Evening star., 1915-03-07
ODD FACTS BROUGHT OUT
= I'm RECENT CENSUS REPORT

Is change in the characteristics OF the
residents OF these states.
waves from the various countries. The
Germans Increased in number from
1850 to 1900, when they began to fall
on. Few came from Russia and Aus
Irish came in greatest numbers from
1900 to 1890. when their number fell
very rapidly. Italians and those from
Austria-Hungary in the last two dec
ad,a ades. particularly # lsoo-1slo. have been
swedes and Danish have been slowly
but steadily increasing in numbers
since 1850. In 1910 there were approx
mately IN this country tho following
numbers Of foreign-born residents:
Germans. 2.5oo.oo0: Russia Finland. l.
100000; Austria Hungary, 1,7o0, 900 /;
irish. 100000. and Italians. 1.25o.o0o.
1t Is interesting to note that of the
foreign-born white males twenty -one
years Of age or over. the following were
naturalized or had taken out their
nrst papers: Germans. 81 per cent;
Canadians, II per cent: Irish. 81 per
Britain. SO per cent
Although this country has been some
what given to boasting about its pub
nc school systems and freedom from
,i.ry. 1ili.eracy. there are number Of IL
was this percentage less than / per
cent. In eight states it was between
and per cent; in fourteen states it
was from to per cent; in ten states
nine states it was 10 to Is per cent; in
eleven states 1t was Is to Is per cent,
and In two states-Louisiana and South
Caroltna-it was over rs per cent. The
who cannot speak English, 1,6s3,94s,
exceeds the number Of females, which
Is 1,269,062. West Virginia, in propor-
ton to the number OF it's foreign-born
inhabitants. had larger proportion of
males who could not speak English
than any other state.
That the country outside the cities is
not very densely settled. in spite of
the twenty-four times multiplied popu-
iation. Is apparent from the fact that
ed States. California included, there
are fewer than five dwellings to the
square mile. While two of the states
Massachusetts, and New Jersey-show
as many as fifty to seventy-five fami-
lies to the mile, the large majority
Of the states in the easterly half show
not more than five to ten dwellings,
TO the mile. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
York. Illinois and Ohio contain from
fifteen to fifty dwellings to the mile
In the rural districts the number of
families exceed by only slight figures
the number of dwellings,, and the more
dense the population the greater the
percentage Of dwellings occupied by
more than one family; and the dense
populations are found in those states
containing the largest number of for
eign born.
Rhode Island, the smallest state with
the most dense population, has the
largest percentage. Ill. of rented
homes, but Is not much behind Georgia.
South Carolina and New York, in each
of which more than 50 per cent Of the
homes are rented. The smallest per
centage, 24.9, of rented homes is found
In North Dakota, and the largest per-
centage, 66.3 per cent. of homes owned
free from encumbrance, is found in
New Mexico.
That the country is industrious ap-
pears from the number of males and fe-
males over ten years old engaged in
gainful occupation, Alabama leads with
males IS per cent, females Al per cent.
Mississippi. males 81 per cent, females
46 per cent; Wyoming, males Sc per
cent. females IS per cent; while the
lowest is Iowa. where II per cent of
the men and Is per cent Of the women
are SO occupied.
A singular fact is that, while in every
state in the Union. the number of
men engaged in gainful occupation has
in the period from 1900 to 1910, de-
creased, varying by 1 to 10 per cent,
3.8 per cent on the average, the num-
Der of women so engaged during the
same period has increased in all the
states but two by percentage almost
exactly corresponding to the decreased
percentage of the men SO occupied.