DAKOTA. 



287 



* Amount given in census of 1880; but, owing to change* 

 in county lines since that time, a population amounting to 

 1,785 is not included in this column, thus making the actual 

 footing 183, 892. + Decrease. 



Of the inhabitants, 263,411 are in South Da- 

 kota and 152,199 in North Dakota. 



Of the population in 1885, 707 were colored, 

 191 Chinese, and 647 Indians; 236,045 were 

 males, 179,565 females, 150,990 foreign born, 

 58,530 born in Dakota, and 206,090 in other 

 States and Territories ; 186.691 were under 

 twenty-one years of age, 252,910 were singlo, 

 145,046 married, 9,184 widowed, 549 divorced. 

 There were 13,171 births and 2,511 deaths in 

 the census year. The number of blind persons 

 was 116; d'eaf and dumb, 182; idiotic, 112; 

 insane, 225 ; maimed or crippled, 1,231 ; at- 

 tending school, 63,256 ; unable to read, 3,920 ; 

 unable to write, 4,807. By occupation there 

 were 78,362 farmers, 45,494 mechanics and la- 

 borers, 10,418 merchants, 2,116 teachers, 2,895 

 railroad and 2,632 professional men. The 

 number of acres in farms was 16,842,412; 

 average size of farms, 205 acres ; average value 

 of farms, $1,911.40; value of market-garden 

 products, $135,913 ; forest products on farms, 

 $209,989 ; wages paid during year, $5,949,082 ; 

 bushels of buckwheat raised, 51.466 ; of rye, 

 196,750; gallons of milk produced, 1,860,358; 

 cheese, 116,557 pounds; eggs, 5,852,426 dozen. 

 The following table gives the live-stock on 

 ranches and ranges by districts : 



The yield of small grains in 1885 was largely 

 in excess of that of the previous year, except 



