TABLE 14.—Total illiterate population 10 years of age and over, classified by sex and degree of illiteracy: 1900.

United States...... 6, 180, 069 3, 011, 224 3, 168, 845 955, 843 421, 476 534, 367 5, 224, 226 2, 589, 748 2,631, 478 North Atlantic Division. 976, 536

475, 2771 501, 259 139, 618 54,268 85,350 836, 918 South Atlantic Division. 1,821,346, 879,065 942, 281 257, 046 117, 619 139, 4271, 564, 300) South Central Division.. 2, 318, 579 1, 132, 633 1, 185, 946 325, 064 154, 363 170, 701 1, 993, 515 North Central Division..' 858,322 412,603

86, 278,128, 453
8,948 10,436

421,009 415,909 761, 446 802, 854 978, 270 1,015, 245 317,266

83,204

445, 719 214, 731
93,640 19, 384

643, 591
185, 902

326, 325
102, 698

TABLE 15.-Illiterate white population 10 years of age and over, classified by sex and degree of illiteracy: 1900.

United States...... 3, 200, 746 1, 567, 153 1, 633, 593 645, 959 267, 393 378, 566 2, 554, 787 1, 299, 760 1, 255, 027

TABLE 16.-Illiterate native white population, 10 years of age and over, classified by sex and degree of illiteracy: 1900.

TABLE 17.-Illiterate foreign white population, 10 years of age and over, classified by sex and degree of illiteracy: 1900.