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Area, Population, Instruction.— -Area, 69,127 square miles, of which

2,291 square miles is water area. Census population on January 1, 1929, 1,356,6*1.

r«an

1380 1890

Population Per sq. mile Yean

76,116 357,232

11 5 3

Population Per «q. mile

518,108 1,141,990

7 8 171

In 1910 the population by sex and birth was : —

White

Negro

Asiatic

Indian

Total

Female.

635,496 ' 473,615

3,736 2,322

13,944 1,880

5,487 5,510

658,663

48;:

Total

1,109,111

6,058

15,824

10,997

1,141,990

The foreign born in 1910 numbered 256,241, of whom 19,430 were Fnglish, 10,180 Irish, 39,482 Canadian, 29,388 German, 32,199 Swedish, 10,961 Russian, 13,121 Italian, 3,447 Swiss, and 2,340 French. There are 18 Indian reservations with a total area (1919} of 2,655 square miles, the largest being The Colville, which contains 1,051,488 acres ; and a total population (1919) of 10,938.

The principal cities are Seattle, with a population, according to the census of 1920, of 315,652 inhabitants ; Tacoma, 96,965 ; Spokane, 104,437 ; Belling- ham, 25,570; Everett, 27,614; Walla Walla, 15,503; North Yakima, 18,539; Aberdeen, 15,337; Vancouver, 12,637; and Hoquiam, 10,058. Olympia, the State capital, has about 10,000. Of the total population in 1910, 53 per cent, was urban.

The prevailing forms of religion in the State are Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, and Congregationalist. In the public schools formal religious teaching, or regular reading from the Bible, is not permitted, but moral training is given and moral principles inculcated. Education is given free, and compulsory for children from 8 to 16 years of age. In 1920, the 2,159 schools had 7,113 teachers and were attended by 247,688 children (elementary schools), and the 281 high schools had 1,795 teachers and 42,419 pupils. In 1920 three State normal schools had 168 teachers and 1,000 students. The total expenditure for the school year 1920 was 22,414.510 dollars.

The University of Washington, founded 1861, near Seattle, had, in 1919, 210 professors and teachers and 2,457 students ; and the University of Puget Sound founded in 1903 at Tacoma had 16 professors and teachers and 265 students. The State College at Pullman for science and agriculture, founded 1892, had 125 professors or teachers and 1,957 students. Gonzaga College (R.C.), founded 1887, at Spokane, has 50 professors and 500 students ; Whitman College (Cong.), founded 1866, at Walla Walla, has 25 professors and 310 students.

On January 1, 1910, the number of paupers in almshouses was 564, being 49 4 per 100,000, and of prisoners in penal institutions 1,652, being 1447 per 100,000 of the population.

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