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1920 and 1910 Censuses

San Francisco Population
from the 1920 census


Total population 506,676
Native White 349,822
Foreign-born white 140,200
Negro 2,414
Indian, Chinese, Japanese and all other 14,240

Fourteenth Census of the United States: State Compendium California. Table 9, p. 31.

Indian 45
Chinese 7,744
Japanese 5,358

Fourteenth Census of the United States: State Compendium California. Table 7, p. 25.


1910 census


Total population 416,912
White 400,014
Negro 1,642
Indian 46
Chinese 10,582
Japanese 4,518
All others 110

Thirteenth census of the United States. Abstract of the census...with supplement for California. Table 2, p. 610.


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