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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (IMMIGRATION THE ARMY.) 



Samoan group belonging to the United States, 

 whose area is 79 square miles. 



The urban population, counting only inhabit- 

 ants of cities of 25,000 or over, increased from 

 14,855,489 in 1890 to 19,694,625 in 1900. Cities of 

 200,000 population or over numbered 16 in 1890, 

 when Brooklyn and New York were separate 

 cities, and 19 in 1900, although these two cities 

 were merged into one, and the combined popula- 

 tion of cities of this class increased from 8,879,105 

 to 11,795,809; cities of 100.000 to 200,000 increased 

 in number from 12 to 19, and their population 

 from 1,808,656 to 2,412,538; cities of 50,000, to 

 100,000 increased from 30, with 2,067,169 inhab- 

 itants, to 40, with 2.709,338; and cities between 

 25,000 and 50,000 increased from 66, with 2,100,559 

 inhabitants, to 81, with 2.776,940 inhabitants. 

 The population of the principal cities in 1900 was: 

 New York, 3,437,202; Chicago, 1,698,575; Phila- 

 delphia, 1,293,697; St. Louis, 575,238; Boston, 

 560,892; Baltimore, 508,957; Cleveland, 381,768; 

 Buffalo, 352,219; San Francisco, 342,782; Cincin- 

 nati, 325,902; Pittsburg, 321,616; New Orleans, 

 287,104; Detroit, 285,704; Milwaukee, 285,315; 

 Washington, 278,718; Newark, 246,070; Jersey 

 City, 206,433; Louisville, 204,731; Minneapolis, 

 202,718; Providence, 175,597; Indianapolis, 169,- 

 164; Kansas City, 163,752; St. Paul, 163,632; 

 Rochester, 162,435; Denver, 138,859; Toledo, 

 131,822; Allegheny, 129,896; Columbus, 125,560; 

 Syracuse, 108,374; Paterson, 105,171; Omaha, 

 102,555; Scranton, 102,026; Albany, 94,151; Port- 

 land, 90,426; Atlanta, 89,872; Dayton, 85,333; 

 Richmond, 85,050; Nashville, 80,865; Hartford, 

 79,850; Wilmington, 76,508; Trenton, 73,307; 

 Bridgeport, 70,996; Oakland, 66,960; Hoboken, 

 59,364; Evansville, 59,007; Manchester, 56,987; 

 Peoria, 56,100; Charleston, 55,807; Salt Lake City, 

 53,531; Wilkesbarre, 51,721. 



Immigration. The number of immigrants 

 who arrived in the United States during the year 

 ending June 30, 1901, was 487,918, of whom 135,996 

 came from Italy, 113,390 from Austria-Hungary, 

 85,257 from Russia and Finland, 30,561 from Ire- 

 land, 23,331 from Sweden, 21,651 from Germany, 

 12,248 from Norway, 12,214 from England, 7,155 

 from Roumania, 5,910 from Greece, 5,782 from 

 Turkey in Asia, 5,269 from Japan, 4,165 from 

 Portugal and the Cape Verde and Azore islands, 

 3,655 from Denmark, 3,176 from the West Indies, 

 3,150 from France and Corsica, 2,459 from China, 

 2,349 from the Netherlands, 2,201 from Switzer- 

 land, 2,070 from Scotland, 1,579 from Belgium, 

 701 from Wales, 657 from Servia, Bulgaria, and 

 Montenegro, 592 from Spain and the Canary and 

 Balearic islands, 540 from British North America, 

 387 from Turkey in Europe, 347 from Mexico, 

 325 from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, 

 203 from South America, 173 from Africa, 140 

 from the Philippine Islands, 130 from Central 

 American republics, 27 from Pacific islands, 22 

 from India, 20 from British Honduras, 6 from 

 Hawaii, and 80 from other countries. The total 

 immigration into the United States from 1820 to 

 the end of 1901 was 20,253,073, and from 1789 to 

 1820 the number is estimated to have been 250,000. 

 Of the immigrants who arrived in 1901, the num- 

 ber who came through the port of New York was 

 388,931; through Baltimore, 17,216; through Bos- 

 ton, 25,616; through Philadelphia, 13,236; through 

 San Francisco, 3,655 ; through other ports, 39,264. 

 Of the total number, 161,938 were laborers, 3,035 

 farmers, 42,027 domestic servants, 6,508 carpen- 

 ters, 3,629 miners, 3,108 clerks, 9,609 tailors, 5,451 

 shoemakers, 2,613 blacksmiths. 2,192 bakers, 4,232 

 seamstresses and dressmakers, 3,414 masons, 

 4,695 sailors, 6,589 merchants, dealers, and gro- 



cers, and 2,665 professional persons. The number 

 having miscellaneous occupations was 272,064; 

 of no occupation, including dependent women and 

 children, 148,686; occupation not stated, 3,469. 



Education. The public schools of the United 

 States in 1900 had 15,341,220 pupils enrolled, being 

 20.38 per cent, of the total population, and 10,- 

 513,518 in average daily attendance. The number 

 of teachers was 421,288. In public primary and 

 grammar-schools there were 14,821,969 pupils, 

 and in private schools of the same grades 1,240,925 

 pupils, making a total of 16,062,894 children at- 

 tending elementary schools. In public high 

 schools and academies the number of pupils was 

 530,425, and in private academies 188,816, making 

 the total number in secondary schools 719,241. 

 City evening schools were attended by about 

 190,000 persons. In public normal schools there 

 were 47,421, and in private normal schools 22,179 

 pupils; total in normal schools, 69,593. Private 

 business schools and colleges had 91,549 students. 

 The public universities and colleges had 34,177 

 students, and private universities and colleges 

 had 76,735; total number of students, 110,912. 

 There were 480 universities and colleges in the 

 United States, having 12,664 male and 1,816 fe- 

 male professors and instructors and 124,365 male 

 and 36,856 female students, of whom 32,399 males 

 and 15,259 females were in the preparatory de- 

 partments, 57,886 males and 19,199 females in the 

 collegiate departments, 4,756 males and 1,377 

 females in the graduate departments, and 29,324 

 males and 1,021 females in the professional de- 

 partments. The income of all the institutions 

 was $20,836,488, of which $8,375,793 came from 

 tuition fees, $6,110,653 from productive funds, 

 and $4,386,040 from Government, State, or munici- 

 pal appropriations. The number of bound vol- 

 umes in the libraries was 7,876,073; value of sci- 

 entific apparatus, $15,136,181; value of grounds 

 and buildings, $136,336,871; productive funds, 

 $147,385,821 ; benefactions, $10,840,084. The num- 

 ber of students in public professional schools in 

 1900 was 9,470, and in private professional schools 

 48,600; total, 58,070. There were 154 theological 

 schools, with 994 professors and 8,009 students; 

 96 law schools, with 1,004 professors and 12,516 

 students; 121 medical colleges of the regular 

 school, with 3,545 professors and 22,752 students; 

 22 homeopathic colleges, with 735 professors and 

 1,909 students; 54 dental schools, with 1,118 pro- 

 fessors and 7,928 students; 53 schools of phar- 

 macy, with 493 professors and 4,042 students ; 432 

 training-schools for nurses, with 11,164 students; 

 and 13 veterinary schools, with 124 professors 

 and 362 students. The Government Indian 

 schools had 21,568 pupils and the schools of the 

 5 civilized tribes had 10,499. In Alaska, the Gov-' 

 ernment had schools with 1,753 pupils. In private 

 kindergarten schools were about 95,000 pupils. 

 The schools for art, music, etc., had about 50,000. 

 In orphan asylums and other benevolent institu- 

 tions about 15,000 children were taught. The 

 number in the public reform schools was 23,90K 

 In public deaf-and-dumb schools there were 10,563, 

 and in private schools 478 pupils; in public 

 schools for the blind there were 4,021 ; in public 

 schools for the feeble-minded there were 9,762, 

 and in private asylums 425 pupils. 



The Army. The United States army in Sep- 

 tember, 1901, consisted of 84,513 officers and men, 

 of whom 33,874 were in the United States, 43,239 

 in the Philippines, 4,914 in Cuba, 1,541 in Porto 

 Rico, 256 in the Hawaiian Islands, 527 in Alaska, 

 and 162 in China. During the three years ending 

 June 30, 1901, there served in the Philippine Islands 

 3,477 officers and 108,800 enlisted men, of whom 



