Facts Concerning tfte Peopfj-: op Indiana 



37 



Of the 159,322 foreign born white in Indiana in 111,390 

 were living in urban communities and 47,926 in rural commnnities. 



As recorded in the census, those places having more than .lOU 

 foreign born whites were : 



Inaianapolis 19,767 Elkhart 1.<;:5<', 



SoiUh Bend 13,420 Loganspoit 1.40.1 



East Chicago 10,295 Richmoud 1.173 



Gary S,242 Anderson 077 



Fort Wayne 7,204 New Albany S.jS 



Hammond 5,553 Mimcie 840 



Eransville 4,462 Yincennes 816 



Michigan City 4,528 Elwood 812 



Terre Haute 3.796 Kokomo 719 



Lafayette 2,019 Pern 687 



Laporte 1,954 Marion 564 



Mishawaka 1,803 



§6. Illiteracy 



In 1910 there was 66.213 illiterates in Indiana, or 3.1 per cent 

 of the total population 10 years and over. An illiterate, according 

 to the census, is a person over 10 years of age unable to write 

 regardless of his ability to read. Of all illiterates in Indiana. 

 40,955 wxre native white, being 2.1 per cent of native white popula- 

 tion; 18,200 were foreign born whites, being 11.7 per cent of the 

 foreign born wdiite population, and 6.959 were negroes, or 13.7 

 per cent of the negro population. Illiteracy in Indiana was re- 

 duced from 1.6 per cent in 1900 to 3.1 per cent in 1910. the 

 number of native white illiterates being decreased from 63.800 to 

 40,955, and negroes from 10,954 to 6.959. Illiteracy among foreign 

 born increased in about the same ratio as the increase in foreign 

 population, as there were 16,059 or 11.4 per cent in 1900. and 

 18,200 or 11.7 jDer cent in 1910. The following are the summar- 

 ized facts concerning illiteracv : 



Illiterates. 



1910. 



1900. 



Xumber. 



Per Cent. 



Xumber. 



Per Cent. 



Total number 



66.213 



3.1 



90,539 



4.6 





40.955 



2.1 



63.800 



3.6 



Foreign born white 



18,200 



11.7 



16.059 



11.4 



Negroes 



6.959 



13.7 



10.594 



22 6 



