TABLE 2.-Density of population, urban population, nativity and race classification, value of manufactures, illiteracy, and relations of the adult male and of the school population. [NOTE. The statistics in this table, except those in column 12, are from the U. S. Census of 1900.]

TABLE 3.-School ages in the several States-State school censuses.

768,842 730,745 718,591 1,449,336 376,583 368,427 388,716

723.366

136,996

379,014

27,324

9,430

196,347

407,398

a The compulsory period here given is in many cases extended or shortened under certain circum

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TABLE 4.-Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools at different dates and the relation of the enrollment to the school population.

TABLE 5.-The school enrollment of 1903-4, classified by sex. Percentage of the total population enrolled at different dates.

TABLE 6.-Per cent of the school population (i. e., children 5 to 18 years of age) enrolled in the public schools, for a period of years.