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Thus, while for the State as a whole about 270 of every 1,000 females 

 between the ages of 16 and 20 were profitably employed in wage- 

 earning pursuits, this number and distribution are incorrect for 

 both the cities and the rural districts, since in Indianapolis about 

 530 of every 1,000 females between 16 and 20 were profitably 

 employed, whereas in country towns the number was much lower. 



It is thought by the writer that the number of apprentices and 

 helpers, as distinguished from laborers and semiskilled operatives, 

 was not correctly measured by the census enumerations, and also 

 that the distribution of industrial workers into skilled, semiskilled, 

 and unskilled groups may be questioned, since there are as yet no 

 clearly defined standards for this differentiation. 



For those not wishing to read the entire bulletin, the material 

 is so arranged that the condensed facts may be ascertained by 

 reading the ''Abstract and Summary" and "Deductions Relative 

 to Education." 



Abstract and Summary 



Ohap. I. Facts Concerning the People of Indiana 



§1. Population and State Rank. The population of Indiana in 

 1910 was 2,700,816, and the State rank was ninth. 



§2, Interstate Migration. Indiana has lost in population through 

 interstate migration. 



Up to 1910, there were living of those born in Indiana, 2,805,517, but 

 of this number only 2,031,345 were residing in Indiana. This loss amounts 

 to 774,171 persons. However, natives of other States to the number of 

 501,420 moved to Indiana, reducing the net loss to 272,751, or 7.8 per cent. 



§3. Distribution of Residents in Rural and Urban Communities. 

 During the last thirty years the rural population has decreased and 

 urban population has increased so that in 1910, 57.6 per cent of the 

 people lived in the country and 42.4 per cent lived in places of over 

 2,5 00 inhabitants. 



Indiana, while gaining substantially in population from 1889 to 1910, 

 lost in rank from sixth to ninth place, and the rate of increase during the 

 same period lowered from 18.1 per cent to 7.3 per cent. From 1890 to 1910 

 the percentage of rural population decreased from 73.1 per cent to 57.6 per 

 cent, and the urban population increased from 26.9 per cent to 42.4 per 

 cent. The absolute number of residents in rural places was 5.1 per cent 

 less in 1900 than in 1910, while, during the same period, the absolute gain 

 in urban places was 30.5 per cent. In 1914 the number of residents in 

 Indiana was doubtless evenly divided between rural and urban commu- 

 nities. 



The greatest increase in population from 1890 to 1910 occurred in 

 places from 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants, and in places of this size 12.6 



