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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,
