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92 THE TEXAS ALMANAC-1939.
census years, 1860, 1900 and 1930:
Year- I 1860. I 1900. 1 19301Total population......
Born in the
United States .....
Born in Texas .......
Bordering states......
Louisiana ........
Arkansas.........
Oklahoma ..........
New Mexico.
South Central .......
Mississippi.
Alabama.........
Tennessee .........
Kentucky ..........
Southeast ...........
Georgia ...........
Florida
South Carolina .....
North Carolina ....
Virginia ..........
West Virginia....
Maryland. ....
Dist. Columbia.....
Delaware.........
Northeast ............
Pennsylvania.....
New Jersey .......
New York .....
Connecticut .......
Rhode Island .......
Massachusetts ....
Vermont .........
New Hampshire ....
Maine ............
North Central ........
Ohio ............
Indiana...........
Illinois ...........
Missouri .........
Kansas...........
Michigan .........
Wisconsin .........
Minnesota .........
Iowa ..........
Nebraska .......
South Dakota ......
North Dakota ......
West ..........
Montana ...........
Wyoming ..........
Colorado..........
Idaho ...........
Nevada ............
Utah ...........
Arizona..........
Washington.......
Oregon .........
California ....
(All Territories) ....
Other natives ........
Total foreign-born....
British Isles
and Canada ...
Mexico ..............
Germany (and
Austria) ..
Czecho-Slovakia and
Poland ..........
Scandinavia .........
Italy ...............
All others..........-604,215
378,227
153,043
20,979
9,660
11,319
110,905
19,902
34,193
42,265
14,545
57,952
23,637
1,103
10,876
12,138
9,081
91
114
7,655
384
3,221
472
165
660
288
21
45b
26,430
2,183
3,478
7,050
12,487
29
248
183
70
702
......
83
335
43,422
6,205
12,443
20,553
783
629
2,8093,048,710 5,824,715
2,869,353 5,462,428
2,031,575 4,317,577
134,097 409,070
49,036 150,844
75,633 116,392
8,124 125,647
1,304 16,187
398,150 337,136
90,584 78,678
129,945 94,506
130,389 102,489
47,232 41,463
150,781 99,669
77,950 50,165
3,799 6,409
19,861 9,073
23,065 12,959
21,832 11,701
1,355 6,056
2,395 2,177
338 890
186 239
19,474 41,118
6,122 16,131
1,071 2,606
8,395 14,869
595 1,208
169 490
1,524 3,637
541 655
316 500
741 1,022
120,967 235,043
10,588 19,564
11,586 20,569
25,246 43,030
51,676 70,599
6,673 30,872
3,081 8,093
2,377 6,853
1,343 5,505
5,986 17,715
2,001 8,677
255 2,359
155 1,207
4,386 27,312
104 1,186
770 1,039
1,066 7,772
182 784
62 251
111 960
322 4,055
273 1,582
290 1,325
1,853 8,358
1,482 15,503
179,357 362,287
19,600 17,033
71,062 266,240
55,165 29,213
12,552 16,871
6,833 6,857
3,942 6,550
10,203 19,523*As data on the 182,566 slaves in Texas in 1860
have not ,been published, the figures below in
this column show number of the free white and
colored population, which was 421,540 in 1860.
PLACE OF BIRTH, TEXAS POPULATION, 1930.
Born in Texas ........................4,317,577
Born in other states of U. S.............1,129,348
Born in outlying possessions ............. 1,065
Born in foreign countries, native citizen-
ship ............................... 4,026
Born at sea............................ 28
Foreign-born, foreign citizenship........ 362,287
Place of birth unreported............... 10.384
Total population ....................5,824,715TENURE OF HOMES, FARM AND NONFARM.
Figures ,below, showing owned and tenant
homes, farm and nonfarm, are taken from the
census of 1930. Figures for 1930 represent private
family homes alone; those for 1920 include the
premises occupied by the small number of institu-
tions and other quasifamily groups which were
counted as families in that census. Figures are for
Texas.
Pct. Number. Number.
Tenure- 1930. 1930. 1920.
All homes.........100.0 1,380,096 1,017,413
Owned ............... 40.4 557,686 421,875
Rented ............... 56.5 779,269 563,597
Tenure unknown....... 3.1 43,141 31,941
Farm homes.......100.0 507,426 461,798
Owned ................ 36.1 182,931 196,004
Rented .............. 60.6 307,367 253,331
Tenure unknown....... 3.4 17,128 12,463
Nonfarm homes....100.0 872,670 555,615
Owned ................ 42.9 374,755 225,871
Rented .............. 54.1 471,902 310,266
Tenure unknown....... 3.0 26,013 19,478
U. S. CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION,
1930.
Total population .....................122,775,046
White .............................108,864,207
Negro ............................ 11,891,143
Mexican .......,................... 1,422,533
Indian ............................ 332,397
Chinese ............................ 74,954
Japanese .......................... 138,834
Other races ........................ 50,978
Native (all races)....................108,570,897
Foreign-born ........................ 14,204,149
Native white, total................... 95,497,800
Native parentage................... 70,136,614
Foreign or mixed parentage......... 25,361,186
Foreign ......................... 16,999,221
Mixed .... ..................... 3,861,965
Foreign-born white................... 13,366,407
TEXAS POPULATION BY AGES.
Figures for 1930 are from the census of that
year; figures for 1937 are the Census Bureau esti-
mate of the total with the numbers for the various
age groups raised in proportion to the 1930-to-1937
increase in total populatipn.
Est. Ttl,
Census, 1930 1 1937.
Male and
Total Male I Female Female
All ages.... 15,824,71512,965,994 2,858,721 6,172,000
Under 5 yr. 611,681 309,078 302,090 648,000
Under 1.. 122,096 61,3611 60,7351 130,000
5-9 yrs...... 665,560 337,753 327,807 705,000
10-14 yrs... 599,403 304,051 295,352 636,000
15-19 yrs... 607,069 301,352 305,717 643,000
20-24 yrs... 580,037 287,232 292,805 615,000
25-29 yrs... 506,241 250,676 255,565 536,000
30-34 yrs... 430,649 216,274 214,375 456,000
35-44 yrs... 747,278 383,497 363,781 791,000
45-54 yrs... 530,376 282,394 247,892 562,000
55-64 yrs... 310,284 168,023 142,261 329,000
65-74 yrs... 160,853 86,430 74,423 171,000
75 yrs. up. 71,606 37,013 34,593 76,000
Unknown 4,191 2,221 1,970 4,000
MARITAL CONDITION, TEXAS POPULATION.
Pct.
Distri-Males- Number
Total 15 years and over......2,015,112
Single .................... 656,743
Married ..................1,235,686
Widowed .................. 92,306
Divorced .................. 27,808
Females-
Total 15 years and over......1,933,472
Single .................... 449,556
Married ..................1,231,276
Widowed ................. 213,763
Divorced .................. 37,182bution
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