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Year	Total (''and by category'')	Foreign Born	Foreign Parentage	Males per 100 Females
Cook County, IL
1840	10,201	-	-	142
	10,146	Free white (99.5%)
	55
1870	349,966	47.7%	79.8%	106
	346,102	White (98.9%)
	3,858
	6	Indian (0.0%)
1900	1,838,735	34.0%	42.6%	103
	1,805,561	White (98.2%)
	3,858
	1,253	Chinese (0.1%)
	74	Japanese (0.0%)
	9	Indian (0.0%)

While many today may find the labels "''Colored''", "''Free Colored''", "''Negro''" or "''Black''" offensive they are used as not to "''whitewash''" history. These were the actual terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau during the time period in which they appear.

Source: ''The Encyclopedia of Chicago'' ISBN 0226310159