The Southern South

Name: The Southern South
Author: Hart, Albert Bushnell

Hart, Albert Bushnell

Southern States -- Social conditions; United States -- Race relations

+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------
     Total        | 12,858|   379| 13,237|  7,490| 291  |  7,781
                  +-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------
     Grand Total  | 53,521| 1,309| 54,830| 25,859| 833  | 26,692
  ----------------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------

    [1] Not possible for figures of Jan. 1, 1905, to distinguish between
    blacks and other colored insane and paupers; not important except in
    California where on Dec. 31, 1903, there were 218 Mongolian insane.


COMPARATIVE COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION (1905)--SOUTHERN GROUPS

  Key:

  POP: Estimated Population [thousands].
  ESP: Estimated School Population [thousands].
  NPR: Number Pupils Enrolled [thousands].
  NPA: Number Pupils Attending [thousands].
  ADS: Average Days of School
  NUM: Number
  AVS: Average Monthly Salary.
  VSP: Value of School Property [thousands].
  ANR: Annual Revenue [thousands].
  RPP: Revenue per Person of School Age.
  ANO: Annual Outgo [thousands].
  OAA: Outgo per Average Attendance.
  OPV: Outgo per $10,000 Actual Property.

  -----------------+------+-----+-----------+----+-----------+------+
                   |      |     |ENROLLMENT |    | TEACHERS. |      |
                   |      |     |    AND    |    |           |      |
                   |      |     |ATTENDANCE.|    |           |      |
                   |      |     +-----+-----+    +-------+---+      |
                   |  POP | ESP | NPR | NPA | ADS|   NUM |AVS| VSP  |
  -----------------+------+-----+-----+-----+----+-------+---+------+
   1 Alabama       | 1,986|  663|  400|  210| 103|  5,400| 28| 2,200|
   2 Arkansas      | 1,403|  474|  336|  207|  88|  7,826| 40| 3,171|
   3 Florida       |   613|  185|  123|   84| 108|  2,925| 38| 1,290|
   4 Georgia       | 2,406|  803|  499|  311| 118| 10,360| 34| 4,010|
   5 Louisiana     | 1,513|  493|  210|  146| 130|  4,680| 40| 3,660|
   6 Mississippi   | 1,682|  572|  404|  233| 123|  8,922| 31| 2,190|
   7 North Carolina| 2,032|  676|  474|  280|  95|  9,687| 31| 3,183|
   8 South Carolina| 1,435|  497|  303|  200| 106|  6,059| 30| 2,000|
   9 Tennessee     | 2,147|  687|  508|  349| 113|  9,784| 36| 5,172|
  10 Virginia      | 1,953|  618|  362|  215| 128|  9,072| 29| 4,298|
                   +------+-----+-----+-----+----+-------+---+------+
     Total 10      |      |     |     |     |    |       |   |      |
        States     |17,170|5,668|3,619|2,235| ...| 74,715|...|31,174|
                   |      |     |     |     |    |       |   |      |
  11 Texas         | 3,455|1,156|  756|  502| 112| 17,116| 53|11,897|
                   +------+-----+-----+-----+----+-------+---+------+
     Total Seceding|      |     |     |     |    |       |   |      |
        States     |20,625|6,824|4,375|2,737| ...| 91,831|...|43,071|
                   +======+=====+=====+=====+====+=======+===+======+
  12 Delaware      |   193|   51|   37|   25| 170|    897| 40| 1,627|

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