The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-07-02
Population Statistics for
Minnesota Now Available
Figures Show There Is Gradual
Trend From the Rural to
Urban CenterS

Statistics for the 1880 population
of Minnesota classified as urban
and rural, and by sex, color, age,
martial condition, illiteracy, etc.,
have been issued by the Bureau of
the Census in a bulletin (Popula-
tion-Second Series) entitled, "Com-
position and Characteristics of the
Population" This is. a pamphlet of
70 pages, by liz inches, con-
sisting mainly of statistical tables.
The urban population of Mime
sofa in 1880 was 1,257,615, repre-
senting an increase of 206,023, or
1916 per cent, since 1920. The urban
population former 400 per cent of
the total population (2,563, 953), as
compared with AL per cent in
1920 Urban population, as defined
By the Census Bureau, is in general
that residing in cities and other in
corporated places having $500 in
babitants or more, the remainder
being classified as rural.
The rural population of Minneso-
ia in 1880 was 1,306,33 compris-
ing S88049 persons living on farms
and 41S,288 not living on farms,
representing as a whole a decrease
of 29.195, or % per cent, as COM
pared with the rural population in
1920 Q,335 ,532). The rural-farm
population, taken alone, decreased
SAIL, or six-tenths of one per cent,
between 1920 and 1880, while the
rural-nonfarm population decreas-
ed 23,7s4, or 5.4 per cent.
Of the entire population of Min
nesota, $50 per cent are white, 1873
per cent being native white, and
ISL per cent foreign-born white. OF
the native white population, 43.5 per
cent are of native percentage, and
4O.4 per cent are of foreign or mix
ed parentage. OF the foreign-born
white population of Minnesota
(Which numbered 3S8,294, 1913 per
cent have been naturalized.
The population of Minnesota as
whole increased 176,S2s, or IA per
cent, between 1920 and 1880. The
number of children under 1 year
of age showed decrease of lO.3
per cent, while the entire group
under years decreased 3O,3S3, or
11.6 per cent.
The proportion of the popula-
ton Z to 10 years of age attending
school increased from $50 per cent
in 1920 to $50 per cent in 1880, and
of those 16 and IT years of age, the
proportion increased from 42.5 per
cent in 1920 to $40 per cent in
1880. The percentage of illiteracy
in the population 10 years OF age
and over decreased from LIZ to
1.3.
OF the 992,s47 gainful workers in
the State, 791, 553 were males, rep
Ppesenting COL per cent of the male
population, and 1924 were fe-
males, representing 16.1 per cent OF
the female population. Including
both farm owners and farm labor
ers agriculture employed 3O3,822
persons, on a little less than one
third of all the gainful workers in
the State. Of the 1920 farm
laborers, 41,o04, or BAT per cent
were unpaid family workers. The
various manufacturing and me-
chanical industries, employed l9o,-
ITO persons, the largest numbers
being in the building industry, iron
and steel industries, and food ana
allied industries. There were 49,
100 persons engaged in transporta-
ton; 1626SO in trade, including
banking and insurance; 1885 In
public service (not elsewhere CLASH
fed); s2,27S in professional service;
and $685. in domestic and personal
service.
In the bulletin which has just
been issued there are number
of features not contained In the
1920 census reports, including a
presentation of the number Of
gainful workers in each OF about
80 industry groups, by counties;
detailed age data for counties; a
classification of the population OF
each town by color, sex, age etc.,
and an extensive presentation OF
statistics for the rural-farm popu-
lation and the rural-nonfarm popu-
lation.
A copy of this bulletin for Min
nesota may be obtained by writing
to the Bureau of the Census, Wash