UMTF.I) STATES CEB 



781 



encc and other clerical labor was involved in tin- 

 preparation, completion, and publication of tin- 

 data herein presented. It is noted for information 

 that the cities of Si. I.ouisand Baltimore an- wholly 

 independent of any county organi/ation. NYw 

 York, Philadelphia, and San Franei-e<> are conter- 

 minous with counties of the same name: New ( ir- 

 leans is conterminous with Orleans Parish : and I!.. 

 ton practically assumes the expendii . il'olk 



County, in which it is situated, and which Com- 

 prises in addition one other city and two towns. 



< if the families oeeupyi: 

 and towns having from 8,000 to lUd.OOO inhalii; 



d-i-M-i per naniN and :;.v.M; per cent 



owner-. Of the familie- Meeiipying home> in the 



tiea having KMi.(M)i) inhabitants r more. 77-1: 



per cent, are tenant- and 'J','-*:; per cent, a 



while of the families occupying h. le of 



and town- having SOW inhabitant- or : 

 ~>>'>-'2'2 pei- i nanl- and -I'.','!* per eei/ 



owm 



I-'tirnt.'- (iinl llnini-K. The number of 



RECEIPTS AM> EXI'KMHTfKJ> IN CITIKS. 



Real Estate Mortgages. As the result of a 

 special investigation conducted in connection with 

 and as part of the eleventh census, it was ascer- 

 tained that the total number and amount of real- 

 estate mortgages made and number of acres and 

 lots covered, 1880 to 1889, were as follow : 



Total of mortgages 9,517,747 



Amount 12,0!' 



Mortgages on acres 4.747.078 



Amount $4.896.771,112 



Mortgages on lots 



Amount $7,198,106,681 



Acres covered by acre mortgages 622.855.091 



Lots covered by lot mortgages 8,027,031 



Farms and Homes, Proprietorship and In- 

 debtedness. By act of Congress this was the sub- 

 ject of a special census investigation. The report 

 made includes an exhaustive series of statements in 

 tabular form. The principal facts are as follow : 



Farms and Homes, oirned and hired. Of the 

 12,690,152 families living in the United States June 

 1, 1890, 6,066,417. or 47-80 per cent., occupy farms 

 and homes that are owned by them, and 6.623,735, 

 or 52*20 per cent., occupy hired farms and homes. 

 The whole number of families occupying farms 

 was 4,767,179, of which 3.142.746. or 65-92 per cent., 

 own their farms, and 1,624.433, or 34O8 per cent., 

 hire them. The whole number of families occupy- 

 ing homes was 7.922.973. or jnore than three fifths 

 of all the families in the United States in 1890. Of 

 this number of families. 2.023.071. or 36-90 per 

 cent., own their homes, and 4.999.302. or 63-10 per 

 cent., hire them. Of the 6,066.417 farms and homes 

 that were owned by the families occupying them, 

 4.369.527, or 72'03 per cent., are free of incum- 

 brance. and 1.696,890. or 27'97 per cent., are sub- 

 ject to incumbrance. 



families owning incumbered farms is 886.957, the 

 value of such farms being $3.054,923,165, the 

 amount of the incumbrance $1,085,995,960. and the 

 percentage of the incumbrance of the total value 

 : 15-55. The number of families owning and occu- 

 pying incumbered homes is 809,933, the value of 

 these incumbered homes is $2.632.374.904. and the 

 amount of the incumbrance thereon is $1,046,953,- 

 603, the incumbrance constituting 39'77 per cent, 

 of the total value. 



Value of all Farms. The total value of all 

 farms in 1890 was sl3.27H.252.649, and of this 

 amount $3,054.923.165 was the value of owned and 

 incumbered farms, leaving $10.224.329,484 as the 

 combined value of hired farms and farms owned 

 free of incumbrance. The average value of all 

 farms, based on number of farm families, is $,'. 

 that of owned and incumbered farms $3,444, and 

 that of farms hired and owned free $2,635. 



Average Value and Interest Charges. The aver- 

 age incumbrance on the incumbered farms occu- 

 pied by owners is $1.224. the average value of such 

 farms being $3,444, while the average incumbrance 

 on incumbered homes occupied by owners is $1.293, 

 such homes having an average value of $3,250. 

 There is an annual interest charge of s7<;.7 - >.n77 

 on owned and incumbered farms, the average an- 

 nual interest charge being &87. and the average an- 

 nual rate of interest 7 - 07 per cent. The total an- 

 nual interest charge on owned and incumbered 

 homes is $65.182.029. the average annual interest 

 charge being $80. and the average annual rate of 

 interest 6'23 per cent. 



Education. The totals of teachers and pupils by 

 States appear in previous issues of the " Annual." as 

 noted at the beginning of this article. 



