1910 for the Chinese from 40 1928 respectively
for the Iawaans from ~ to and for the part awaians from
S to IL Among Caucasans in the the percentage
eracy slightly higher in 1910 than it 1900 25
pared with 26.5
Inability to Speak Enghn the population ten of
1910 there S7 persons who could speak English
This element constituted 500 per of the total population
of and The proportion highest the Kor
81 per and only slightly lower among the Japanese
per while also exceeded oneha the Spanish Port
cans and Chinese and the group Filipino and all other
II lowest the Caucasian Hawaiian, 43 per
In dwelling any building structure in which
persons reside The family here used
household group Of persons who share abode
also living entirely alone The number of dwellings
Hawaii 1910 43 764 of which, 9Q47 Honolulu district
The number of families 52219 of which 11847 Homo
nu The number of families to 100 dwellings 1893 the Ter
rory whole and 1909 Honolulu The number
dwelling the Territory whole "A in 1910
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