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UNITED STATES : — TEXAS

4,257,854 (3,502,022 white and 755,832 coloured). 1, 1920, 4,663,228.

Population on January

Years

Population

Per

sq. mile

Years

Population ! sq *£ ne

1880 1890

1,591,749 2,235,527

6-1

8-5

1900 1910

1 3,048,710 11-6 3,896,542 \ 14*8

In 1910 the population by sex and birth

was : —

T:

White Xegro

Asiatic ' Indian

Total

Male. . Female

1,671,437 344,941 1,533,411 j 345,108

1,248 397

2,017,626 1,878,916

Total.

3,204,848 j 690,049

944 702

3,896,542

Of the total number (1910) 241,938 were foreign -born, 125,016 being Mexican, 44,929 German, 20,570 Austrian, and 8,498 English. The largest cities of the State with population in 1920 are : — Houston, 138,076 ; San Antonio, 161,379: Dallas, 158,976; Fort Worth, 106,482; El Paso, 77,543 ;'Waco, 38,500 ; Galveston, 44,255 ; Beaumont, 40,422 ; Austin, 34,876 ; Wichita Falls, 40,079 ; Denison, 17,065 ; Port Arthur, 22,251.

The largest religious bodies are the Baptist and Methodist, other important denominations being Catholic, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian, and Episco- palian.

The employment of illiterate children under 14 years of age in factories, &c, is illegal. Separate schools are provided for white and coloured children. In 1920 the 8,401 public elementary schools had 927,869 enrolled pupils and 25,592 teachers; the 2,621 public high schools had 107,779 pupils and 4,766 teachers. There are also 6 normal schools. Expenditure on education (1920), 25,185,550 dollars. For superior instruction there are numerous institutions, the principal of which (1919) are : —

Students

Institutions

Control

Professors

Students

1883

University of Texas, Austin.

State

304

•1,612

1876

Apr. and Mech. Coll., College Station.

State

—

2,7.-)9

1802

College of Industrial Arts, Denton.

State

—

1,164

845

Baylor University, Waco

Baptist

—

1,734

845

Baylor College, Belton

Baptist

d

1,051

1878

Texas Christian, Fort Worth.

Christian

43

1,026

1911

Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

Methodist

—

097

1889

Howard Payne College, Brownwood

Baptist

33

SIS

1R78

South-Western University, Georgetown.

Methodist

20

709

1849

Austin College, Sherman

Presb.

—

489

—

Texas Women's College, Fort Worth

Methodist

2S

485

1906

Universitv of Dallas (men), Dallas

R.C.

—

129

1912

Rice Institute (Private endowment of

W. M. Rice)

—

49

676

1889

Daniel Baker College, Brownwood.

Presb.

12

100

Two State junior agricultural colleges were created in 1917. The Prairie View State College (Normal and Industrial) for coloured youths had 40 professors and 1,348 students in 1913-14.

On January 1, 1910, the number of paupers in almshouses was 861,