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UNITED STATES: — NEVADA

Area, Population, Instruction, Charity.— Area, no, 690 square

miles, 869 square miles being water. Area in 1919 of Indian reservations 1,127 square miles, with 5,840 Indians. Census population on January 1, 1920, 77,407.

The population in decennial census years was : —

Years

Population | sq mj, e j Years

Population

42,335 81.875

77,407

Per sq. mile

1880 1890

62,266 0-6 1900

47,355 0-4 1910

19-20

0-4 07

07

In 1910 the population by sex and birth was

White

Negro

Asiatic

Indian

Total

Male .... Female

47,892 26,384

263 250

4,396 2,690

52,551 29,324

Total.

74,276

513

1,846

5,240

81,875

In 1910 the foreign-born population numbered 19,691, of whom 1,916 were German, 1,051 Greek, 2,831 Italian, 1,793 English, 1,702 Irish, 1,790 Canadians. The largest city in the State is Reno, with population in 1920 of 12,016. Of the total population in 1910, 16-3 per cent, was urban.

The most numerous religious body in the State is the Roman Catholic, other denominations being Episcopal, Methodist, Mormon, and Presbyterian.

School attendance is compulsory for children from 8 to 16 years of age. In 1920 the 378 elementary public schools had 735 teachers and 13,899 enrolled pupils, the total expenditure on educaiiou being 1,318,396 dollars. The 41 public high schools had 70 teachers and 875 pupils. The University at Reno was founded in 1886 and had 35 professors and instructors and 295 students in 1919.

Finance. — The receipts and disbursements in the year 1920 were as follows : —

Dollars Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1920 .... 814,736 Receipts, 1920 4,339,452

Total

Disbursements, 1920

Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1921

5,154,188 4,228,243

925,945

The outstanding bonds of the State on December 31, 1919, amounted to 165,000 dollars. The total assessed value of taxable property in 1920 was : 214,000,000 dollars.

Production and Industry. — In 1910 there were 2,689 farms with a farm area of 2,714,757 acres, of which 752,117 acres was improved land. The total value of all farm property in 1910 was 19,213,930 dollars. The Federal irrigation project embraces 160,000 acrefl within the State of Nevada. The development of agricultural land has been retarded by lack of transport