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 NORTH DAKOTA

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NORTH DAKOTA.

Government.— North Dakota was admitted into the Uuiou on February 22, 1889. The Legislative Assembly consists of a Senate of 49 members elected for four years, and a House of Representatives of 113 members elected for two years. Qualified electors are (with necessary excep- tions) all citizens and civilised Indians. Residence required : in the State one year, in the county six months, in the precinct ninety days next before the election. The State is represented in Congress by two Senators and three Representatives.

Governor.— L. J. Frazier, 1921-23 (5,000 dollars). Secretary of Stale. — Thomas Hall.

The State is divided into 53 organised counties. The capital is Bismarck (population 6,951 in 1920, Census).

Area, Population. — Area, 70, 605 square miles (662 square miles being water). The area in 1919 of the Indian reservations was 156 square miles with a population of 8,891 Indians. The population of the State in 1920 (Census) was 645,680.

The population at each of the Federal censuses was : —

Tear

White

Coloured

Total

Per square mil*

1880 1890 1900 1910

133.147 1-2,407 311,712 56»,855

2,030 8,576 7,434 7,201

135,177 1 190.9S3 319,146 577,056

0-9 1 2-7 4-5 8-3

1 Dakota Territory. In 1910 the population by sex and race was : —

WhiU

Negro

Asiatic Indian

Total

Male. Female

313, £51 256,004

381 236

3,322 3,262

317,554 259,502

Total.

569,865

617

98 6,486

577,056

The number of foreign-born in 1910 was 156,654, of whom 45,937 were Norwegian, 21,507 Canadian, 31,910 Russian, and 16.572 German. The urban population formed 1 1 - per cent, of the whole. The only considerable cities in the State are Fargo with population, 1920, of 21,901, and Grand Forks, 13,450.

Of the aggregate membership of the Churches in the State, 38*5 per cent, is Roman Catholic, 37 "7 Lutheran, the remainder being divided among the Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Baptist denominations.

Instruction. — School attendance is compulsory for children between the ages of 7 and 15. In 1919-20 the 5,139 public schools had 153,976 pupils and 6,100 teachers. There were 325 high schools with 14,488 pupils and