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NOTE. The figures for each of the census enumerations prior to but not including 1820 present the numbers of the sexes for white persons only, the sex of colored persons being omitted in the published returns. In the returns for 1765 there appears to have been a considerable number, in addition to the colored population, who were not classified by sex. The total population at the census of 1765 does not include 1,569 non-taxable Indians, and that of 1776 does not include 4,761 colored persons.

TABLE 3.- Massachusetts

Population by Age Periods. — State and National Census (1855-95).

YEARS.

Under 5.

5-9
10-14 15-19 20-29 30 39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79
inclusive. Inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. inclusive.

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132,944

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115,862 110,098 117,047 235,678 165,046 111,500 71,829 42,423 20,810 151,289 128,526 114,348 120,800 244,519 183,705 125,470 81,453 49,873 133,943 143,391 126,691 117,171 225,506 185,543

6,791

2,341

23,536

7,536

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142,831

96,446

59,216

26,675

8,316

1,302

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Ages. In Table 3 are presented the numbers of the population at different age periods for each of the census years from 1855 to 1895, together with the percentages of the total population. These figures show that the relative numbers of the population at ages under 20 have diminished during these forty years, those of the age period 20-30 have remained nearly stationary, while those of the later ages have increased.

The deficiencies of the census at ages under five years have received sufficient comment in the twenty-sixth annual report of the Board, pages liii-lvii.

Population by Nativity and by Races.

Under the term "nativity" it has been the custom in most statistical documents to group the component parts of the population into two classes, one of which comprises the population born in the United States and the other embraces the sum of the persons of different nationalities born outside the United States. The term, however, so far as statistics are concerned, must be regarded very largely as one of degree, since nearly the entire population is descended from foreign ancestry of greater or less remoteness of degree. No census enumeration has attempted to gather information dating back more than two generations at the farthest.

The following table presents the numbers, and percentages of the native and foreign populations at different census periods :

TABLE 4.- Population by Nativity in Census Years (Massachusetts).

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NOTE.- In each of the census enumerations of 1855, 1865 and 1875 a small number of persons whose nativity was unknown (in no case more than 1 per cent.) is excluded from the table.

YEARS.

1850,

1855,

1860,

1865,

1870,

1875,

1880,

1885,

1890,

1895,

From the foregoing table it appears that the foreign population has increased from a percentage of 16.49 in 1850, to 30.59 in 1895, the greatest relative increase having taken place between 1850 and 1855. Race. The following table presents the population classified as white and colored, the latter term embracing negroes, mulattoes, Chinese, Japanese and Indians:

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TABLE 5.- Population, White and Colored (Massachusetts).

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In the following table are presented the vital statistics of the State for the whole period of registration, including the estimated population for intercensal years and the rates per 1,000 living: TABLE 6.- Marriages, Births and Deaths in Massachusetts (1842-95), with Population and Rates per 1,000 Living.

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1,047,520 11,578 29,802 18,482 11,320
1,075,072 12,828 30,920 20,301 10,619
1,103,350 13,683 31,997 21,414 10,583
1,132,369 12,329 32,845 20,798 12,047

The statistics of the first eight years of registration are for the years ending with April 30 of each year. †The second line of statistics for 1848 is for the eight months ending Dec. 31, 1848.

The statistics for 1849 and for each of the following years are for the calendar years ending Dec. 31.

Excess Rate of
Births over
Deaths.

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1881,

36,459

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18.49

24.93 20.10

4.83

4.82

1,876,883

1884,

1,909.233

1885,

1,942, 141

1886,

1887,

1888,

1889,

2,176,159

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17,052 48,790 38,094 10,696
1,998,174 18,018 50,788 37,244 13,544
2,055,823 19.533 53,174 40,763 12,411
2,115,136 19,739 64,893 42,097 12,796
20,397 57,075 41,777 15,298
20,838 57,777 43,528 14,249
2,288,911 21,675 63,004 45,185
18.94 27.53 19.74
2,339,993 22,507 65,824 48,762
19.24 28.13 20.84
2,392,216 22,814 67,192 49,084 18,108 19.07 28.09 20.52
2,445,604 20,619 66,936 46,791 20,145 16.86 27.37 19.14
2,500,183 23,102 67,545 47,540 20,005 18.48 27.02 19.01

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All estimates of intercensal years are made in accordance with the rule recommended by Dr. Farr (the geometric rate of increase).

The vital statistics of the first seven years of registration (1842-48), together with the returns or marriages for 1849, must be regarded as extremely defective; many of the returns from Suffolk County for this period are wanting, together with those of some of the small towns. From the year 1849 onward the omissions probably constitute but a small percentage only of the total registration.

The figures for the population of census years are given in bold type.

INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS.

The following table presents the marriage, birth and death rates of the New England States and the principal civilized countries of the world for 1893, 1894 and 1895:

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