Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-14
CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES STATS.
TICS ON NATIVITY, COLOR,
SEX AND MARRIAGE.
ONLY 1873 PER CENT WERE
BORN OUTSIDE STATE
More Males Than Females and Per.
centage Of Single Women is Less
Than That Of Other Sex-liiiteraey
Shows Satisfactory Deerease-Aver.
age Iowa Family is as.

! Washington Feb. 1.-THE compost
ton and chara cteristics Of the popula-
! ton of Iowa. as reported at the thir-
! teenth dccennial census, are given in
! an advance b9iietin soon TO be issued
/ by Director Durand. Of the bureau OF
| the census, department of commerce
| and labor. Statistics Of color, natiN-
ity, parentase. Sex, citizenship. age, il
| literacy, school attendance, marital
! condition, and dwellings and families
i;lre presented. They are grouped as
i follows; For the state and counties;
/ Tor cities OF more than $4,000 inhabit
ants; for cities Of 10000 10 $4,000; for
places OF SEQ 10 10000 and for wards
I OF Des MOines, the only city OF more
than 5000. \ previous population bull
! let.n for Iowa gave the number OF in
nabitaacs by counties and minor civil
/ divisions. decennial increase and
! density of population. and the proper
/ tons urban and rural.
Color and Nativity.
F.. The while population is divided into
foreign misunderstanding both par
! entage-that is, having both parents
! born il the United States: go, native
foreign misunderstanding bern par
ents born abroad; 60 native, mixed
parenta ge-having one parent native
and the other foreign born: 90 foreign
born.
OF the total population Of Iowa. L.
303.526. or SIS per cent, are native
whites of native percentage: 632.iS1. or
2S.t per cent. are native whites OF
foreign or mixed percentage: 2.33, is.. or
1913 per cent ara toreign-born whites;
and 1873. or o. per cent are negroes.
The corresponding percentages in 1905
were SIS. 49,, 49, and 0.6. respec-
lively, the comparison indicating a
slight increase in the proportion OF ma.
tive whites OF native parentage. In
twerty-six Of the ninety nine counties
the fore;gn-born whites constitute
more than II per cent Of the popula
ton: the highest percentage for this
class (26.9} is in Sioux county. In
Sixty-four counties more than one
fourth Of the population are native
whites OF foreign or mixed parentage.
the proportion being highest (49.9 per
cent in Winnebago county.
Native whites Of native parentage
constitute nearly three fifths both of
;ha urban and of the rural population
t5S.2 per cent and SIS per cent. respec-
tivelI) The eorresp onding proportion:
for native whites of foreign or nlixeC
parentage are I'll per cent and 29.1 pei
tcent. The percentage of foreign borr
whites IS 1873 in the urban popula tior
/ and 11.9 in the rural: the percentage 0.
:! negroes is ii in the urban and G3 in
the rural.
Sex Statistics
II the total population Of the state
there are l,14s.171 males and 1916 500
females, or 1866 males TO 100 females
In 1900 the ratio was 1875 TO 100.
Among native whites the ratio is 103
10 100 as compared with 1851 10 100
for the foreign-born whites. In the
urban population there are 1904 males
10 loo females and in the rural, 1879
State Of Birth.
Of the toral native population-the
s, population born in the United
Staies-126 per cent We're born Il
Iowa and -. per cent outside tbs
state; Of the native white population
27.l per cent were born outside the
state, and q the NATIVE negro. 5..s PEI
cent. Persons born outside the state
constitute q larger proportion OF the
native population II urban than il
rural comm un!ties.
OF the foreign born white popula ton
Of Iowa. persons born in Germany rep
/ resent 361 per cent; Sweden. IS: Nor
way. 5: Denmark, SIS: Ireland So;
England 81; Austria, SIS; Canada -
Holland Al; Russia, %; Italy, FL; al
other countries 81 OF the total white
stock OF foreign origin. which: include:
persons born abroad and also native!
having one or both parents Dor.
! abroad. Germany contributed 3a.S Pc,
| cent: ireland. 1872; Norway. -. Syve
den. %: England :; Denmark, &c
| Canada. 40; Austria -; Holland %
Scotland, FL Switzerland, -; Rus
STA. II.
Of the total population, 100 per cen
are under ) years Of age. 2o.3 per cen
from 10 Il years, inclusive. 1876 pc
! cent from - 20 q. 27.s per cent from
IS TO ~, and PA per cent - years o
age and over The foreign born whit
| population comprises comparativel
few children, only % per cent Of rhi
| class being ;snder i Eears Of age. Will
J ss.1 per cent are % Years Of age an
over. OF the native whites Of foreign
. or mixed Darentage. .6.8 per cent ar
% and over. and Of the native white
Of native parentage, a.. per cent.
The Urban population shows small
er PROPORTION Of children than III
rural and larger proportion Of per
sons in the prime Of life. Migration
to the CITY explains this al least il
part. Of the urban population. 81.
per cent are from % TO IL years Of age