UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



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Alaska. The announcement of the final count 

 stated that the population of the United States 

 was 62,622,250 on June 1, 1890, exclusive of white- 

 persons in Indian Territory, Indians on i 

 tions. and Alaska. Early in February, 1891. a 

 bulletin was published, giving statistics of popu- 

 lation in Alaska. The official count ly special 

 agents gives a total of 21,029. including :\.\r 

 white males, 497 white females, 8C black males. 

 770 "mixed" males, 798 ''mixed" femal. 

 native males. 6.577 native females, and 2,12.~> < 'hi- 

 nese males. It is reported that, of this number. 

 2,125 Chinese and 1.901 white fishermen were 

 temporarily employed in the salmon canneries 

 at the time of enumeration, while, in what i< 

 termed the seventh district. 400 white and Ml 

 colored men were temporarily employed in the 

 whaling industry. The special agent in charge 

 of the census inquiry in Alaska remarks in his 

 report that he expects an increase, on comple- 

 tion of the enumeration, of s.4(M) K-kimo. 'Ihis 

 would bring the total to :i(l.:W!i. For enmnera- 

 tion purposes, the Territory was divided into 

 seven districts. It is reported that. <>ut of a 

 population of 7,636 in the first district, there are 

 564 native born males, 405 foreign l>orn male?, 

 and 69 "transient" males of voting age. It i* 

 also remarked that the number of possible voters 

 in other districts of Alaska, covering an area of 

 over 500,000 square miles, will not exceed five or 

 six hundred at the most. 



Indian Territory and Reservations. At 

 the end of January, 1891, it was officially an- 



