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Show Appendix STATISTICAL SU~IMARY OF THE CENTRAL UTAH RELOCATION CENTER Number of persons The residents of Topaz came from the following places: 1. Initial shipments to Topaz Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California Santa Anita Assembly Centcr, Arcadia, California Fresno Assembly Center, Fresno, California Total 2. 7,676 577 5 8,258 Subsequent additions to the Center population 43 Voluntary residents admitted to the Center Seasonal workers released from assembly centers 115 Dircct evacuation from Hawaii 228 Transfers from Tule Lake and other relocation centers 2,069 Rirths 384 Parolees from Department of Justice internment camps 76 From hospitals 36 From penal institutions 3 Total 2,954 Grand total admitted to the Center 11,212 TIle residents of Topaz were dispcrsed in the following marmer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Departure on indefinite leave Educational leaves Arnled Forces "Outside" employment Penal instilu tions Mental institutions Hospitals Left to join or accompany families Repatriated to Japan on Sertemher 2, 1943 Interned by Department a Justice Total Tranferred to Tulc Lake Segregation Center Transferred to other e{,lIters Deaths Transported to location of choice after exclusion order lifted on January 2, 1945 Grand total dispersed from Center 105 178 2,283 8 13 16 714 18 85 3,420 1,491 144 139 6,018 11,212 TIle peak population of Topaz was reached April 1, 1943. when there were 8,316 residents. The average evacuee population was as follows: 1942, 7,473 persons; 1943,7.936 persons; 1944,6,812 persons; 1945 (until October 31), 4,784 persons. The age distribution of Topaz, as of January 30, 1943, was: 0-2 years, 358; 3-4 years. 222; 5-6 years, 179; 7-12 years, 651; 13-15 years, 484; 16-18 years, 708: 19-21 years, 779; 22-25 years, 781; 26-30 years, 779; 31-35 years, 358; 41-45 years, 522; 46-.50 years, 475; 51-55 years, 549; 56-60 years, 499; 61-65 years, 352; 66-70 years, 195; 86-90 years, 1. Source: Compiled from \Var Rclocation Authority. The Evacuated People: A Quantitative Description (Washington, 1946), Tables 3, 4, and 8, and from Topaz Times, January 30, 1943. -43- |
