T82 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



* Decrease. 



+ North and South Dakota combined. 



+. Includes all persons of negro descent. 



Teachers and Pupils. Of the teachers, 1890, 397,- 

 715 were white and 25,214 colored. The pupils in- 

 cluded 12,957,468 white and 1.416,202 colored. The 

 above figures are given under the heading " Enroll- 

 ment in public, private, and parochial schools, as 

 derived from the reports of schools." The reports 

 of public common schools show 337,896 white and 

 24.112 colored teachers, with 11,358,515 white and 

 1,346,871 colored pupils. 



Finances of Public Common Schools. The ordi- 

 nary receipts,' 1890, amounted to $139,770,063 ; ordi- 

 nary expenditures, $138,888,053. Of the last-named 

 amount, $88,772,816 was paid as teachers' wages. 



Religion. Details concerning numerous denomi- 

 nations were given in previous articles. The latest 

 revised census statistics show that there are in all 

 143 denominations specified in the returns, and 231 

 independent Lutheran congregations and 156 mis- 



