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URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION OF THE RANGE COUNTIES ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL CENSUSES FOR 1910 AND 1920

Beaverhead Hughes Sheridan Union Total
Distribution of population: 1920 1910 1920 1910 1920 1910 1920 1910 1920 1910
Rural population 4,668 6,446 2,502 2,615 9,007 7,916 16,680 11,404 32,857 28,381
Rural increase 1910-1920 27.6% -4.3% 13.8% 46.3% 15.8%
Urban population 2,701 3,209 3,656 9,175 8,408 15,085 12,064
Urban increase 1910-1920 -12.2% 9.1% 25%
Total population 7,369 6,446 5,711 6,271 18,182 16,324 16,680 11,404 47,942 40,445
Total increase 1910-1920 14.3% -8.9% 11.4% 46.3% 18.5%
Density of population per sq. mile:
Rural density .8 1.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.1
Total density 1.3[9] 1.4 7.5 8.3 7.1[9] 6.3 3.1 2.1
No. of dwellings 1,832 1,493 1,301 1,419 4,169 3,376 3,768 2,961 11,070 9,249
No. of families 1,937 1,561 1,387 1,492 4,492 3,186 3,956 3,093 11,772 9,632

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RACIAL COMPOSITION OF POPULATION OF THE RANGE COUNTIES ACCORDING TO FEDERAL CENSUS OF 1920

Beaverhead Hughes Sheridan Union[10]
Number Rank Number Rank Number Rank Number Rank
Total population 7,369 5,711 18,182 16,680
Native White, Total 6,261 5,155 15,058 16,376
Native parentage 4,454 3,752 11,454 15,512
Foreign parentage 1,024 778 2,314 414
Mixed parentage 783 625 1,290 450
Foreign White, Total 1,035 462 2,895 278
Austria 69 7 15 9 90 12 5 14
Canada 150 1 49 2 126 9 26 3
Czecho-Slovakia 11 14 4 11 90 12 7 12
Denmark 121 2 42 3 44 17 6 13
England 98 5 38 4 194 4 19 5
Finland 23 11 3 12 66 13 0
France 17 12 6 10 51 16 5 14
Germany 107 3 118 1 541 1 49 1
Greece 11 14 4 11 53 15 10 10
Hungary 4 16 1 14 107 11 10 10
Ireland 106 4 22 6 56 14 12 8
Italy 33 9 3 12 240 3 8 11
Jugo-Slavia 27 10 0 169 7 0
Mexico 0 0 192 5 13 7
Norway 33 9 49 2 38 18 3 15
Poland 2 17 2 13 290 2 11 9
Russia 13 13 20 7 181 6 28 2
Scotland 33 9 3 12 108 10 10 10
Sweden 80 6 37 5 143 8 15 6
Switzerland 43 8 18 8 15 20 6 13
Syria 0 0 0 22 4
Wales 7 15 3 12 22 19 0
All other countries 47 25 79 13
Other than white 73 94 229 26

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AGE AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN THE RANGE COUNTIES ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR 1920