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UNITED STATES : — GEORGIA
Years
Whitei
Negro
60,425
725,133
1,034,813
1,176,987
Total
162,686
1,542,180 2,216,331
2,609,121
Per sq. mile
■ 1800 1880 1900 1910
102,261
817,047 1,181,518 1,432,234
2-8 261 37-6 44-4
1 Including Indians and Asiatics.
In 1900 the population by sex and birth was : —
_ White
Negro
Asiatic
Indian
Total
Male Female .
— -j- ■
593,128 588,166
509,869 524,944
193 12
11
8
1,103,201 1,113,130
Total
. 1,181,294
1,034,813
205
19
2,216,331
Of the total population 12,403 were foreign-born, of whom 4,910 were from the West Indies, 3,407 from Germany, 2,293 from Ireland, 1,514 from England, and 1,234 from Russia. The population in 1910 was 2,609,121. The largest cities in the State are Atlanta (capital) with population 154,839 ; Savannah (1910), 65,064 ; Augusta, 41,040 ; Macon, 40,665 ; and Columbus, 20,554.
Religion, Instruction, Charity— Baptists and Methodists pre- dominate, Baptists having more than half of the religious membership of the State.
No law making education compulsory has been passed. At the head oi the State school system is a State School Commissioner elected by the people for two years. There is a county school Supervisor in each county. In 1910 the public elementary schools had 555,794 enrolled pupils and 12,625 teachers, while the 174 public high schools had 9,936 pupils and 480 teachers. One public normal school had 31 teachers and 560 pupils in 1909. , ^ ^
For higher education the more important institutions for men (and both sexes) in the State are as follows : —
Begun
Institutions
Professors
Students
1800 1867 1857 183G 1870 1891 1888 1872
University of Georgia, Athens (State) Atlanta Baptist College . Bowdon College (Non-sectarian) Emory Coll. Oxford (M. E. So.) Clark Univ. S. Atlanta (M. E. So.) . Warthen Coll. Wrightsville (M. E. So.) Georgia School of Technology (State) North Georgia Agr. College (State) .
39 28
7 15 11
(i 46
502 228 463 270 308 282 565 224
