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foreign born; 14,775,476 were native whites of na- 

 tive parents, 6,37 1,221 native whites of foreign par- 

 ents, 1,193,443 foreign whites, and 3,553,125 col- 

 ored, of whom 3,485,188 were of African descent; 

 12,1)72,994 were males and 12,920,271 females. 

 The number of males of voting age was 21,329,819, 

 of whom 10,227,285 were native born and 5,102,534 

 foreign born; 19,036,143 were whites, of whom 

 10,030,898 were native whites of native parents, 

 3,406,721 native whites of foreign parents, and 

 4,932,524 foreign whites; 2,065,589 were persons 

 of African descent; 2,326,295 were illiterates. 



The negro, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian popu- 

 lation in 1900 in the different States and Territo- 

 ries was as follows: 



The density of population in 1900 was 35.5 

 to the square mile in Alabama, 0.1 in Alaska, 1.1 

 in Arizona, 24.7 in Arkansas, 9.5 in California, 5.2 

 in Colorado, 187.5 in Connecticut, 94.3 in Dela- 

 ware, 4,645.3 in the District of Columbia, 9.7 in 

 Florida, 37.6 in Georgia, 23.9 in Hawaii, 1.9 in 

 Idaho, 86.1 in Illinois, 70.1 in Indiana, 12.6 in the 

 Indian Territory, 40.2 in Iowa, 18.0 in Kansas, 

 53.7 in Kentucky, 30.4 in Louisiana, 23.2 in Maine, 

 120.5 in Maryland, 348.9 in Massachusetts, 42.2 in 

 Michigan, 22.1 in Minnesota, 33.5 in Mississippi, 

 45.2 in Missouri, 1.7 in Montana, 13.9 in Nebraska, 

 0.4 in Nevada, 45.7 in New Hampshire, 250.3 in 

 New Jersey, 1.6 in New Mexico, 152.6 in New 

 York, 39.0 in North Carolina, 4.5 in North Dako- 

 ta, 102.0 in Ohio, 10.3 in Oklahoma, 4.4 in Oregon, 



140.1 in Pennsylvania, 407.0 in Rhode Island, 44.4 

 in South Carolina, 5.2 in South Dakota, 48.4 in 

 Tennessee, 11.6 in Texas, 3.4 in Utah, 37.6 in Ver- 

 mont, 46.2 in Virginia, 7.7 in Washington, 38.9 

 in West Virginia, 38.0 in Wisconsin, and 0.9 in 

 Wyoming. The center of population in the United 

 States in 1900 was in 30 9.5' of north latitude 

 and 85 48.9' of west longitude, 6 miles southeast 

 of Columbus, Ind., having shifted in ten years 

 from 39 11.9' of north latitude and 85 32.9' of 

 west longitude, 20 miles east of Columbus, Ind. 

 In 1880 it was in 39 4.1' of north latitude and 

 84 39.7' of west longitude, 8 miles west by south 

 from Cincinnati, Ohio; in 1870 it was in 39 12' 

 of north latitude and 83 35.7' of west longitude, 

 48 miles east by north from Cincinnati, Ohio; in 

 1860 it was in 39 0.4' of north latitude and 82 

 48.8' of west longitude, 20 miles south of Chilli- 

 cothe, Ohio; in 1850 it was in 38 59' of north lat- 

 itude and 81 19' of west longitude, 23 miles 

 southeast of Parkersburg, W. Va.; in 1840 it was 

 in 39 2' of north latitude and 80 18' of west 

 longitude, 16 miles south of Clarksburg, W. Va.; 

 in 1830 it was in 38 57.9' of north latitude and 

 79 16.9' of west longitude, 19 miles west south- 

 west of Moorefield, W. Va. ; in 1820 it was 39 

 5.7' of north latitude and 78 33' of west longi- 

 tude, 16 miles north of Woodstock, Va.; in 1810 

 it was in 39 11.5' of north latitude and 77 37.2' 

 of west longitude, 40 miles northwest by west from 

 Washington, D. C.; in 1800 it was in 39 16.1' 

 of north latitude and 76 11.2' of west longitude, 

 18 miles west of Baltimore, Md. ; in 1790 it was 

 in 39 16.5' of north latitude and 76 11.2' of west 

 longitude, 23 miles east of Baltimore, Md. The 

 population of the United States has grown from 

 3,329,214 in 1790 to 5,308,483 in 1800, 7,239,881 in 

 1810, 9,633,822 in 1820, 12,866,020 in 1830, 17,- 

 069,453 in 1840, 23,191,876 in 1850, 31,443,321 in 

 1860, 38,558,371 in 1870, 50,155,783 in'1880, 62,622,- 

 250 in 1890, and 76,303,387 in 1900. 



Immigration. The number of immigrants in 

 1902 was 648,743, of whom 493,262 landed at New 

 York, 39,679 at Baltimore, 39,465 at Boston, 17,- 

 175 at Philadelphia, 5,271 at San Francisco, and 

 53,891 came through other ports. Of the total num- 

 ber 242,679 were laborers, 80,562 farm laborers, 

 69,913 domestic servants, 10,369 tailors, 8,895 

 carpenters, 8,168 farmers, 7,242 merchants, 6,465 

 mariners, 6,402 shoemakers, 4,920 miners, 4,091 

 masons, 4,542 dressmakers, 3,721 clerks, 3.274 

 bakers, 2,937 professional men, 4,042 of other 

 occupations, and 153,159 of no occupation and 

 dependent persons. The skilled workers num- 

 bered 79,768. Of the immigrants, 178,372 were 

 Italians, 171,989 Austro-Hungarians, 107.347 Rus- 

 sians, 30,894 Swedes, 29,138 Irish, 28,304 Ger- 

 mans, 17,484 Norwegians, 14,270 Japanese, 13.575 

 English, 8,104 Greeks, 7,196 Roumanians, 6,233 

 European Turkish, 5,660 Danes, 5,307 Portuguese, 

 4,711 West Indians, 3,117 French, 2,577 Belgians, 

 2,560 Scotch, 2,344 Swiss, 2,287 Dutch, 1,649 Chi- 

 nese, 975 Spanish, 851 Servians and Bulgarians, 

 763 Welsh, 709 Mexicans, 636 Canadians, 384 

 Australians, 337 South Americans, 305 Central 

 Americans, 187 Asiatic Turkish, 126 Philippine 

 Islanders, 93 East Indians, 56 Pacific islanders, 

 37 from Africa, 9 Hawaiians, 37 Europeans not 

 specified, 36 Asiatics from various countries, and 

 94 from other countries. 



Education. In the year ending June 30, 1901, 

 the number of enrolled pupils in the common 

 schools of the United States was 15,603,451, being 

 20.20 per cent, of the total population; average 

 daily attendance, 10,692,091 ; number of teachers, 

 430,004. The private elementary schools had 

 1,261,672 pupils; public high schools and acad- 



