The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-03
STATE POPULATION
SHOWS INCREASE
DETAILED POPULATION STATS
TICS FOR MINNESOTA PROVE
INTERESTING READING THE
BUREAU OF CENSUS GIVES
FIGURES.

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 Population-Second Series)
entitled, Composition and Character
istics of the Population" This is a
phamplet of 70 pages, 9 by liz inches,
consisting mainly of statistical tables.
The urban population of Minnesota
in 1880 was 1,257,o16, representing an
increase of 2O6,O23, or 1876 per cent,
since 1920. The urban population
formed 400 per cent of the total popu-
lation 1858 $3.50, as compared with
AL per cent in 1920. Urban popula-
ton, as defined by the Census Bureau,
is in general that residing in cities and
other Incorporated places having $500
inhabitants or more, the remainder
being classified as rural.
The rural population of Minnesota
IN 1880 was 1,306,337, comprising $685.
049 persons living on farms, and 418,-
288 not living on farms, representing
as a whole decrease of 29,195, or
% per cent, as compared 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 1890,
while the rural nonfarm population
decreased 23,784, or ga per cent.
Of the entire population of Mime
sofa, 900 per cent are white, 83.9 per
cent being native white, and ISL per
cent foreign born white. OF the ma
tive white population, 43.5 per cent are
of native parentage, and 4O.4 per cent
are of foreign or mixed parentage. OF
the foreign-born white population of
Minnesota (Which numbered 1920 i,
1913 per cent have been naturalized.
The population of Minnesota as a
whole increased 176,828, or IA per cent,
between 1920 and 1880. The number
of children under year of age showed
a decrease of 1913 per cent, while the
entire group under 5 years decreased
30,393, or 11.6 per cent.
The proportion of the population z
to 13 years of age attending school in
creased from 93.9 per cent in 1920 to
$50 per cent in 1880, and of those 16
and II years of age, the proportion in
creased 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 1.8 to
1.3.
OF the $685. gainful workers in
the State, 791, 553 were males, repre-
senting COL per cent of the male
population, and 2O1 ,294 were females,
representing 16.1 per cent of the fe-
male population. Including both
farm owners and farm laborerS, agri-
culture employed 303, 1922 persons, or
little less than one-third of all the
gainful workers in the state. OF the
1920 farm laborers, 41,OO4, or BAT
per cent, were unpaid family workers.
The various manufacturing and mech
anical industries, employed 1857
persons, the largest numbers being in
the building industry, iron and steel
industries, and food and allied indus
tries. There were $3.50 persons en-
gagged in transportation; 1850 in
trade, including banking and insur-
ance; 1886 in public service (not else
where classified 82,273 in professional
service; and $685. in domestic and
personal service.
In the bulletin which has just been
issued there are a number of features
not contained in the 1920 census re-
ports, including 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