Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-10-05
NATIVE BORN OF
WHITE RACE ON
INCREASE IN ORE.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct, A.
The population of the state of Ore
gon, announced by the bureau of the
census, is S5.1 per cent native white
and l3 per cent ioreign-born white
In 1910 the percentage of foreign
born white was 1873.
The foreign-born white population
which was 1O3,0O1 in 1910, de-
creased to lO2,l5l in 1920. a de-
crease of S per cent. The native
white population in the same period
increased from 552,0S9 to 666,995.
or 20S per cent
Less than two-thir& (647 per
cent? OF the white people in the state
are native American born OF native
parents, the total native white of
native parentage being 497,726,
while the foreign element ia repre-
sented by 102,l6l foreign-born
whites, S5,S27 native whites who
had foreign-born parents, and 49,
442 who had one parent foreign
born, the other being native.
The total population includes also
, 2,l4f negroes, 1880 Indians, 1850
Chinese, i,l5l Japanese, l42 Fill
pinos, 5 Hawaiians, 80 Hindus and
81 Coreans.
In every county of the state ex-
cept four the percentage of foreign
born white has decreased, and in II
Of the IS counties there was also
decrease In the number of foreign
born whites.
The percentage of foreign-born
white in Jackson county has de-
creased from 12.7 per cent in 1910
to So in 1920.
One-fouIth Under Is
or the people in Oregon. 27 2 per
cent, or more than one-fourth, are
either infants or children under Is .
years of age; per cent are young
people Is to 10 years old: 4O.2 per
cent, about two-fifths are men and
women in the prime of life, being
from 20 to "a years old; while 24.4
per cent, being IS years OF age and
over, are well along in middle life
II they have not reached old age.
The urban population, as COM
pared with the rural, shows some
'ather striking differences In age
he percentage 20 to A years OF age
being 1879 for the urban population
IS compared with 36.5 for the rural.
While the percentage under l5 years
II age Is 23.7 in the urban popula-
ion. as against 30.7 In the rural.
Two.thirds OF Voting Age
Almost two-thirds OF the popula.
ion. 62.2 per cent. are old enough to
ote, being 2i or more. and in this
lass the men outnumber the women
n the ratio OF 100 to 100. The
males OF military age. IS to a, con-
titute 43 per cent of the male popu-
alton and 22.s per cent OF the total
opulation.
There are ss.562 children I to l3
ears OF age in the state, and OF this
lumber 1892, or S4.7 per cent.
'efe reported as attending school.
n 1910 the percentage attending
chool was s0.3, thus indicating an
Improvement as regards school at
'ndance between 1910 and 1920. or
he children IA and Is years OF age
1920. 90s per cent were attend
lg school and of those 6 and II
ears of age, 5s,7 per cent.
school Attendance IL High
The percentage OF children at
'nding schools was higher in the
ties than in the country districts,
le percentage for children In the
rban population to 13 years OF
go being 961, while in the rural
opulation it was S3.7 Urban"
'cording to the census definition
cludes all towns or cities and other
corporated places Of $500 popu-
tion or more.
There are s.3l7 illiterate persons
} years OF age and over In the
ate. "illiterste" meaning unable to
rite in any language OF this num-
II 1893 are native whites OF ma
Ge parentage, 46l are of foreign or
ixed parentage. 5,l72 are OF for
gn birth, S47 are Indians, 7s2 are
iinese, 400 are Japanese and SO
e negroes. In the total population
years and over the percentage OF
iteracy is Is. which shows a slight
ninution since 1910. when it was
}. In the case Of the native white
native parentage it is a. the same
IT was In 1910.
By counties the percentage Of
teracy ranges from 81 in Jeffer-
, aornfv 10 2 In CiIlfan, counrv