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UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



"From this table of percentages it is seen that 

 51.21 per cent, of the total population returned 

 in 1890 are males and 48.79 per cent, are females. 

 In 1880 the males represented 50.88 per cent, 

 and the females 49. 1 2 per cent. The percent- 

 ages of males and females in 1870 were about 

 the same as those just stated for 1880, or 50.56 

 per cent, for males and 49.44 per cent, for 

 females, while in 1830 they were very nearly 

 similar to those given for 1890, or 51.16 per 

 cent, for males and 48.84 per cent, for females. 

 The excess of males over females in 1890 is 

 1,513,510, as against an excess in 1880 of 881,- 

 857. In 1870 the males only exceeded the 

 females by 428,759, whereas in 1860 there were 

 727,087 more males than females. In 1850 

 the males exceeded the females by 483,444. The 

 very large excess of males in 1890 is readily 

 accounted for by the greatly increased num- 

 ber of immigrants who have come to this coun- 

 try since 1880, over three-fifths of the entire 

 number of immigrants being males. 



"Analyzing the results of the distribution of 

 population according to native and foreign born, 

 it is seen that 14.77 per cent, of the population 

 in 1890 are foreign born, as against 13.32 per 

 cent, in 1880, and 9.68 per cent, in 1850. The 

 native born in 1850 represented 90.32 per cent, 

 of the whole population, while in 1890 they rep- 

 resented 85.23 per cent. 



" The colored element of our population, in- 

 cluding Chinese, Japanese, and civilized Indians, 

 as well as persons of African descent, represents 

 12.20 per cent, of the population in 1890, as 

 against 15.G9 per cent, in 1850. The relatively 

 decreased per cent, of colored in 1870 as com- 

 pared with 1860, and also with 1880, is due, as 

 has already been stated, to the deficient census 

 of 1870 in the southern states. 



" The following table gives for each state and 

 territory the classification of the population, ex- 

 pressed in percentages, according to native white 

 of native and foreign parents, foreign white, and 

 total colored for 1890, and for native and foreign 

 white and total colored for 1880. 



" By native parents is meant all native white 

 persons having both parents native born, or one 

 parent native born and one parent for whom the 

 birthplace was returned as ' unknown,' as well 

 as native white persons for whom the birthplace 

 of both parents was reported as ' unknown.' By 

 foreign parents is meant all native white persons 

 having one or both parents foreign born. 



" Analyzing briefly the results for the United 

 States as a whole, we find that out of a total 

 population returned in 1890, 73.24 per cent, are 

 native white, 14.56 per cent, foreign white, and 

 12.20 per cent., as has already been stated, are 

 colored. In 1880, 73.46 per cent, of the total 

 population were returned as native white, 18.08 

 per cent, as foreign white, and 13.46 per cent, 

 colored. The native white of native parents in 

 1890 represent 54.87 per cent., and the native 

 white of foreign parents 18.37 per cent., of the 

 entire population. " 



The population of each of the States and Ter- 

 ritories of the United States, according to the 

 census of 1890, by sex and nativity, is shown in 

 the accompanying table. 



Colored Population. The total colored popu- 

 lation, according to the census of 1890, is 7,638,- 



360. Of this number, 7,470,040 are persons of 

 African descent, 107,475 are Chinese, 2,039 Jap- 

 anese, and 58,806 civilized Indians. Those of 

 African descent include 6,337,980 Blacks, 956.- 

 989 Mulattoes, 105,135 Quadroons, and 69,936 

 Octoroons. The three States having the largest 

 colored population are Mississippi (744,749), South 

 Carolina (689,141), and Alabama (679,299). The 

 three States having the largest number of Blacks 

 are Georgia (773 682), Mississippi (657,393). and 

 South Carolina (621,781). The three States hav- 

 ing the largest number of Mulattoes are Vir- 

 ginia (102,217), Louisiana (76,840), and Missis- 

 sippi (72.945). The three States having the larg- 

 est number of Quadroons are Virginia (9,772), 

 Georgia (8,795), and Louisiana (8,597). The 



