United States yearbook - 1940 (1)

POPULATION— NONCONTIGUOUS TERRITO RIES 21
No, 3 2 .— P opulation— Median 1 Age, by Race, Nativity, and Sex, Continental
United States: 1920 and 1930
N A TIV E W H IT E
S E X
A LL CLASSES
Total
Native par*
entago
Foreign
o r mixed
parentage
P O R E IG N -
B O R N WHITE
N E G R O
1 020 1030 1 0 2 0 1 030 1 020 1 9 3 0 1920 1030 1 9 2 0 mo m o 1 0 3 0
Total...... ................. 2 6 .2 0 6 . 4 2 2 . 4 2 3 .8 2 2 .7 2 3 . 3 2 1 .6 2 5 .1 4 0 . 0 4 4 . 4 3 2 .3 2 3 . 4
Male. ............................... 2 6 .8 2 0 . 7 2 2 . 4 2 3 .7 2 2 .8 2 3 . 4 2 1 .4 2 4 .7 4 0 . 1 4 4 . 0 2 2 . 8 2 3 . 7
Female.......................— 2 4 . 7 2 6 .1 2 2 . 3 2 3 .9 2 2 .6 2 3 . 3 2 1 .0 2 5 .4 3 9 , 0 4 4 . 0 2 2 . 0 2 8 . 2
' D e f in it io n ov M n n iA N .—The median is the numerical valuo of the half-way point in a series of units
arranged according to size, ago, value, weight, or some other measurable! characteristic. Therefore there
are as many units above tile median size, weight, etc., as there aro below it. One-half the population is
older than tho median ago and tile other half is younger. One-half of tho homes have a value above the
median value, the other half a valuo below it.
Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census; Fifteenth Ceusus Reports, Population, Vol. II.
No. 3 3 .—P opulation, by Sex, R ace, Nativity, Parentage, and A ge Groups,
for Alaska, H awaii, and Puerto Rico
N o t e ,—Data represent actual enumerations. For estimated total population for intercensal years, see
table 14, p. ll. The population of Puerto Rico for 1935 is according to a census taken as of Deo. 1 of that
year by the Puerto Biban Reconstruction Administration; see Population Bulletin No. 2. For total
population for 1940, see table 4, p, 2, and table 911, p. 918
m o 1020 1930
1910 1920 1930
ALASKA
Total.......... 64,368 66,036 69,278
Mala....................... 45,857 84,639 35,764
Female....... ........... 18,499 20,497 23,514
W hite..................... 38,400 27,883 28.640
Indian.................... 25,331 26.558 29,983
Chinese.................. 1,209 66 26
Japanese................. 913 312 278
Negro...................... 200 128 136
All other................ 294 99 215
Native.................... 43,921 42,766 48,709
Foreign-born.......... 20,435 12,270 10,569
Native white......... 18,420 16,286 18,460
Native parentage- 10,003 0,538 10,980
Foreign parentage 4.760 4,174 4,324
Mixed parentage- 2,673 2,574 3,148
Foreign-born white- 17,974 11,597 10,180
Under 6 years......... 5,363 6,600 0,356
Under I y e a r.... 1,108 1,152 1,339
5 to 9 years............. 4,020 5. 590 0,078
10 to 14 years.......... 2,870 4,292 5,095
16 to 10 years.......... 3, 634 3, 270 4, /ii5
20 to 44 years......... 36,070 22,676 21,036
46 years and over-. 11,966 13,224 15,839
Ago unknown........ 622 297 139
HAWAII
Total.............. 101,.900 266, 912 368,336
Male....................... 123,099 151,140 222,640
Female................... 68,810 104,766 145,696
Hawaiian................ 20,041 23,723 22,636
Part-Hawaiian__ : 12,506 18,027 28,224
W hite....... —.......... 44,048 64,742 80,373
Chinese.................. 21,674 23,607 27,179
Japanese________ 79,676 109,274 139,631
Filipino_________ 2,301 21,031 63,062
Korean................... 4,633 4,960 6,461
Negro..................... 695 348 563
Other races............— 376 310 217
Hawaii—continued
Native..................... 98,157 168,671 299,799
Native parentage- 47.347 79,242 161,708
Foreign parentage 42,387 73,079 100,946
Mixod parentago. 0,423 10,350 31,145
Foreign-horn........... 93,752 87,241 68,637
Under 5 years....... 24,065 38,550 48,180
Under 1 year___ 5, 515 8,579 9,573
5 to 9 years......... 19, 055 30,195 47,119
10 to 14 years_____ 13,537 22,060 38,042
15 to 19 years_____ 13,650 20,045 33,490
20 to 44 years__ ... 95,721 103,410 147,919
45 years and over... 25,825 40,933 53,483
Age unknown......... 56 113 103
P U E R T O RICO
1920 1930 1935
Total.......... 1,299, 809 1, 643, 913 1, 723, 534
Male........................ 647,826 771,761 SOI, 035
Female................ 651,984 772,152 861, 899
Native........-........... 1,291,042 1, 537,896 1, 718, 218
Foreign-born.......... 8,167 0,017 6, 310
White...................... 948,709 1,140,719 1, 312, 406
Native................. 941,228 1,141,114 1,307, 617
Foreign-born___ 7,481 5, C05 4,979
351,160 397,194 411,038
Native............... 350,414 396,782 410,701
Foreign-born____ 086 412 337
Under 5 years......... 200,255 226,468 246,437
Under 1 year....... 43,184 44, 033 63,462
6 to 9 years............. 196,131 224,022 239,148
10 to 14 years.......... 168,054 199,337 224,780
15 to 19 years.......... 126,248 186,160 183,039
20 to 44 years.......... 441,128 608,729 600,666
46 years and over.— 168, 090 198, 985 229,546
Age unknown......... 297 222 16
Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of tho Census; Outlying Territories and Possessions, 1030; see
also headnoto.