Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
POPULATION OF
STATE ANALYZED
RURAL INHABITANTS ouTNUM-
Der THOSE OF CITIES BY
1,s95,5ta TO 1y3e9,s17.
YOUNG PREFER URBAN LIFE
Foreign Elements congregate in the
'Towns-Nesroes Also Show Dis
like for Country Llfe-Two
Counties Have No Blacks.

JeHerSOn Clty.-lntereStlng 1nfOr-
nation dealing with the population of
Missouri is given in a bulletin just is.
sued by Commissioner John T. Fitz-
patrick of the bureau of labor statis-
tics. After the announcement that
the average family of the state is
made up of IA persons, males and fe-
males, comes the statement that Mis-
souri, contains 667, 196 dwellings,
which are occupied by 749,812 fami-
lies. Further facts are as follows: To
each 100 dwellings there are 1907
families. OF the 3,293,335 persons
making up the population of the com.
monwealth, the majority, or 1,S94,518
males and females. live in rural sec.
tions, and 1898, 817, or 495, 701 less, in
the cities and towns of the state with
st. Louis containing about half, or
6S7,029 inhabitants.
The rural population of Missouri is
made up of 1896 males and 910,623
females. That those who make the
country their homes are healthier and
live longer is shown by the fact that
men and women between As and IS
years old are more common than
those of any other age, there being
153, 999 persons in this class. The birth
rate is also higher in rural sections
than in cities, there being 121,083
children there under 5 years, as com
pared to 61,460 for the cities and
towns. Under l year there were a.
1888 in the country and 1887 for the
urban population, which means near
ly twice the number of births for the
rural sections than in the cities in the
course of a year.
For the cities there we're 1881
males and females in the state be-
tween Is and 35 years old, as com
pared to 1926 persons of those years
out in the state. This condition shows
the tendency Of the younger element
to flock to the cities, where they re.
main until the age of As is reached,
when many return to the farm to
spend their declining years living on
the best the land offers and there be-
come healthier and happier. Over 65
years, there were 51}568 on farms and
26,6S2 in the cities.
The foreign-born element, instead OF
taking to the country and earning a
better living, prefer urban life, there
being 97,767 of such males in the cit
les and 1898 females, Is compared
to S4,059 males and 21,042 females in
rustic sections. The same condition
prevails as to negroes, 1914 males
and females living in the cities ant
only 1890 out in the dells and dales
of the state. AS farmers, negroes who
follow that calling are successes
many earning over $1,000 a year clear
by tilling the soil. Their daily menr
is the best that the farm produces
including chicken, chitlens, 'possum
coon, squirrels, watermelon, when IL
season, and always a plentiful suppl!
of fresh milk, butter and eggs. Blu
the majority of the negroes prefer t.
exist on an average of SO a week IL
J the cities.
The Chinese and Japanese of thu
state, totaling 634, prefer city lives t.
the quieter environments of the coun
try. st. Louis has 466 Celesials ant
Japs; Kansas City, 90; st. Joseph, 8
Joplin, 2, leaving 20 for the balance
of the state, with II in st. Loui
county, one in Newton county and 4
scattering over the state.
Indians, strange to say, also prefe
the cities, III out of the 313 in tn
stat. living in st. Louis, 4s in Kansa
City, Is in st. Joseph, one in Boor
Vile, 10 in Springfield, % in Jopli
and Carthage, 2 in Mcdonald county
10 in Mercer county, Is in Miller cour
ty, "a in Newton county, ! in S
Louis county and Al scattering.
The negro population Of Missouri
on the wane. In the state there ar
now 157,452 Of this race, compared t
161, 234 who were here 10 years agt
OF pure blacks, there are 1892, an
mulattoes and lesser strains 1859
Worth and Shannon counties have n
negroes, and Stone and fancy coul
ties one each; Mcdonald, Carter, TIE.
as, Reynolds and Dallas counties hay
two each. st. Louis has 1890 an
st. Louis county 4,253; Jackson coui
ty, including Kansas City, 1896; ia
per county, containing Joplin, Ca
thage and Webb City, 1853; Howai
county, 1852; Pike county, 1885,
Greene county, including Springfield
2,625; Saline county, 1874; Lafayet'
county, 1855; Buchanan county, J
GLIDING st. Joseph, 4,457, and Missi
sippi county, zoos.
Mrs. Stone Won't Go Under kni,