The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-18
CENSUS ANALYzfS
 CITY POPULATION
SPECIAL STATE REPORT
Native Whites Majority in Conway and Faulkner-Figures Cover
 State Population.

Analysed by color or race, nativity and sex, the 1920 census gave Conway a total population of 4,564, of which 2,212 were males, 2,352 were females, 3,575 native white of native parentage POP native white of foreign parent age, 46 foreign born white, and 97O were negro. The figures are taken from a special report by the bureau of the census on the characteristics and composition of the population of Arkansas.
 Subdivided on illiteracy, the city had population or January 1 1920, of 3,624 persons 10 years of age or over. Of this number S1 were illit- crate, the white race showing "A illit- crates out of a total population of 3,060 and the negroes 57 out of 564 falling into this age group. llliterate males 21 years or over numbered 27 and AS females of the same age group were so classed.
 School attendance figures for the city showed 633 under the age of seven years, 761 between the ages of school; from II to 15 years, the total was POP with 1S6 enrolled in school, and from 16 to 20, the number was 5O7 with 267 in school. The city had a total of 913 dwellings to house 1 ,047 families.
 Faulkner county had total pop ulation of 27,6S1, or 14,014 males and 13667 females. Native whites numbered 23,36S. with 22,672 of na- tive parentage, 332 of foreign par entage and 364 of mixed parentage. The percentage of native white was 94.4. foreign born white T and negro 14.9. Compared with 1910, the negro population in the county has decreased 3.9 per cent, the 1910 figure beng 1SS. Of the foreign born whites, 5| had been naturalized in 1920, 70 oranted first papers and II were aliens.
 On the score of illiteracy, the coun- ty had 19,612 past the age of ID years with 1866 illiterates, or per cent a decline from 9.6 per cent shown III 1910 There were S20 illiterate na- tive whites, 16 illiterate foreign born 53O negro illiterates in this age group.
 The county had 5,41s dwellings and 5.644 families within its borders.
 With population of 1,752,2o4, ac- cording to the 1920 census, the state of Arkansas had 1,279,757 white, 472.32O negro, 106 Indian, 113 Chi nese, 5 Japanese and 3 others ot all other races residing in it's borders. The total inhabitants of native white parentage, that is, both of whose parents were born in the United States. was 1,265,7s2. Those of na- tive parentage, both of whose par ents were born abroard, numbered 1.226,692. Of the other inhabitants, |19O3O were of foreign parentage, 20 ,O6O were of mixed parentage, that is. having one native born and for eign born parents, and 13, 975 were foreign born white. Divided as to country and town, the state had urban population of 290, ,497 and a rural population of 1 ,461 TOY.
 Drawing the color line by counties the bulletin shows that Crittenden with S4.1 per cent of its population negro led the state on this point Crittenden had total popualtion of 1909, of which 24,650 was negro On the same score, Lee county was second, having a total population of 2s,s52, of which 23,300 or 77.3 per cent was negro. Other counties hay ing large percentage of negro pop