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UNITED STATES : — ALABAMA

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UNITED STATES. STATES AND TERRITORIES.

For information as to State and Local Government see under United States, p. 356 ; for dates when the States entered the Union, see pp. 358,3.59, See also tinder Instruction, Justice and Crime, Pan2:>erism, Defence. Production and Industry.

ALABAMA.

Constitution and Government. — Tho legislature consists of a Senate of 35 members and a House of Representatives of 106 members ; all the legislators being elected for four years.

Governor.— YuVum^W. O'Neal, 1911-15 (5,000 dollars).

Secretary of State. — Cyrus B. Brown.

The State is divided into 67 counties. The State Capital is Montgomery.

Area and Population. Area 52,250 square miles, of which 710 square miles is water.

Years.

Population.

White.

Coloured.

437,770

678,489 827,307

908.275

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Total.

PerSq Mile.

1860 1890 1900 1910

.526,431

834,528

1,001,380

1,228.841

964,201 1,-513,017 1,828,697 2.138,093

18-7 29-4 35 -f. 41-7

By sex and race the population in 1900 was thus distributed :-

—

White.

Negro.

Asiatic.

Indian.

Total.

Male .... Female

507,378 493.174

409,287 418,070

61

88 89

916.764 911,933

Total

1,001,152

827,307

61

177

1,828,697

The foreign-born numbered 14,592, of whom 3,634 were German 2,347 English, 1,792 Irish, and 1,223 Scotch. The large cities, (1910) Birmingham, 132,685-; Mobile, 51,521 ; Montgomery (capital), 38,136.