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per cent of the people resided in 11)10, ;i pereentaj^e i^rcalci' lli.iii in oilier 

 classes of places save tlic rural. 



From 1900 to 11)10 tlie iiiuiiher of places liaviii- a i)<»i)iilat ion (.r Pi.dOO 

 to 25,000 increased from fourteen to twenty; lliose iia\in,i;- I'l-oiu .l.ddo to 

 10,000, from twenty-three to twenty-six, and tliose li;i\ ini;- 2.500 to 5,000 

 decreased from thirty-eight to thirty-seven. Aside tr(jni rural commu- 

 nities, the class of places where the greatest percentage of people resided 

 was the 10,000 to 25,000, the percentage being 12.6 per cent, a gain of 3.1) 

 per cent over 1900, and CO per cent over 1890. 



§4. Colored and White Residents. Considering the State as a 

 whole, colored residents constitute but 2.2 per cent of the entire population. 



In 1910 over 97 of every 100 inhabitants were native white born, and 

 only two of every 100 were native colored born. Though from 1890 to 1900 

 the colored population increased 27.2 per cent as compared with an in- 

 crease of 14.5 per cent of whites, from 1900 to 1910 the colored increase 

 was only 4.9 per cent and the white increase 7.4 per cent. 



§5. Native and Foreign Born Residents. Considering the State as 

 a whole, but 5.9 per cent of the inhabitants in 1910 were foreign born. 



In 1890, 93.3 per cent of the residents in Indiana were native born, 

 and in 1910 the percentage was 94.1, leaving 5.9 per cent foreign born in 

 1910 as compared with 6.7 per cent in 1890. 



Of the 159,322 foreign born whites in Indiana in 1910, 111,396 lived in 

 urban communities and 47,926 in rural communities. 



There are a sufficient number in the following places to constitute a 

 real educational problem : 



Indianapolis 19,767 Terre Haute 3,796 



South Bend 13,420 Lafayette 2,019 



East Chicago 10,295 Laporte 1,954 



Gary 8,242 Mishawaka 1,803 



Fort Wayne 7,204 Elkhart 1,636 



Hammond 5,553 Logansport 1,405 



Michigan City 4,528 Richmond 1,173 



Evansville 4,462 Anderson 977 



Foreigners are now coming to Indiana in greater numbers from Hun- 

 gary, Austria, Russia, and Italy than formerly. 



In 1890, 88 per cent of all foreigners in Indiana were from Germany, 

 Ireland, England, Canada, Sweden, and Scotland; in 1900 this percentage 

 had decreased to 83, and in 1910 to 63. On the other hand, in 1890 only 

 1 per cent were from Hungary, Austria, Russia, or Italy, v/hile in 1900 the 

 percentage had increased to about 6 and in 1910' to 27. 



§6. Illiteracy. Illiteracy in Indiana has been reduced from 4.6 per 

 cent in 1900 to 3.2 in 1910. ^More illiterates reside in rural than urban 

 communities. 



Of the total number of illiterates in 1910, 28,458 lived in cities and 

 37,728 in the country. 



In the following cities more than 500 illiterates resided in 1910: 



Indianapolis 5,874 Michigan City 90S 



East Chicago 3,017 Terre Haute 808 



Evansville 1,938 Hammond 720 



Gary 1,390 Whiting 605 



South Bend 1,405 New Albany 550 



Port Wayne 1,152 



