persons above twenty years of age who can not read or write. This number is subdivided thus:[412]

White.Free colored.Total.
Males389,66440,722430,386
Females573,23449,800623,034
Total962,89490,5221,053,420

This shows a remarkable preponderance of uneducated women. The percentage of children attending school in the United States, calculated on all between the ages of five and fifteen years is

Natives 80·81per cent.[413]
Foreigners 51·73"

a proof of the fact intimated already that foreign parents do not endeavor to avail themselves of the facilities provided for the education of their children.

The illiterate of the population are thus minutely analyzed:[414]

White illiterate to total white 4·92per cent.
Free colored illiterate to total free colored 20·83"
Native white and free colored illiterate to total
native white and free colored		 4·85"
Foreign white and free colored illiterate to total
foreign white and free colored		 8·24"
Native illiterate white and free colored to total
of both (native) over 20 years of age		 10·35"
Foreign illiterate white and free colored to total
of both (foreign) over 20 years of age		 14·48"
Foreign illiterate over twenty years of age195·114
Foreign illiterate to total foreign over 20 years
of age, supposing the illiterate to be all white		 14·51"

Following the geographical sections we obtain the following results:[415]

Sections.Percentage
of Pupils to
the white
Population.		Percentage
of Pupils to
the white and
free colored
Population.		Percentage of
illiterate
to white
Population.
New England States25·9025·711·88
Middle States21·7921·023·16
Southern States14·5213·929·22
Southwestern States16·3216·108·45
Northwestern States21·7221·515·03