The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-08
FACTS about PEOPLE
OF north DAKOTA
stock. 1.s. and all others. 1o.9): swed-
en-, 6.8; Denmark, 3: Ireland, 30; AUS
tria, 81: England, 2.3; Hungary, IL;
Scotland, I per cent.
Voting and Militia AGES.

tria, 30: England, 2.3; Hungary, IL;
Scotland. I per cent
Voting and Militia Ages.
The total number, of males 81 years
of age and over is 1880, represent
ing 30.1 per cent of the population.
OF such males. 24.9 per cent are ma
tive whites of native p%arentage, 1871
per cent native whites Of foreign OF
mixed %parentage, 1873 per rem for
eign-born whites. O.9 per cen Indians,
and OF per cent negroes. OF the co.
Ing age, 1886. or 58.5 per cent. are
naturalized. Males of militia age-1s
to 44-number 145,62S,
Age.
or the total population, 14.S pei
cent are under 5 years of age, 22.4
per cent from s to IA years, inclusive;
20.5 e cent from Is to "a, 2s.9 per
cent from 25 to "a. and 1875 per cent
eign-born white population comprises
comparatively few children, only &c
per cent of this class being under IL
years of age, while more than three
fourths (76.4 per cent? are Is years
of age and over. OF the native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage, only
25.6 per cent are % and over: Of the
native whites of native parentage,
1851 per cent.
The urban population shows a
smaller proportion of children than
persons in the prime Of life. Migra-
ton to urban communities explains
this at least in part. OF the urban
population. 34.8 per cen are from 25
to "A years Of age, inclusive, and OF
the rural population. 28.2 per cent.
School Attendance.
The census inquiry as to school at
tendance was merely as to whether
n kind of school at any time be.
tween September 1. 1909. and the date
The total number of persons OF
school age-that is, from 6 to 20
years, inclusive-is 1S3, 1886, of whom
117.453, or 64.1 per cent, attended
school. In addition to these. 1893
children under 6 and 1897 persons 81
and over attended school. For boys
from 6 to 20 years. inclusive, the per.
centage attending school was 63.4; fol
girls, CAS-. For children from 6 to
IA Years, inclusive, the percentage at.
tending school was 80.7. The per.
centage for children Of this age among
native whites of native parentage was
82.7; among native whites of foreign
or mixed p~arentage, Sis; among for.
eign-born whites. 20; and among In.
dians. 65.5. In urban communities
the percentage Of children of that age
attending school was S4.2, and in rur.
al. 80.4; for persons from Is to 20
years, inclusive, the percentages were
43.1 and 35.7. respectively.
miteracy.
The census bureau Classics as IL.
literate any person 10 years of age OF
over who is unable to write, regard
less of ability to read.
There are 1900 %illiterates in the
state, representing 81 per cent Of the
total population 10 years of & an6
over, a g compared with Sc per cent ir
O.5 among native whites. 6.3 among
foreign-born whites. and 46 among
Indians. IT, ..-..e
For all classes combined, the per.
centage Of illiterates is 90 in urban
communities and 3.2 in rural. Fol
each class separately, also, except the
foreign-born whites, the percentage 1.
higher in the rural population than in
the urban.
For erson from 10 to 20 years
inclusive, whose. literacy depends
1oA6Siy uPOI IA SISlOOk kdSlAkkACk
and school attendance, the percentage
of i%lliteracy is IL.
Marital Condition.
In the population Is years of age
and over, 46.9 per cent Of the males
are single and 30.2 per cent of the fe.
males. The percentage married II
ass for males and 63.4 for females
and the percentage widowed 80 and
SO, respectively. The percentages OF
those reported as divorced, O.3 and
o.. respectively, are believed to be
too small. because of the probability
that many divorced persons class
themselves as single or widowed.
That the percentage single is sc
much smaller for ONE 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
8.3 per cent of the females from 16
to 10 years of age are married. al
compared with 0.3 per cent Of the
males, and 50 per cent of the females
from 20 to "a years of age are mar
ried. as compared with 1871 per cent
of the males. In the next age group
rs to "a. the percentages are 1872 and
53.2, respectively; in the age group
IS to a.. they are 90.2 and 75.3; while
in the next ~ group the percentage
married is higher among the males
! That there is a larger proportion OF
widows than Of widowers may indi-
cate 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 nd than
by death of the wife.
For the main elements of the pop
ulation the percentages Of married
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