The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 03, 1913, Page TWO, Image 2
mU STATISTICS
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA,
ILLITERACY LESSENS?WHITES
GAINING?OTHER INTERESTING
DATA.
Washington, March 12:?Interesting
statistics on the composition and
characteristics are given in an advance
bulletin of the 13th census soon
to be issued by E Dana Durand, director
of the census. The bulletin
covers the divisions by color, sex.
place of nativity and comparative literacy
and also of illiteracy and age.
It a ISO taKt's up me manim cuiiuhiuh
of the population over 15 years of age.
The division by color shows that
since 1900 there has been an appreciable
increase in the proportion of
whites, due of course to a number
of causes. The result is that,of the
entire 1,511,004 people in the State,
the proportion of whites is 44:8
against 41.2 in 1900. Thenumberof
whites in 1910 was given as 679,161.
Of negroes the number is 835,843, a
percentage of 55.2 as against a per
centage or 08.4 in i?w.
There are more females than males
in South Carolina?the number being
763,558 against 751,842. Among the
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whites, however, the proportion is
reversed, there being 102.4 white
men for every 100 women.
Of the population of voting age
or over, 49.5 per cent are white and
50.5 negro.
Only half the population of school
age?from 6 to 20 years?was recorded
as attending school at all.
As a corollary of this the illiteracy
rate is found to be 25.7 per cent.
The census bureau counts in the class
of illiterates,of whom there are 276,v
980 in South Carolina, any one of
\ over 10 years who is unable to write,
^ even though he be able to read. The
rate of illiteracy, however, shows a
decrease from 1900, the percentage
in that year being 35.9.
This bulletin was prepared under
the supervision of Wm C Hunt, chief
statistician for population. Statistics
of color, nativity, parentage, sex,
State of birth, citizenship, age, illiteracy,
school attendance, marital
condition, dwellings and families are
presented. They are grouped as follows:
For the States and counties,
for the two citie?of more than 25,000
inhabitants, for the two cities of 10,000
to 25,000, for places of 2,500 to
10,000 and for wards of Charleston,
the only citv of more than 50,000 inhabitants.
A previous population
bulletin for South Carolina gave the
number of inhabitants by counties
and minor civil divisions, decennial
increase and density of population,
and the proportions urban and rural.
That and the forthcoming bulletin
cover all the principal topics of the
population census except occupations
and ownership of homes.
COLOR AND NATIVITY.
The white population is divided
into four groups: (1) Native, native
parentage?that is, having both parents
born in the United States; (2)
native, foreign parentage?having
both parents born abroad; (3) native,
>mixed parentage- having one parent
native and the other foreign
born; (4) foreign born.
Of the total population of South
Carolina, 679,171. or 44.8 per cent,
are whites, and 835,843, or 55.2 per
cent are negroes. The corresponding
percentages in 1900 were 41.6
and 58.4,respectively, the proportion
5. of whites having increased during
the decade. In four of the 43 counit
ties the proportion of negroes exceeds
thrbe-fourths, and in 29 other counties
it exceeds one-half, the maximum
percentage of negroes being
that for Beaufort county?(86.9.)
Native whites of native parentage
constitute 43.7 per cent of the total
population of the State and 97.5 per
cent of the white population. Native
whites of foreign or mixed parent
age constitute only 0.8 per cent of
the total pofttilation and foreign born
whites only 0.4 per cent.
Of the urban population, 49.6 per
cent are native whites of native parentage;
of the rural 42.7 per cent.
The corresponding proportions for
native whites of foreign or mixed
parentage are 3.4 and 0.3 per cent,
respectively; for foreign born whites
1.8 and 0.2 per cent. The percentage
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of r.ejrroes is 45.2 in the urban \ oi u
ationanrt 5?.9 in the ru.al.
SEX.
In the total po^uianon oi the St .' te
I there are 751,842 males and 703,">58
| females,or 98.5 males to loO females.
| In 1900 the ratio was 98.4 to 100.
Amomr the whites there are 102.4
i males to 100 females; among: the negroes.
05.4 to 100. Among: native
whites the ratio is 102 to 100 as compared
with 150.3 to 100 for the forj
eign born whites. In the urban popj
ulation there are 90.2 males to 100
i females, but in the rural the sexes
j are nearly equal in number.
Of the total native population?
that is, the population born in the
United States?94.8 per cent were
born in South Carolina and 5.2 per
cent outside the State; of the native
white population, 9.4 per cent were
born outside the State, and of the
native negro, 1.8 per cent. Persons
born outside the State constitute a
larger proportion of the native population
in urban than in rural'communities.
FOREIGN NATIONALITIES.
Of the foreign born white population
of South Carolina, persons born
in .Germany represent 28.8 per cent.
Russia 13, Ireland 11.1, England 8.3,
Italy 5.2, Turkey 5, Greece 4.7, Canada
4.5, all other countries 19.4 per
cent. Of the total white stock of
foreign origpn, which includes persons
born abroad and also natives
having one or both parents born
A1.%./vo/^ rtAntriKntarl 9
Ci'iuau, UCilllOllJ Witki iuuv\.u w?H
per cent, Ireland 19.3, England 8.9,
Russia 8.4, Scotland 46, Canada 8.6,
Italy 3.2, Turkey 2.5, Austria 2.4.
The total number of males 21 years
of age and over is 335,046, representing
22.1 per cent of the population.
Of such males, 49.5 per cent
are white and 50.5 per cent negroes.
Native whites represent 48.5 percent
of the total number and foreign born
whites 1 per cent. Of the 3,355
foreign born white males of voting
age, 1,602 or 47.7 per cent are naturalized.
Males of militia age, 18
to 44. number 276.788.
AGE.
Of the total population 15.1 per
cent are under 5 years of age, 26.5
per cent from 5 to 14 years, inclusive,
11.4 per cent from 15 to 24,
23.5 per cent from 25 to 44 and 13.5
per cent 15 years of age and over,
i The foreign born white population
comprises comparatively few children,
only 4.8 per cent of this class
being under 15 years of age, while
. 82.9 per cent are 15 years of age
t and over. Of the native white population
of native parentage, 39.9 per
i cent are 25 and over; of the native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
55.2 per cent, and of the negroes,
33.9 per cent.
The urban population shows a
smaller nrnnortion of rhildrpn than
the rural and a larger proportion of
persons in the prime of life. Migration
to the city explains this at least
in part. Of the urban population,
30.5 per cent are from 25 to 44 years
of age, inclusive, and of the rural
population 22.2 per cent.
The census inquiry as to school attendance
was merely as to whether
the person enumerated had attended
any kind of school at any time be
tween September 1, 1909, and the
date of enumeration, April 15,1910.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
The total number of persons of
school age?that is,6 to 20 years, in
elusive?is 569,260,of whom 211,307,
or 51.6 per cent,attended school. In
addition to these, 4,566 children under
6,and 4,486 persons 21 and over
attended school. For boys from 6 to
20 years, inclusive, the percentage
atterfding school was 50,7; for girls,
52.5. For children from 6 to 14
years, inclusive, the percentage attending
school was 62.6. The percentage
for children of this age
among native whites of native parentage
was 72.1; among native
whites of foreign or mixed parent
age, 81.4; among foreign-born
whites,72.2,and among negroes,56.1.
In urban communities the percentage
of children of that age who are
attending school was 71.4, and in
rural, 61.5.
The census bureau classifies as illiterate
any person 10 years of age
or over who is unable to write, regardless
of ability to read.
There are 276,980 illiterates in the
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