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UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (AKEA AND POPULATION.) 



such cities was 19,694,625, having increased from 

 14,855,489. The population living in cities of 

 200,000 inhabitants and upward increased be- 

 tween 1890 and 1900 from 8,879,105 to 11,795,809, 

 and the number of such cities increased from 16 to 

 19, notwithstanding the merger of Brooklyn and 

 Long Island City in New York; cities of between 

 100,000 and 200*000 increased in number from 12 

 to 19, and their combined population from 1,808,- 

 656 to 2,412,538; cities of from 50,000 to 100,000 

 inhabitants increased from 30 to 40, and their pop- 

 ulation from 2,067,169 to 2,709,338; cities of be- 

 tween 25,000 and 50,000 increased from 66 to 81 

 and their population from 2,100,550 to 2,776,940. 

 The total increase of population in the 159 cities 

 was 4,839,136, which was 82,426 less than the in- 

 crease between 1880 and 1890, when the popula- 

 tion of these same cities grew from 9,933,927 to 

 14,855,489. The average annual rate of increase 

 in the earlier period was 4.95 per cent, and in the 

 later period 3.25 per cent. The rate of increase in 

 the 19 cities having over 200,000 inhabitants in 

 1900 was 3.28 per cent, per annum between 1890 

 and 1900, compared with 4.06 per cent, between 

 1880 and 1890; the absolute increase was 2,910,- 

 704, against 2,567,452 in the former census period. 

 The increase in the 19 cities of the second class 

 was 3.33 per cent, per annum from 1890 to 1900 ; 

 compared with 7.92 per cent, from 1880 to 1890! 

 The rate for the 40 cities of the third class was 

 3.10 per cent, in the later period, against 5.10 per 

 cent, between 1880 and 1890. In the 81 cities of 

 the fourth class the average annual gain between 

 1890 and 1900 was 3.22 per cent., against 6.87 per 

 cent, between 1880 and 1890. 



Of the total population of 76,303,387 in 1900 

 resident in the States and Territories 39,059,242 

 were males and 37,244,145 females. The native-, 

 born population was 65,843,302, and the foreign- 

 born 10,460,085, comprising 10,250,063 whites and 

 210,022 of colored races. Of the native-born 33,- 

 329,130 were males and 32,514,172 females; of the 

 foreign born 5,730.112 were males and 4,729,973 

 females. Of the total population 66,990,802 were 

 whites, comprising 34,349,021 males and 32,641,781 

 females, and 9,312,585 were colored, comprising 

 8,840,789 of African race, 119,050 Chinese, 85,986 

 Japanese, 137,242 Indians taxed, and 129,518 un- 

 taxed Indians. Of the total colored population 

 4,710,221 were males and 4,602,364 females. Of 

 the negroes 4,393,221 were males and 4,447,568 fe- 

 males; of the Chinese 111,054 were males and 

 7,996 females; of the Japanese 71,386 were males 

 and 14,600 females; of the 266,760 Indians 137,- 

 242 were males and 129,518 females. Of the white 

 population 56,740,739 were native born, of whom 

 28,803,188 were males and 27,937,551 females; and 

 of the native whites 41,053,417, comprising 20,- 

 934,099 males and 20,119,318 females, were born 

 of native parents, and 15,687,322, comprising 7,869,- 

 089 males and 7,818,233 females, of foreign par- 

 ents. The increase between 1890 and 1900 of the 

 total population was 13,233,631, or 21 per cent.; 

 of the total males, 6,744,179, or 20.9 per cent.; of 

 females, 6,489,452, or 21.1 per cent.; of the native- 

 born population, 12,081,637, or 22.5 per cent.; of 

 foreign born, 1,101,994, or 12.4 per cent.; of the 

 white population, 11,824,618, or 21.4 per cent.; of 

 the colored population, 1,409,013, or 17.8 per cent.; 

 of the native white population, 10,710,634, or 23.3 

 per cent. ; of native whites born of native parents, 

 6,538,967, or 18.9 per cent.; of native whites born 

 of foreign parents, 4,171,667, or 36.2 per cent.; of 

 foreign whites, 1,113,984, or 12.2 per cent.; of ne- 

 groes, 1,352,001, or 18.1 per cent.; of Japanese, 71,- 

 587, or 497.2 per cent. The Chinese decreased 

 7,728, or 6.1 per cent. The Indian population 



shows a decline of 6,847, or 2.5 per cent. The per- 

 centage of males was 51.2 and of females 48.8 in 

 both census years. The proportion of native born 

 to the whole population rose from 85.2 per cent, in 

 1890 to 86.3 per cent, in 1900, while the foreign 

 born descended correspondingly from 14.8 per 

 cent, to 13.7 per cent. The proportion of whites 

 advanced from 87.5 to 87.8 per cent., and the col- 

 ored declined from 12.5 to 12.2 per cent. The per- 

 centage of native whites rose from 73 to 74.4 per 

 cent., but that of native whites born of native par- 

 ents declined from 54.7 to 53.8 per cent, of the 

 total population, while the proportion of native 

 whites born of foreign parents increased from 18.3 

 to 20.6 per cent. 



The proportion of foreign whites in the" popula- 

 tion declined from 14.5 to 13.4 per cent., the ratio 

 of negroes to the whole from 11.9 to 11.6 per cent., 

 and of Indians from 0.4 to 0.3 per cent. The pop- 

 ulation of each State and Territory in 1900, divi- 

 ded as to sex and as to nativity, is given in the fol- 

 lowing table: 



The total number of persons of school age, from 

 five to twenty years of age inclusive, was 26,110,- 

 788 in 1900, of whom 21,573,492 were under eight- 

 een and 4,537.296 from eighteen to twenty. Of 

 the total 22,490,211 were whites and 3,500,194 ne- 

 groes. Excluding 217,523 persons in Alaska, Ha- 

 waii, and Indian Territory, and on Indian reserva- 

 tions, the number of school age was 25,893.265. of 

 whom 24,689,118 were native born and 1,204,147 



