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CENSUS OF VIRGINIA—1900.

Total population of Virginia classified by color, age and literacy, 1900:

White Population.

                 
Total white  1,192,855 
White males over twenty-one years  301,379 
White males under twenty-one years  300,617 
White females over twenty-one years  297,292 
White females under twenty-one years  293,567 
Total white literate  1,094,695 
White illiterate  98,160 
Total white population over twenty-one years,  598,671 
Total white under twenty-one years  594,184 

Colored Population.

                 
Total colored  660,722 
Colored males over twenty-one years  146,122 
Colored males under twenty-one years  177,337 
Colored females over twenty-one years  155,306 
Colored females under twenty-one years  181,957 
Colored literate  446,886 
Colored illiterate  213,836 
Total colored over twenty-one years  301,428 
Total colored under twenty-one years  369,294