The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-16
CENSUS FIGURES
ON AGES IN IDAHO
INTERESTING STATISTICS MADE
PUBLIC BY CENSUS BUREAU
ABOUT OUR STATE.

washington, IL. C.-Accord1ng to
the census 35.3 per cent, or more
than one-hird, of the people in the
state of Idaho are either infants or
children Is years of age; 8.9 per cent
are youths or maidens Is to 10 years
old; 37.4 per cent, nearly two-fifths,
are men and women in the prime of
life, being from 20 to Al years old;
while 1873 per cent, being as years
of age and over, are well along in
middle life if they have not reached
old age.
The urban population as compared
with the rural shows some rather
striking difference in age, the per-
centage 20 to ID years of age being
406 for the urban population as COM
pared with 1862 for the rural, while
the percentage under Is years is 30.4
in the urban population as against
37.2 in the rural. These differences
dren in the country than in the city,
that country children as they grow
up have a tendency to flock to the
cities thereby increasing the active
adult population of the cities at tho
expenses of the rural districts.
lation, 54.2 per cent, are old enough
to vote, being 21 or over; and in this
class the men outnumber the women
in the ratio of 131 to 100. The males
of military or fighting age, 18 to
"a, constitute 400 per cent of the
male population and 222 per cent Of
the total population.
Idaho Illiteracy
According to the census of 1920
there are 1924 illiterate persons 10
years of age and over in the state of
Idaho, 'illiterate" meaning unable to
whites and 2,501 are foreign born
In the total population 10 years of
age and over the percentage of ILL
tion since 1910, when it was %.
By counties the percentage of illi-
teracy ranges all the way from So
in Clearwater County to 0.2 in Jer-
ONE and Teton Counties.
Boise, Idaho: Illiteracy
The Census Bureau reports that in
enumerated in January, 1920. there
were 286 persons 10 years of age or
over who were illiterate in the sense
of being unable to write Of this
number 176 wer foreign-born whites
and only 25 were native whites. The
percentage of illiteracy in the total
population 10 years of age and over
is 1.6 which shows decrease since
1910 when it was Al For the native
white the percentage is or, and for
the foregn-born white, 9.4.
Pocatello, Idaho: Illiteracy
Tho Conc,1c p,1roo11 ron0rtc fbot
the population Of Pocatello, Idaho, as
enumerated in January, 1920, there
were 483 persons 10 years OF age or
over who were illiterate in the sense
of being unable to write. Of this
number 402 were foreign-born whites
and only q were native whites. Tho
percentage of illiteracy in the total
population 10 years of age and over
is Al which shows an increase since
1919 when it was 04 For the native
white the percentage is 0.3, and for
the foreign born white, 20.6.
Idaho: School Attendance
According to the census of 1920
there are Sc. 1873 children z to 13 years
of age in the state Of Idaho and Of
this number 65,102 or 95.5 per cent
were reported as attending school.
In 1910 the percentage attending
school was 87.4 thus indicating .
gratifying improvement as regards
school attendance between 1919 and
1920. OF the children IA and Is years
Of age in 1920, 91.6 per cent were at
tending school and Of those Is and
II years Of age 67.3 per cent.
The percentage Of children attend
ing schools was practically the same
in the cities N in the country dis
tricts, the percentage for children N
the urban population to Is years Il
age being 954 and in the rural popu-
lation, 955. urban" according to the
census definition includes all towns or
cities of $500 population or more.