The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-01
FEDERAL CENSUS
FARM JEWELLERS
Fourteenth Decennial Re-
port Is Made
MALES HEAD THE LIST
Women Leaving Rural Districts
Mn Search More Lucrative
Field Endeavors
Especial to The Free Press. |

Washington, d. c., November %.
The department OF commerce an
nounces that according to the four
teenth decennial census, the 31,614,-
269 farm jewellers enumerated as of
January l, 1920. were grouped C
cording to sex and age as follows
Males. 16,496,33S; females, Is, H..
S31. Under ten years of age, S,13S,
O7O; ten to twenty years, 7,824106;
twenty one years and over, 1862,
093. The farm population comprises
all persons actually making their
homes on farms, regardless of
whether engaged in agriculture, to-
gether with farm laborers and their
families living elsewhere than on
farms but not livig in incorporated
places.
The sex ratio for the farm popu
lanon in 1920 was 1891 males 10 IUu
Iemales, as against a ratio or 104 10
100 for the enure population OF the
United states. In every state eX-
cept three-West Virginia, Wyo.
ming, and A.iZona-tne ratio OF
>maIes to females was higher Tor the
Iarm population IMAM Iof the total
population, despite the TACT that the
loreisn born element, in which the
males cosiderabIy outnumber the
females, is loud mainly-in the cities
This means that larger numbers OF
women than men are leaving the
farms in search OF more lucrative
fields OF endeavor. East of the Miss
issipi river the highest ratio for any
state is that for Wisconsin, 115.7 to
100, while the lowest, 1908. appears
for South Carolina. West of the
Mississippi the corresponding ratio
ranged from 1874 for Nevada to
1887 for Louisiana, In general, the
ratios are higher in the West than
in the North and higher than in the
South.
Ciassned BY Ages
OF the total farm population. %
per cent were under ten years OF
age, PAT per cent between ten and
twenty one years OF age, and 49.5
per cent were twenty one years OF
age and over The corresponding
percentages for the entire popula
ton of<the United States were 21.7
POT, and SIG, respectively. Thus
the farm population includes real
lively large proportion of persons
under the age of 81 and relatively
small proportion of persons twenty
one years of age or over This diff !.
ference in age distribution is due in
large part to the fact that the, ma
jority of persons who leave the farm
to take up residence elsewhere have
reached or passed the age of twenty
one Moreover, the foreign born
population, which is found mainly
in the cities. consists in large part
of persons past the age of twenty
one. The largest proportions of
children and youth in the farm pop
ulation are shown for the southern
states and the lowest for the New
England states, New York, New Jer-
sey. and California.
The farm population for 1920, dis :
tributed according to sex for the
state of Minnesota in the west cen
trail geographic division was as fol-
lows: Both sexes, 7,181; male,
4S6,048; female, 411,153. The num-
Der of males to 100 females of the
farm population was 1882 and of the
total population Of the state. 1921.
OF the 897, farm population for
the state of Minnesota in 1920, 21s,-
221 or 24.4 per cent were under ten
years Of age;' 221,345 or PAT were
from ten to twenty years of age;
456,615 or 500 per cent were TWEEN
ty one years or over.