REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA, Phoenix, Ariz., September 15, 1901. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the affairs, development, and resources of Arizona for the year ended June 30, 1901: The Territory has been very prosperous during the year. Bountiful rains have made agriculture, horticulture, and grazing especially profitable; and mining, manufacturing, and every material industry have progressed in a remarkable degree. The wealth of the Territory is rapidly growing. The assessed valuation of property has increased nearly $6,000,000 since my last report was rendered. Our population has increased 104 per cent in a decade, and the evidences herein submitted should be convincing as to the qualifications of Arizona for self-government. POPULATION. According to the national census of 1900 the population of Arizona was 122,212. Recently the statistics have been furnished in detail. There was a total white population of 92,903. Of this number, 55,230 were males and 37,673 were females. The total number of Indians was 26,480, a decrease of 1,989 from the number found in the census of 1890. There were 1,848 negroes, of whom 1,363 were males and 485 females. There were 1,419 Chinese, of which number there were only 32 females. The Japanese numbered 264, including 17 females. Of the white population, 70,508 were native born and 22,395 foreign born. In the returns so far received the foreign-born citizens are not segregated as to nativity, and it is impossible, therefore, to give with exactness the preponderating nationalities. It is quite certain, however, that the assumption generally held in the East that our foreignborn population is mostly Mexican is an error. All the important mining districts contain a large number of Irish and Cornish miners, with a respectable representation from Sweden, Germany, and Italy. I doubt whether our Mexican citizens comprise one-half of our so-called foreign population. A number of localities in the Territory have expressed dissatisfaction with the census returns; but, undoubtedly, the greatest injustice was done to the city of Phoenix, the capital, in fixing its population at 5,544 only. As explained in my report of last year, the discrepancy between the census figures and the actual population was undoubtedly due to a great extent to the fact that the enumeration was made in the summer, when a large proportion of the population was at the seashore and other summer resorts, and some of the shortage was, doubtless, on account of careless work of the enumerators. For the city election in May, 1901, the registration in Phoenix was 2,137, which would indicate a population this year of at least 10,000. In giving a list of the cities and towns of the Territory, the census tables omit the thriving town of Bisbee, in Cochise County, as the place is not incorporated. The population of Bisbee is probably not less than 5,000. For a number of years the annual school census has shown a yearly increase of about 10 per cent in the number of school children. From the data furnished by the school census and from other sources of reliable information, I am convinced that the population of the Territory is now at least 135,000. Below will be found the figures and comments of the Census Bureau on the population of the Territory. Arizona was organized as a Territory February 24, 1863. In 1860 Arizona constituted the county of Arizona, in the Territory of New Mexico, and had a population of 6,482. Table 1 shows the population of Arizona at each census from 1870 to 1900, inclusive, together with the increase by number and per cent during each decade. The population of the Territory in 1900 is 122.212 as compared with a population in 1890 of 59,620. This shows an increase during the decade of 62,592, or 104.9 per cent. This large increase is due in part to the fact that there were 28,469 Indians and 154 other persons, or a total of 28,623 persons, on Indian reservations, etc., in Arizona who were specially enumerated in 1890 under the provisions of the census act, but were not included in the general population of the Territory at that census. The population of the Territory in 1870 was 9,658, and during the ten years from 1870 to 1880 it increased 30,782, or 318.7 per cent, giving a population in 1880 of 40.440. The population in 1890, as stated in the report for that census, was 59,620, representing an increase during the decade of 19,180, or 47.4 percent. The population of Arizona in 1900 is more than twelve times as large as the population given for 1870, the first census taken after its organization as a Territory in 1863. The total land surface of Arizona is approximately 112,920 square miles, the average number of persons to the square mile at the censuses of 1890 and 1900 being as follows: 1890, 0.5; 1900, 1. Table 2 shows the population of Arizona by counties at each census from 1870 to 1900, inclusive, while Table 3, which immediately follows, shows for each county the increase by number and per cent during the ten years from 1890 to 1900. TABLE 2.-Population of Arizona, by counties, 1860 to 1900. Coconino organized from part of Yavapai in 1891. Gila organized from parts of Maricopa and Pinal in 1881. Exclusive of population of San Carlos Indian Reservation. Organized from parts of Apache and Pima in 1881. Organized from part of Apache in 1895. Parts taken to form Cochise and Graham in 1881 and Santa Cruz in 1899. 10 Organized from part of Pima in 1899. 11 In Gila, Graham, and Navajo counties, but the population in each county was not separately returned. TABLE 3.-Increase in population of Arizona, by counties, 1890 to 1900. The following Territorial changes in the counties of Arizona have been made since 1890: Part of Yavapai taken to form Coconino in 1891; part of Apache taken to form Navajo in 1895; and part of Pima taken to form Santa Cruz in 1899. As above stated, three counties. namely, Coconino. Navajo, and Santa Cruz, have been formed since 1890. The remaining ten counties all show increases in population since 1890, and some of them very large increases. These large increases are due in certain cases, however, to the exclusion from the general population of the Territory in 1890 of Indians and other persons on Indian reservations, etc. The population of Arizona can not be given by precincts for the different counties in 1900, as it is not separately returned. Table 4 shows the population of Arizona by cities, towns. and Indian reservations, so far as it was separately returned at the censuses of 1890 and 1900. TABLE 4.-Population of Arizona, by minor civil divisions, 1890 and 1900. Fort Apache Indian Reservation (part of).. Total for Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Apache, Gila, and Navajo Navajo Indian Reservation (part of). 360 1,786 5, 136 Total for that part of Navajo Indian Reservation in Apache, Coconino, and 6,257 Hualapai Indian Reservation (part of) .. 14 Total for Hualapai Indian Reservation, in Coconino and Mohave counties.. Navajo Indian Reservation (part of). 635 709 [For total of that part of Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, see Apache County.] Supai Indian Reservation (part of).. 220 Total for Supai Indian Reservation, in Coconino and Mohave counties 236 Total for Gila River Indian Reservation in Maricopa and Pinal counties Salt River Indian Reservation 2,954 1,665 Fort Apache Indian Reservation (part of).. Moqui Indian Reservation Navaho Indian Reservation (part of) 466 16 8,817 1.305 363 796 3.807 412 [For total of that part of Navaho Indian Reservation in Arizona see Apache County.] 2 Organized from part of Yavapai County in 1891. $ Exclusive of part of San Carlos Indian Reservation. 4 Organized from part of Apache County in 1895; exclusive of part of San Carlos Indian Reservation. Part of Pima County taken to form Santa Cruz County in 1899. |