Indian Population in the United States and Alaska . ation was begun prior tothat date, while in others it was deferred until late inwinter or until early spring. The topics covered by this special report on Indiansare 12 in number, namely, population; proportion ofmixed-bloods; sex distribution; age distribution;stocksand tribes, hi detail by purity of blocd, tribal mixture,sex, and age; fecundity and vitality; marital condition;school attendance; illiteracy; inability to speak English;occupations; and Indians taxed and not taxed. Inquiries were also made on the special Indian sched-ule as to
Indian Population in the United States and Alaska . ation was begun prior tothat date, while in others it was deferred until late inwinter or until early spring. The topics covered by this special report on Indiansare 12 in number, namely, population; proportion ofmixed-bloods; sex distribution; age distribution;stocksand tribes, hi detail by purity of blocd, tribal mixture,sex, and age; fecundity and vitality; marital condition;school attendance; illiteracy; inability to speak English;occupations; and Indians taxed and not taxed. Inquiries were also made on the special Indian sched-ule as to graduation from educational institutions, al-lotments, residence on own lands, and whether livingin civilized or aboriginal dwellings, but the answerswere so deficient or manifestly inaccurate as to renderthe results of little or no value. DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIAN POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES: 1910. [In the case of Kansas and Pennsylvania the base figures are exclusive of Indians in Haskell Institute and Carlisle Indian School, respectively.]. POPULATION. Comparative statistics.—The total number of Indiansin the United States, exclusive of outlying possessions,in 1910 was 265,683/ and in Alaska 25,331. Table 1presents the census figures for the United States and for Alaska separately for 1910 and earlier years, to-gether with figures for the United States (exclusive ofAlaska) derived from the reports of the Commissionerof Indian Affairs. Table 1 YEAR. INDIAN POPULATION. United States. Alaska (censusreturns). Census returns. Reports of theCommissioner ofIndian 265, 683237,196248, 253 279, 023250, 000228, 000244, 000278, 000 25,331 29, 536 25, 354 2 32, 996 1890 1880 1870 . i Figures are exclusive of freedmen and intermarried whites, as follows: 1910, 25,927; 1900, 20,000 (estimate); 1890, 16,000 (estimate); 1880,12,000 (estimate); and 1870, 10,000 (estimate.)s Partly estimated. According to the census figures, which cover thelast three enumerations
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