The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-04

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or 1910 was received in Fargo yester-
| day and herewith the Forum gives the
| hrst general publicity of the facts con-
talned therein. The bulletin Is headed
| Composition and Characteristics of
tehe Population. It was prepared un-
der the direction of VIM. c. Hunt
chief statistician' for population.
One Of the most interesting features
or the bulletin is regarding illiteracy
| on which The Forum has an editorial
comment in this issue.
There are q number of tables. The
introduction to the bulletin reads as
follows;
The first popular bulletin for North
Dakota gave the number Of inhabi-
tants by counties and minor civil di-
visions. the decennial increase and the
| density Of population, and the proper
tlons urban and rural. The present
bulletin deals with the composition
and characteristics of the population.
The two bulletins cover all the prin-
cipal topics of the population census
except occupations and ownership of
| homes.
Description of tho Tables.
The greater part of this second bull
letin consists Of three general tables,
which present statistics of color, ma
tiVity, parentage, sex, citizenship, il
| iiteracy, school attendance, and dwell
| lngs and families, as follows: Table
Tor the state; Table IL for the cities
Of more than 10000 inhabitants: and
Table III for cities Of $500 to 10000 in
habitants
A series Of summary tables (num-
bered to 12) reproduces from the
general tables the more important
state totals, and presents also certain
addltlonal data relative TO state of
birth, age and marital condition.
| On account of the wide differences
In characteristics among the different
classes of the population, the statis-
| tics on each subject are shown accord =
ing to race, and for the whites ac-
oording to nativity and parentage.
| Classification according to nativity and
| parentage is scarcely necessary for
the other races, since nearly all ne
Broes and Indians are native born of
native parentage, and nearly all Chi
nese and Japanese either foreign born
or or foreign parentage.
The white population is divided in
to four groups: GD Native, native
lparentage-that is, having both par
Ients born in the United. States; (2)
llala Foreign VI misunderstanding
both parents born abroad; (3) ma
tive, mixed arentage-having one
parent native; and the other foreign
porn; 90 foreign born. AS the sec
/ CAd uIU lulIu classes DO not C1tfer
| greatly in characteristics, they are
combined in some of the tables: in a
lew cases all three native white class
es are combined.
since marked differences often ex-
ISL between urban and rural commu-
mites with respect to the composition
and characteristics of the population.
the two classes are distinguished in
connection with several of the sub
I ~ 1nSt =
Dy the bureau Of the census, includes
that OF all incorporated places of
1,Oo0 inhabitants or more, the remain
der being classed as rural
Inc census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely as to whether
the person enumerated had attended
any Kind of school at any time be-
tween Sept l. 1909, and the date of
enumeration, April Is, 1910. The CEN
sus bureau classities as illterate any
person 10 years of age or over who is
| unable to write, regardless Of ability
to read.
Color and Nativity.
OF the total population OF North
Dakota, 162.461, or 2S.2 per cent. are
native whites of native parentage:
26l ,236, or 43.5 per cent are native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage;
and 156, 1853, or 27.1 per cent, are for
L
percentages in 1900 were 20.6, AIS,
and $685. respectively. the proportion
or native whites of native parentage
having increased during the decade.
The 6,486 Indians constitute IL per
cent OF the population, and the 617 ne
groes, OIL per cent. In twenty mine of
the forty-nine counties the propor-
ton OF foreign born whites exceeds
one-fourth. In no county is the pro-
portion Of native whites of foreign or
mixed parentage less than one-fourth; :;
/ In six 1t exceeds one-haIf.
OF the urban population, 37.7 per
cent are native whites of native par
| entage; of the rural, 81 per cent The
| corresponding proportions for native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage
| are 3T.6 and 44.3 per cent. The per-
centage of foreign born whites is "a
In the urban population and 27.4 in
| the rural; of negroes 0.5 in the urban
and O.1 In the rural. The Indian pop
ulation Is almost exclusively rural.
Sex.
In the total population OF the state
| there are 317,554 males and 259. .502
females, or 1924 males to 100 females.
| In 1900 the ratio was 1853 to 100.
Among native whites the ratio is 114.9
to 100 among foreign born whites
1853 to 100. In the urban population
NtNSAU oAC LOU iLdlSS " lVU ISIldlGS
and In the rural, 1892. f
State of Birth
OF the total native popuIation-that
is, population born in the United
States--47.1 per cent were born in
North Dakota and 52.9 per cent out
side of the state; of the native white
population, 53.5 per cent were born
outside the state; of the native negro,
| 1874 per cent; and of the native In
dian, 1871 per cent. Persons born out
side the state constitute a larger pro-
portion of the native population in
urban than In rural communities.
Foreign NationaIities.
/ OF the foreign-bo white popula-
| tion OF North Dakota, persons born in
Norway represent 29,4 per cent; Rus
sia, 20.4 per cent; Canada, 1875 those
of French parentage 1.5 and all 9TH
ers, 12); Germany, 1916; Sweden, 7.8:
Denmark, "a: Austria, 3.3: England,
q; Hungary, 1t; Ireland. 1.6; all oth-
er countries, Ga per cent OF the to-
| tai white stock OF foreign origin,
which includes persons born abroad
and also natives having one or both
parents born abroad, Norway con-
| tr1buted 30.3 per cent; Russia, 15.3;
Germany, lat; Canada. 1877 tFrench
stock, 1.S, and all others, 10.9); Swe-
den, 6.6 Denmark, 3; ireland, 2.9 ::
Austria, 2.7; England, 2.3: Hungary,
Ii; Scotland, per cent.