The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-19
SOME FIGURES ON
CENSUS OF 1910
ONLY $4,000 WHITES WE'RE
NATIVES OF THE U. S. 10
YEARS AGO
Or a Little Less Than Half the Total
Population; People of Irish Blood
Led Foreign Populations; Germans
Stood Second; Population Census
Figures.

OF the people of Montana
is about complete and announce
ment of results may b. expected
some time in the next few months
a review of the census figures of
10 years ago will be interesting.
OF the total population of Mon
tana in 1910, 162,127, or ADJ per
cent, were native whites of native
~parentage; LOG, 500, or 28.4 per cent.
were native whites of foreign or
mixed ~parentage, and 91,644 or PA
per cent, were foreign-born whites.
Indians comprised 20 per cent of the
total population of the state, num-
bering 10,745; while Chinese and
Japanese numbered 2,870, or z per
cent of the total. The censu figures
show negroes to the number of 1884
or IS per cent.
In 1910 Ireland led all of the coun-
tries, natives of which go to make
up the population of the state, 49,
431 persons of Irish nativity being
included in the total population Of
376,053 accredited to Montana. Ger
many was a close second with 1868.
Canada had 23,057; England with
20,736; and Norway with 13,942
ranked next in the list as gathered
by the enumerators.
99,314 Born in State
The table of division of birth dis
closes the fact that but 99,314 resi-
dents of Montana were born inside
the state as compared with 182,O26
whose place of birth was in other
states of the union. Iowa leads the
states which contributed to the popu-
lation of Montana, with 17,455; next
in order coming Minnesota, 17,403;
Missouri, 1898; Wisconsin, 1929;
Illinois, 1887; and Michigan, 49,
1926. Residents emigrating here
from other states comprised approx
mately 10000 of the population of
Montana, widely scattered sections of
the country being represented.
As to Butte
Statistics regarding the foreign
nationalities comprising the popula-
tion of Butte in 1910 show Ireland
in the lead, both in foreign-born re-
sidents and in native-born whose par
ents were born in a foreign country.
Under the first classification, 1896
are listed, while the second shows
1906 for Ireland as against 2,181
and 1882 accredited to England, the
second in the list. In 1910, out of
a total accredited population of 49,
165 for Butte, 22,887 are shown as
foreign-born or of foreign parentage,
the countries listed numbering "a.
A striking disparity in the mascu-
line and feminine population of the
state was noted in 1910, the males
numbering 226,872, as compared to
149,181 of the gentler sex. A SINH
lar condition existed in Butte, ac-
cording to the figures submitted,
which show 22,314 males of all ages
while the females numbered 1851.
Bachelors and Benedicts
Bachelors outnumbered the mar
ried men in the state by over IL,
a total of 91,76O being shown as
compared with 74,423 who had as
sumed marital bonds. Spinsters,
however, were far behind their mar
ried sisters, numbering but 25,961
for the entire state, as compared with
64,185. In Butte the percentage of
single men was slightly less, the re-
cords showing 9,245 against 7,724
married, while the unmarried women
numbered only 3,615 in comparison
with TILT married.
But 70 male residents of the state
were married before they had reach
ed their nineteenth year, according
to the figures compiled in 1910, al
though 1878 girls under that age
had assumed the bonds of matri-
mony. In Butte there were only 312
married men of less than "a years
ao NOD -yit1 4 0EQ orrioJ urD
men who had not reached that age.
Divorces were not prevalent among
the young married men of the state
in former times, according to the
1910 figures, the record showing
none under the age of 10 years and
but 81 under "a years who had sew
cred the marital ties. On the con-
trary, there were 13 girls under 10
years who had secured legal separa-
ton from their husbands and the
statistics show Ill feminine divor-
Gees who had not reached their twen-
ty-fourth birthday. Butte contrib
uted IL of this number.
Figures for the Cities
Comparison Of the population of
the principal cities of the state as
shown in the last three census pc
RODS discloses some interesting fig
In the 20 years which elapsed
between the en~umerations of 1890
and 1910, Helena lost over 1000 in
habitants, according to the official
figures shown. The total number
accredited to the capital city in 1890
was 1884 and the records give the
city the largest population of any
in tba state AFT that time.
However, in 1900 Helena had
dropped back to third place, both
Butte and Great Falls forging ahead,
and the population of the capital at
that time was only lotto. Slight
gain was made in the next period of
10 years, but not sufficient to over
the loss of the previous period
and in 1910 Helena's total was given
but 12,515.
Great Falls, while showing a gain
from 1878 in 1890 to 1890 in 1900
suffered a decrease in the next 10
years and the population listed in
1910 numbered 13,948, although the
city was still listed in second place.