Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-05-15 | Page 13 | Illiteracy in Utah Decreases 1.2% in Decade

Illiteracy in Utah Decreases 12 In Decade Final U. U S. S Census Re Reports Report Show That Divorces in inState inState inState State Increase From 1246 to 2153 Illiteracy in Utah decreased from 19 per cent in 1920 to 12 per pcr cent In 1930 according to a final report of the 1930 census made public Friday Fri day by the United States department of commerce The census figures reveal re that ou out of persons more than 10 years year old only arc are classed as miter flUter- ate In 1920 there were I Il 11 literate persons In the state out oct of I older than 10 years The number of persons person In Utah Increased from 1246 in 1920 to 2153 in 1930 the report shows The population figure was set a at which Includes 2 males male and females According 1 to the figures there are whIte whit persons in iii the state 1108 negroes an and persons of other races IncludIng Ing Mexicans Indians Chinese Japanese Jap anese Filipinos The white population as compared with 1920 shows an increase of 12 per cent whereas the negro population tion shows a decrease c of pc per cent