Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
A RESUME OF POPULATlON
a sociological Analysis Of III. +,
habltants Of the Various LARGE ="
Towns in Missouri.

Jefferson City.--A sociological a.,
alysis of the population of st Ionis
Kansas Sity, st. Joseph, SprinpfioIa
Joplin, Hannibal and Sedalia. wbich
Is made in bulletin contaIning ~
vance information from the 1912 pod
Book OF the bureau of labor statistic
given publicity by Commissioner Holm
t. Fitzpatrick, affords material for
study on what the future has in stero
for these flourishing Missouri ma
tropolises and serves to indicate how,
cosmopolitan they are. The inforns.
ton given Is based on federal cenens
returns, recently compiled in thin
shape, and therefore is authentic.
The bulletin, which gives completa
| facts on the sex, race. birthplace
color. male voting strength and SINH.
lar information Of the cities in the
synopsis, contains this declaration.
population statistics of Spring.
| field, Joplin, Hannibal an2 Sedalia
| plainly reveal that nearly all the in.
habitants are either native-born or
else are the offsprings of aliens from
countries which now rule Europe"
The federal official population Of
ST. Louis, which figures will remain
until the next census, is 6S7,O29. of
whom 642,48S are white, 1880 negro
\ and 5S1 Indian, Japanese or Chinese.
! The males outnumber the females
there being 346,06S men and boys and
340,961 women and girls.
Kansas City, with an official popu-
lation of 24S,3S1, has 224,677 white
men. women and children, 20 SOS ne
groes and 1873 Indians, japanese and
Chinese The foreign.born population
numbers 25,327, of whom 1854, or a
little over a fifth. are Of German ey.
traction. England is represented by
population of 2,144 and Canada
1,73S. The sons and daughters of Ire
land number 1926. Then there are
1879 Italians, divided between north
and south Italy. Swedes are numer-
Gus, there being 2,15S. The number
of other foreign representatives fol
low: Austria, $40; Belgium, 2S5;
Denmark, 365; France, 275; Greece.
75s: Holland, 1903; Hungary, 1892;
Mexico. 233; Norway. 143; Roumania.
1856; Scotland, 666; Switzerland, 343;
Turkey, lac; scattering, 81.
A little over one-ninth OF the popu-
lation of st. Joseph is foreign-born.
The same ratio seems to prevail in
all Missouri cities and towns. OF the
official population of 77403, 79. 12S are
white, 4,249 negroes and 26 either In
dian, Japanese or Chinese. The for
eign-born number S,113, which, com.
pared with 10 years ago, Is a de-
crease Then there were SAG for
eign-born. Divided between the sex
es, there are 1866 men and boys and
37,73S women and girls. Males of vot-
ing age number 26,051, officially.
There are 16OS6 dwellings, with
1913 families to occupy them. The
native-born colln up 65,O15 people, d.
vided between 5O.316 with native par
entage and 1889 of mixed descent
Springfield. (which the bulletin calls
the hub of the Ozarks," with an Of
fetal population of 35,201 men. WON
en- and children, is the home of only
1,126 foreign-born, with those from
Germany predominating with 327
English come next in strength, with
1879 Canadians next, with 147, and
Irish with 142. Sweden is represent
ed by 105 natives; Scotland, 30; Swift
zerland, 81; Austria, 81; Denmark
ID; France, 10; Italy, 10; Turkey, IT,.
and the remainder divided between
Belgium, Greece, Holland, Hungary,
Mexico, Norway, Roumania and one
or two other countries of Europe and
Asia.
Joplin, with an official federal pop
ulation Of 32,079, is the home of 1921
males and 1892 females, men and
boys outnumbering women and girls
by $780, but not enough to fill the
Springfield deficiency in males. As
to color, there are 81 ,266 whites sol
negroes and 6 Indians, japanese and
Chinese.
For Sedalia, OF the official popula-
ton OF 1882 men, women and chill
dren only sol are foreign-born, regard
less of there being two large railroad
carshops there. This would indicate
that the majority OF the employees or
these two establishments are native
born. The negro population Is given
as being 1871, leaving the remainder
1892 whites, with Is, $50 native-born
AS to sex, there are 1913 males and
$500 females. or nearly enough WON
en- to go around, in case each single
male wanted his full share of marital
bliss. or dwellings there are 4,165'
with 4,493 families to occupy them
an indication that some houses are
the abode OF more than one family.
The voting strength, all males over q
years, is 5,619.