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UNITED STATES : — WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN.

Government. — Wisconsin was admitted into the Union on May 29, 1848. The legislative power is vested in a Senate and Assembly. The Senate consists of 33 members elected for a term of four years, one-half (16 or 17 alternately) of the members being elected each two years. The Assembly consists of 100 members, elected for a term of two years, all of the members being elected at the same time.

All qualified electors in the district to be represented who have resided one year within the State, except members of Congress and office holders under the United States, are eligible to the Legislature. Wisconsin has universal suffrage for all citizens over 21 years of age. There is no property or educational qualification.

Wisconsin is represented in Congress by 2 Senators and 11 Representatives.

Governor.— John J. Blaine, 1921-23 (5,000 dollars).

Secretary of Slate. — Elmer Hall.

The State Capital is Madison ; 1920 census population, 38,378.

Area and Population. — Area, 56,066 square miles, of which 810 square miles is water, exclusive of 2,378 square miles of Lake Superior and 7,500 square miles of Lake Michigan.

Census population on January 1, 1920, 2,631,839.

The population at the date of each of the Federal censuses was : —

Year

White

Coloured

Total

Per square mile

1890 1900 1910 1920

1,680,828 2,057,911 2,820,555

12,502 11,131 13,306

1,693,330 2,009,042 2,333,860 2,631,839

30-6 37 '4 42"2 46-9

In 1910 the population by sex and race was : —

White

Negro

Asiatic

Indian

Total

Male. Female

1,201,620 1,118,985

1,476 1,424

5,482 4,923

1,208,578 1,125,282

Total.

2,820,555

2,900

263

10,142

2,338,860

The foreign-born population in 1910 numbered 512,865, of whom 24,996 were Canadian, 13,959 English, 233,384 German, 14,049 Irish, 57,000 Norwegian, 25,739 Swedish, and 9,273 Italian. The Indian Reserva- tions are (1919) 423 square miles in extent and have a population of 10,211 Indians.