gannett] POPULATION INDUSTEIES. 13 
university, the latter located at Austin. The following are figures 
illustrating the extent of the system of graded schools: 
School statistics. 
Number of pupils enrolled 552, 503 
Average attendance . „ 370, 055 
Days of school Ill 
Number of teachers 14, 989 
Total amount of salaries $4, 030, 188 
Total expenditure for schools $4, 476, 457 
Average amount expended per enrolled pupil $7. 25 
The following table shows separately figures concerning the public 
and private high schools and normal schools: 
Statistics of public and private high schools. 
Public high 
schools. 
Private high 
schools. 
Normal 
schools. 
201 
516 
12, 945 
64 
287 
4,619 
9 
51 
1,154 
The following are the statistics regarding the colleges of the State: 
College statistics. 
Number 16 
Number of professors and teachers 236 
Preparatory students 1, 861 
Collegiate students 1, 759 
Graduate students 25 
Annual income $302, 833 
Of the total population 34 per cent were engaged in gainful voca- 
tions. Classifying these wage-earners the result is as follows: 
Classification of wage-earners. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Agriculture 62 
Manufactures 8 
Trade and transportation 11 
Personal service 15 
Professions 4 
From the above it appears that agriculture is foremost among the 
vocations of the people, and consequently is the most important 
industry. 
INDUSTRIES. 
In 1900 the number of farms in the State was 352,190, and the area 
included in them 125,807,017 acres; the average per farm was 357 
acres, showing a great increase in the average size of the farm. The 
total area of improved land was 19,576,076 acres, or 11.5 per cent of 
