The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-18
"A CENSUS REPORT
Fewer Foreign Born in Topeka,
Latest Figures Show.
This Population Decreases 1853
in Last Ten Years.
MORE MEXICANS IN Topeka
Seven AuStrians Have Left City
Since Count in 1910.
Total Population of City Shows
Increase of 6,33S.
MORE MEXICANS IN Topeka

An analytical comparison of the
census reports of Topeka in 1910 and
1920, which has just been completed
at washington, shows that Topeka,
white the population has been inereaa-
ing. on the whole, has been decreased
as regards several constituents there
of-chiefIy the foreign born whites.
There was a decrease of 1853, among
the foreign born population of To-
peka, in the ten-year period. OF this
number, the greatest was among the
Germans. OF twenty-four nations rep
resented in the citizenship of Topeka.
sixteen had fewer representatives here
in 1920 than they had in 1910. Eight
either remained stationary, or in
creased.
There were listed as persons born
in Czecho-S lovakia, eleven. And
Czecho -Slovakia did not exist as a ma
ton in 1910. The same case applies
to go-Slovakia, of which country
there were four representatives in To-
peka in 1920. There were twenty-foGr
Poles in Topeka in 1920, and none in
1910.
Only One Spaniard Here.
There was but one Spaniard in To-
peka in 1910, and he has left the city,
according to the 1920 census. At
least there is no record OF any Span
lard in the city at the present time.
There were five Topekans born in
Turkey in 1910, and none in 1920.
Seven Austrians have left the city
since 1910. There has been a de-
crease in the number of Englishmen,
also, indicating that the relation of
the foreign-born whites TO the World
war. does not seem to have affected
their residence in Topeka.
There were 400 persons in Topeka
in 1910, who had been born in Eng
land. In 1920 there were but 404.
The French-born residents of Topeka,
on the other hand, have increased
during the decade. There were forty
five Frenchmen in Topeka, in 1910.
In 1920 there were So of them.
More Mexicans Here.
The greatest increase of all Is noted
in the Mexican-born population of
the city. There were but 266 Mex
leans in Topeka in 1910, according to
the census figures and this number
had been increased to sS7 in 1920-an
increase of 553.
The total population showed an in
CREASE of 6,sSs-from 1884 to 50,-
022, in the decades OF this number,
nearly tRo-thirds were females. The
males increased 2,2OS, from 21,710
in 1910 to 23,91S in 1890, while the
women increased 4.130, from 21.974
in 1910 to 26,104 in 1920. The fig
ures show that the women were in
the majority by Ab4 III 451Vf anu Dy
2.186 in 1910-they increased their
majority by nearly tenfold,
Fewer uIiterates.
In spite of the increase in the popu-
lation, the actual number of illiterate
persons in the city has decreased.
There were 9S5 persons in Topeka, in
1910, past the age of ten years, who
were unable to read or write. In 1920
there We're but 915 such persons-a
decrease of 90. The percentage of
.illiterates over the age of 10 years
lin 1910 was 2.6, which was reduced to
l2.2 per cent in 1920.
! The housing situation in Topeka
was much worse in 1910 than in 1920,
according to the census reports, The
humber of families in Topeka in
creased by 2,652, from 11,243 in 1910
to 1909 in 1920. In the same de-
cade, the number of separate dwell
ings in the city increased from TO-
ssh in 1910 to 1901 in 1920, an IN
ere ase of but ,634
| There were $50 more families than
dwellings in Topeka in 1910. and LOIS
more families than dwellings in 1920.