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MEXICO

Census

Census

Population

States and Territories

square miles

Population, 1910

Population, 1900

per square mile, 1900

Pacific States : —

Lower California (Ter. )

58,328

52,244

47,624

0-8

Sonora

76,900

262,545

221,682

2-8

Siualoa

33,671

323,499

296,701

8-8

Tepic (Ter.)

11,275

171,337

150,098

13-2

Jalisco

31,846

1,202,802

1,153,891

36-2

Colima

2,272

77,704

65,115

28-6

Michoacan.

22,874

991,649

930,033

40-6

Guerrero

24,996

605,437

479,205

19-2

Oaxaca

35,382

1,041,035

948,633

26-8

Chiapas

27,222

436,817

360,799

13-3

Total.

324,768

5,165,070

4,653,781

14-3

Islands ....

1,420 767,005

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—

—

Grand Total

15,063,207

13,605,919

17-7

In 1900 there were 6,716,007 males and 6,829,455 females. 19 per cent, are of pure, or nearly pure, white race, 43 per cent, of mixed race, and 38 per cent, of Indian race. Distinctions of race are abolished by the Constitution of 1824. The foreign population in 1900 numbered 57,507 : — Spanish, 16,258 ; United States, 15,265 ; Guatemalan, 5,804; French, 3,976: British, 2,845; Cuban, 2,721; German, 2,565; Italian, 2,564; Chinese, 2,834.

The chief cities, 1910, are -.—Mexico (capital), 470,659 ; Puebla, 101,214 ; Guadalajara, 118,799; San Luis Potosi, 82,946; Leon, 63,263; Monterey, 81,006 ; Pachuca, 38,620; Zacatecas, 25,905 ; Guanajuato, 35,147 ; Merida, 61,999; Queretaro, 35,011; Morelia, 39,116; Oaxaca, 37,469; Orizaba, 32,894; Aguascalientes, 44,800; Saltillo, 35,063; Durango, 34,085; Chihuahua, 39,061 ; Vera Cruz, 29,164 ; Toluca, 31,247 ; Celaya, 25,565.

In 1910-11, 79,484 immigrants entered Mexico.

Religion, Instruction, and Justice.

The prevailing religion is the Roman Catholic, but the Church is independent of the State, and there is toleration of all other religions. No ecclesiastical body can acquire landed property. There are 7 archbishops and 23 suffragan bishops. In 1900, 13,633,013 Roman Catholics; 51,795 Protestants ; 3,811 of other faiths ; 18,640 of no professed faith.

Education is free and compulsory. In 1905 elementary schools supported ^ by the Federation and States (exclusive of infant schools) 6,098, by munici- palities, 2,985 ; total, 9,083 schools, of which 4,876 were for boys, 2,458 for girls, and 1,749 mixed ; 575,972 enrolled pupils (352,333 boys and 223,639 girls). For secondary instruction the P'ederal and State Governments had 34 schools (27 for boys, 3 for girls, and 4 mixed) with 4,231 pupils (3,793 boys and 438 girls). For professional instruction there were 68 institutions and colleges (34 for men, 17 for Avomen, and 17 mixed) ; they had (1905) 9,327 enrolled students (5,258 men and 4,069 women). Expenditure on schools 9,836,923 dollars. The in-ivate, clerical, and association schools numbered