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 RELIGION, EDUCATION — FINANCE — PRODUCTION, ETC. 597

la 1910 the population by sex and race was : —

White

Nfcgrt

71,937 | 65,675

Asiatic Indian

Total

Male .... Female.

771,770

37,871 37,141

881,578

775,577

Total.

1.444,531

137,612

187

74,825

1,657.155

In 1910, 40,442 were foreign born, of whom 10,090 were Germans, 5,807 Russians, 2,564 Italians, 3,889 Austrians, 2,981 English, 2,871 Canadians, and 1,218 Scotch.

Of the total population in 1910, 19 - 3 per cent, was urban. The most important cities are Oklahoma City (population in 1920, 91,258), Muskogee (30,277), Tulsa (72,075), Enid (16,576), McAlester(12,095), Shawnee (15,348), Okmulgee (17,430), Guthrie (11,757), Ardmore (14,181).

Religfi.011, Education. — The chief religious bodies are Methodist, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Disciples (Christians), and Presbyterians.

The State has a school system embracing elementary and high public schools, normal schools, and also colleges for superior instruction. Separate schools have to be provided for whites and negroes, all children not negroes being classed as white. In 1918 there were in the State public elementary schools 510,139 white and 41,276 negro pupils and 14,181 teachers ; 605 public high schools with 34,932 enrolled pupils and 1,954 teachers in 1916. There were in 1918 7 normal schools with 125 teachers and 4,660 students. Total expenditure on education (1918) 13,803,861 dollars. The University (founded at Norman in 1892) had, in 1919, 150 professors and 3,683 students ; the Agricultural and Mechanical College (founded in 1891 at Stillwater) had 106 professors and 1,769 students; while the coloured Agricultural and Normal University (founded 1897 at Langst6u) with 27 instructors, has 823 students.

Oklahoma has 3 hospitals, 6 orphanages, and 2 homes for adults and children, a school for the deaf and one for the blind.

Finance — Income and expenditure for the year 1920 : —

Dollars Balance in hand, Jan. 1, 1920. . 7,649,020 Receipts, 1920 41,374,406

Total 49,023,426

Disbursements, 1920. . . . 88,922,356

Balance in hand, Jan. 1, 1921. . 10,101,070

On Jan. 1, 1920, the State debt amounted to 2,972,900 dollars. The assessed value of real and of personal property was 1,664,448,745 dollars.

Prodnction and Industry. — Oklahoma is mainly agricultural. In 1910 it had 190,192 farms with a total area of 28,859,358 acres, of which 17,551,837 acres were improved land. The total value of all farm property was 918,198,882 dollars. The yield of maize in 1920 was 89,320,000 bushels ; of wheat, 46,240,000 bushels ; of oats, 48,000,000 bushels. Other products are potatoes, hay, sorghum, fruits, and cotton. The cotton crop for