The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
Men Voters of Q. S. Only Have
sO1,9ss Majority.
But There are 1,9sO,s2O More
Men OK Voting Age.
AMERICAN men $685. WHITE
Japs of Twenty-Five Years Only
Two.Tenths of One Per Cent.
1890 More Men Of Voting Age
Than Women in Kansas.

Washington, Nov. 5.-The depart
ment of commerce, thru the bureau of
the census. has issued a preliminary
statement presenting a classification,
by geographic divisions and states. OF
the total population of each sex 81
years of age and over. according to
color or race and citizenship. ana OF
native white men and women accord
ing to parentage. compiled from the
returns of the fourteenth deoenniai
census. taken as of January 1, 1890.
The total population 81 years of age
end over. 60,SS6, $40. comprised ST.
40s,S7o men and 294ss,15o women.
of age and over, 54.421,S32, was made
up of 27,661.SS0 men and 2e,75e,s62
women. The citizens comprised all
native persons and all naturalized for
eign-born persons.
Men 21 Years of Age and over.
The total number of men 21 years
OF age and over comprised 2S442,400
whites, 2,7s2,006 negroes. 61,22s IN
dams. 46,979 Chinese, 5S,411 Japanese
and 7,S45 men of other races-FiIi.
plnos, Hindus, Hawaiians, MaIays etc.
OF the white men 21.513.a4s were ma
tives and 6,92S, asa were foreign horn.
anu of the natives. 5.s05.0ss were OF
native parentage, 3.956,3g4 of foreign
parentage, and 1,752.501 of mixed ma
tive and foreign parentage. The total
number of male citizens. OF ali races
zt,66l,SsO, comprised 24,sSe,77s ma
tives and g, 322,104 foreign.born nat
uralized men.
Expressed In percentages, the dis
trlDution of the several classes of man
II years of age and over in 1920 was
as follows: Total White 90.6 per cent.
Liative white or native parentage, So 3
per cent; native white of foreign mar
entage, 12.G per cent; native white of
mixed native and foreign narenfags
90 per cent; foreign-borri white % -
per cent; Negro, SO per cent; Indian
two-tenths of l per cent; Chinese. one
tehth OF l per cent; Japanese, two
tenths or 1 per cent: total citizens. All
races SS.1 per cent; native citizens.
all races. us per cent; and foreign
born naturalized citizens. all races.
lO.6 per cent. or the citizens about
seVen-eights were native and one
eighth naturalized.
Women IF Years OF Age and Over.
The total number of women 21 years
of age and over comprised 2s.671Osf
white, 2.730,469 Negroes, 55.257 In
dams. S,646 Chinese, 22.3t6 Japanese,
ana 4O1 women of other races OF
the white women 21,10O,793 were ma
tives and 5,570.26S were foreign horn;
and of the natives. 15.202,194 were
of native parentage, 4.O45e47 Of FOR
/ =
native and foreign parentage. The
! total number of female citizens of ali
races, 26,759,952. comprised 23s6b.-
S51 natives and 2,s99.9Ot foreiEn=
born naturalized women.
The per cent distribution of the sew
eral classes OF women Fl years of age
and over in 1920 was as follows. fetal
white, 90.5 per cent; native white of
native parentage. SIG per cent; native
white of foreign parentage. 1877 per
cent; native white of mixed native and
foreign parentage. 6.3 per cent: for-
eign-born white. 1879 per cent: Negro.
9-3 per cent; Indian. two-tenths of 4
! per cent; Japanese, one-tenth OF I per
cent; total citizens. ali races. COS per
cent; native citizens. all races, 500 per
cent; and foreign born naturalized
citizens. all races. 9.8 per cent. or
the citizens about nine-tenths were
native and one-tenth naturalized
| The Figures for Kansas.
The figures as given out by the de-
| partment of Commerce show that
| Kansas has 534.1S7 males of voting
age of whom there are g.0S7, who
are native born. 59724. foreign par
| entage. and 37,32S of mixed par
entage. OF the foreign born there are
| 57,S76 whites There are 1889 ne
| gro males of voting age and only 4s6
Indians with 7\Chinese and AS Jap
| anese other races total ONLY 2e
4
in the state of the male gender and
of voting age.
| There are fewer women citizens in
the state than men. The report states
| that there are 489.957 OF the weaker
sex of voting age in Kansas. OF these
are 337,s15 of native parentage and
k55.235 of foreign percentage. with as
\ 800 of mixed parehtage. OF the for
eign born women of voting age there
are 1888 whites, There are 17.44s
Negro women eligible to vote and 53B
Indian women. with Chinese and
| two Japanese listed. OF other races
| there is only one reported tho the ma
| tionality of this one woman is not
given. There are 27866 naturaiized
| women citizens in Kansas
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