TABLE 5.-Statistics of evening schools belonging to the public school systems of cities of 8,000 population and over in 1896-97.

TABLE C.-Statistics of kindergartens belonging to the public school systems of cities and villages of 4,000 population and over in 1896–97.

In cities and villages of 4,000 pops

In cities of 8,000 population and over. lation and over, but less than 2,5*

United States....... 1, 077 2, 024 35, 968 37, 883 a81, 916

North Atlantic Division..
South Atlantic Division.

2,052 | 2,218 | 4,717

940

South Central Division

North Central Division..

Western Division...........

ས ཏཿ *,

62

966

14

181

401 1,046 192

Total,

ABLE 7.-Estimated population of cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over in 1897 and the population outside of such cities.

a Claimed population of cities.

6 Population of cities estimated on the basis of the 1890 percentage of total population.

TABLE 8.-Number of children of school census age and percentage to population in citsa of 8,000 inhabitants and over and outside of such cities in 1597.

ABLE 9.-Number of pupils enrolled, percentage to total population, and percentage to school population in cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over and outside of such cities in 1897.