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MEXICO
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states and Territories
Area, in square miles
Census
Population,
1S79
Census
Population,
1895
Population per square mile, 1895
Pacific States : — contd. Michoacan . Guerrero Oaxaca Chiapas
Total .
Islands ....
Grand Total
22,874 24,996 35,382 27,222
324,768 1,420
661,534 295,590 744,000 205,362
894,763 417,621 884,909 319,599
i 39-1 16-7 25-0 11-7
3,287,920
4,321,038
13-3
767,005
9,908,011
12,619,959
16-4
In 1874 the population was returned at 9,343,470; in 1882 there Avere 5,072,054 males, 5,375,930 females. Of the total population 19 percent, are of pure, or nearly pure, white race, 43 per cent, of mixed race, and 38 per cent, of Indian race. The Indians in 1882 were returned at 3,765,044. Distinctions of race are abolished by the Constitution of 1824. Of the mixed and Indian race only a very small proportion can be regarded as civilised.
The chief cities with their population according to the census of 1895, are :— Mexico (capital), 344,377 ; Guadalajara, 83,870 ; Puebla, 91,917 ; San Luis Potosi, 69,676 ; Guanajuato, 39,337 ; Leon, 90,978 ; Monterey, 56,855 Aguascalientes, 31,619 ; Merida, 36,720 ; Vera Cruz 88,993 ; Oaxaca, 32,641 Morelia, 32,287; Colima, 19,305; Pachuca, 52,189; Jalapa, 18,173 Duraugo, 42,165; Queretaro, 32,790 ; Zacatecas, 40,026; Toluca, 23,648 San Juan Bautista, 27,036.
In 1890 the number of foreigners resident in the capital was 7,215.
The systematic registration of births, marriages, and deaths is defective. The figures given for three years are : —
1893 1894 1895
Births
Marringps Dcatlis
342,791 351,144 383,747
49,750 50,469 53,691
487,931 452,287 391,177
Religion, Instruction, and Justice.
The prevailing religion is the Roman Catholic, but the Church is independ- ent of the State, and there is toleration of all other religions. In 1889 there were 10,112 Roman Catholic churches and chapels and 119 Protestant churches in the Republic. No ecclesiastical body can acquire landed property. On August 12, 1890, there were in the municipality of Mexico 320,143 Catholics and 2,623 Protestants.
In almost all the States education is free and compulsory, but the law has not been strictly enforced. In the municipality of Mexico there were in 1890, 15,268 persons who could read only, and 176,692 persons who could neither
