The border vidette., 1931-06-06
STATISTICS FOR
ARIZONA NOW AvAlL6LE

Statistics for the 1880 popula.
ton of Arizona classified as urban
and rural, and by sex. color, age,
martial condition, illiteracy, etc. :,
have BEEN issued by the Bureau
of the Census in q bulletin (Pop
ulation Second Series) entitled,
Conn position and Characters
tics Of the Population" This is
a pamphlet of 25 pages, 9 by 114
inches, consisting mainly of sta.
tistical tables.
The Urban population of Ari
zona in 1880 was 149, ,856. repre-
senting an increase of 80. 329, or
27.5 per cent, since 1920. The
urban population formed 34.4
per cent OF the total population
(435 573(, as com pared with 35. 2
per cent in 1920. Urban popula
tion, as defined by the Census
Bureau,is in general that resid
ing in cities and other incorpor
ed places having 1000 inhabi
tants Of more, the remaining
being classified as rural.
The rural population of Ari
zona ia 1880 was 285, III. CON
prising 98 8l9 persons living on
farms, And 1856. 1913 not living on
farms. representing as a whole
an Increase of 69.O82, or 81 9 per
cent, asscompared with the rural
population in 1920 (216,635). The
rural-fsrm population taken
alone increased 1862, or 9 6 per
cent. between 1920 and 1880,
while the rural-nonfarm popuia
tion showed an increase of 80, 430
or 47.8 per cent.
Ga the entire population of
Arizona, 6O7 per cent are white,
81 / per cent being native white.
and 8 8 per cent foreign born
white. OF the native white pop
ulation, 48 8 per cent are of ma
tive parentage, and 8 8 per cent
are Of foreign or mixed parent
age. Persons of Eaglish, Ger.
man, and Canadian origin form
40 5 per cent of the 54,13l per
sons comprising what may be
termed the foreign white stock
of Arizona. OF the foreign born
white population of Arizona
us. .591) more than one half have
been naturalizad. Negroes form
| 2 per cent of the total popula
ton of Arizona and Mexicans
26 2 per cent.
The population of Arizona as
whole increased 1O1 AL, or
30 3 per cent between 1920 and
1880, and more than 60 per cent
of the increase was in the age
group under IS years. The NUN
Der OF children under 5 years of
age increased $3.50, or % Z per
cent.
The proportion of the popula
ton Z to 13 years Of age attend
ing school increased from 78 8
per cent in 1920 to 80 8 per cent
in 1880, and of those ii aud IS
years of age, the proportion in
creased from 738 per cent in
1920 to 85.4 per cent in 1880.
The percentage of illiteracy in
the population 10 years of age
and over decreased from 1873 to
1O.1.
OF the 165, 3O4 gainful workers
in the state, 1852 were males,
representing SO 5 per cent of the
male population. Agriculture
employed 38, 697 persons, includ
ing both farm owners and farm
laborers; II, ,566 were engaged in
the extraction of minerals; while
the various manufacturing and
mechanical industries employed
%. z45. the largest numbers be
ing in the building industry, and
ia iron, steel and other metal
industries. There were 5000
persons engaged In transpOrta
ton; 23.658 ia trade; 1904 in
professional service; and 16 155
in domestic and personal service.
10 the bulletin which has just
been issued there are number
of features not contained in the
1920 reports, including a pre-
sentation of the number of gain.
ful workers ia each of about 80
industry groups. by counties;
detailed age data for counties; a
classification of the population
each town by color, sex. age,
etc., and an extensive presenta
ton of statistics for the rural
farm population and the rural
nonfarm population.
A copy of this bulletin for
Arizona may be obtained by
writing to the Bureau of the