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UNITED STATES: — NEVADA
Area, Population, Instruction, Charity.— Area, no, 690 square
miles, 869 square miles being water. Area in 1919 of Indian reservations 1,127 square miles, with 5,840 Indians. Census population on January 1, 1920, 77,407.
The population in decennial census years was : —
Years
Population | sq mj , e j Years
Population
42,335 81.875
77,407
Per sq. mile
1880 1890
62,266 0-6 1900
47,355 0-4 1910
19-20
0-4 07
07
In 1910 the population by sex and birth was
White
Negro
Asiatic
Indian
Total
Male .... Female
47,892 26,384
263 250
4,396 2,690
52,551 29,324
Total .
74,276
513
1,846
5,240
81,875
In 1910 the foreign-born population numbered 19,691, of whom 1,916 were German, 1,051 Greek, 2,831 Italian, 1,793 English, 1,702 Irish, 1,790 Canadians. The largest city in the State is Reno, with population in 1920 of 12,016. Of the total population in 1910, 16-3 per cent, was urban.
The most numerous religious body in the State is the Roman Catholic, other denominations being Episcopal, Methodist, Mormon, and Presbyterian.
School attendance is compulsory for children from 8 to 16 years of age. In 1920 the 378 elementary public schools had 735 teachers and 13,899 enrolled pupils, the total expenditure on educaiiou being 1,318,396 dollars. The 41 public high schools had 70 teachers and 875 pupils. The University at Reno was founded in 1886 and had 35 professors and instructors and 295 students in 1919.
Finance. — The receipts and disbursements in the year 1920 were as follows : —
Dollars Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1920 .... 814,736 Receipts, 1920 4,339,452
Total
Disbursements, 1920
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1921
5,154,188 4,228,243
925,945
The outstanding bonds of the State on December 31, 1919, amounted to 165,000 dollars. The total assessed value of taxable property in 1920 was : 214,000,000 dollars.
Production and Industry. — In 1910 there were 2,689 farms with a farm area of 2,714,757 acres, of which 752,117 acres was improved land. The total value of all farm property in 1910 was 19,213,930 dollars. The Federal irrigation project embraces 160,000 acrefl within the State of Nevada. The development of agricultural land has been retarded by lack of transport
