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Rh limitation, while it will narrow the scope, and perhaps obscure the results of the article, will be in the interests of accuracy.

The population of the United States in 1890 was enumerated by two sets of agencies, one for the people living on Indian reservations, in Indian Territory or Alaska, the other for the general population of the states and territories. The people enumerated by either means are classified by sex and race, the people enumerated in the general count are classified by sex and birthplace.

In attempting to distinguish the sexes of the races in the United States as a whole, by a combination of the results of the Indian census with those of the general census, one is embarrassed by differences of classification in the different volumes. For the complexity of the following table, therefore, the compiler does not feel himself responsible.

No. of Males No. of Females Excess of Males Females Per Cent. of Males Females

White 28,210,185 26,778,003 1,432,182 51.30 49.70

Negro 3,725,561 3,744,479 18,918 49.87 50.13

Chinese 105,895 3,868 102,027 96.48 3.52

Japanese 1,780 259 1,521 89.75 10.25

Indians (civilized) 30,600 28,206 2,394 52.04 47.96

Indians (on Reservation) 108,115 106,686 1,429 50.33 49.67

Persons of various races on Reservations 74,213 61,916 12,297 54.52 45.48

Total 32,256,349 30,723,417 1,532,932 51.22 48.78