The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-04
Latest Figures About
North Dakota From
u. s. Census of 1910

Of age and over is 1880, represent
ing 30.1 per cent of the population. OF
such males, 24.9 per cent are native
whites Of native parentage, ISL per
cent native whites Of foreign or mixed
parentage, 45.8 per cent foreign born
whites, 0.9 per cent Indians, and 0.2
per cent negroes. OF the 1921 for
eign-b born white males of voting age
1886, or 58.5 per cent, are natural
lied. Males Of militia age-lS to IL
humber 145,62S.
Age.
OF the total population. 143 per
cent are under years of age, 224
per cent from 5 to IA years, inclusive.
2O.5 per cent from Is to "a. 2S,9 per
cent from % to "A and 1875 per cent
45' years Of age or over. The foreign
born white poulaion comprises COM
paratively few children, only 7.G per
cent of this class being under Is
years of age while more than three
fOurths C76.4 per cent? are Is years OF
age and over. az the native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage. only
25.6 per cent are 25 and over: of the
native whites Of native parentage.
36.1 per cent.
The urban population shows a
smaller proportion Of children than
the rural and n larger proportion OF
persons in the prime Of life. Migra-
tion to urban communities explains
this at least in part. OF the urban
population, 34.S per cent are from 25
to "A years Of age. inclusive, and oe
the rural population, 2S.2 per cent.
School Attendance.
The total number Of persons OF
school age-that is, from to 20
Years, inclusiye-is 1S8,3S6, of whom
11I453, or cal per cent attended
school. In addition to these. 1,799
children under & and 1897 persons
81 and over attended school. For
boys from to 20 years, inclusive, the
percentage attending school was 63.4;
for girls, 64.S. For children from to
II years. inclusive. the percentages
Centage for children Of this age
among native whites Of native parent
age was 82.7; among native whites of
foreign or mixed parentage. Si.5:
among foreign born whites, 10; and
among Indians, 65.5. In urban COM
munities the percentage Of children OF
that age attending school was S4.2,
and in rural, S0.4 for persons from
Is to 90 years, inclusive, the percent
ages were 43.l and 35.7 respectively.
..-~s.. lIitsrsey '
There are 1000 Hliterates in the
state. representing 81 per- cent of the
total population 10 years of age and
over, as compared with So per cent
in 1900. The percentage of illiteracy
is 0.5 among native whites, SO among
foreign born whites, and As among
Indians.
For all clases combined, the per-
centage Of illiterates is % in urban
communities and 80 in rural. For
each class separately, also. except tha
foreign born whites, the percentage
is higher in the rural population than
in the urban. ..., .-.
For persons from 10 to 20 years, ins
elusive, whose literacy depends large
ly upon present school facilities and
school attendance, the percentage of
illiteracy is IL.
Marital Condition.
In the population Is years of age
and over, 469 per cent of the males
are single and 30.2 per cent Of tie fe-
males. The percentage married is
4S.6 for males and. 63.4 for females,
and the percentage widowed 20 and
So respectively. The percentage OF
those reported as divorced, O.3 and O.4
respectively. are believed to be too
small, because Of the probability that
many divorced persons class them-
selves as single or widowed.
That the percentage single Is so
much smaller for women than for men
Is due partly to the excess Of males In
the total population and partly to the
fact that women marry younger.
Thus S.3 per cent of the females from
Is to 10 years of age are married. as
compared with 0.3 per cent r.
males, and 80 per cent of the
from 20 TO "a years of age ar
ried. as compared with 1871 80
Of the males. In the next age ~
Is to "a years. the percentages are
1922 and 53.2 respectively; in the age
group 35 to A they are 90.2 and 75.3
respectively: while in the next age
group the percentage married IS high
er among the males. That there is
larger proportion of widows. than OF
widowers may indicate that men more
often remarry than women, but, since
husbands are generally older than
their wives, the marriage relationship
is more often broken by death of the
husband than by death of the wife.
For the main elements of the popu-
lation the percentage of married per-
sons among those 15 years of age and
over are as follows: Foreign born
whites, 1913 for males and 1877 for fe-
males; native whites of native par
entage AZ and 63.1, respectively: ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, SO and Sill; and Indians, Git
and 66.1.
These percentages by no means i'm
dicate the relative tendency OF the
several classes as regards marriage.
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