The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-21
Tho Actual Numbers of Our Colored
Population.

A bulletin recently issued from the Gen.
sus ONCE gives in full. and. we presume
with accuracy. the statistics of the colored
population Of the United States in 1890.
Previous bulletins have failed to separate
tho Chinese. Japanese. and civilized Indian
population In the Northern States from the
colored population strictly SO called; but
In this last bulletin the separate classified
ton is made. Some very interesting facts
respecting the growth and movement of the
colored people are now made clear.
For the purpose Of such an investigation
II will be instructive to divide the country
Into two sections. the North and the South,
rather than into five divisions. such as
North Atlantic" and North Central"
~ they are grouped by the Census Office.
Including in the South all Of the old slave
States. with West Virginia and also tho
District Of Columbia. and taking all the
Northern. Eastern. and Western States
and Territories collectively as the North.
We obtain the following results:
Emrh South. Toin,
white. ........ So. 80 434 533 1554a357 "a Os3 $50
African tescent..... GsosSs 8ssVI52 100000
Chinese. Japanese.
civilized Indians 15s831 o.ss0 1880
.4o.l74.o52 22,44s1Os e.. 1922. $50
In the South the population of African
descent forms 307 per cent. OF the whole: in
the North. LA per cent. OF tho whole. They
outnnmber the whites largely In South
Carolina and in Mississippi: and in Lou
tsiana the numbers OF the two races arc
almost exactly the same. In those South
ern States whore they are fewest proper
donsteiy. Missouri and West Virginia. they
constitute respectively SO per cent. and 4.3
per cent. OF the whole population: while in
only two OF the Northern States does their
ratio rise over 3pcr cent; In Kansas it Is
8.5 Ter cent. in New Jersey 33 per cent.
In only eleven counties in tho Northern
states. five In Kansas. three In Illinois. two
III Ohio. and one In New Jersey. do their
numbers rise above 10 per cent, while there
are counties in tho Southern States where
they outnumber tho whites five to one. six
10 one. even ten to one.
but the relative rate Of increase OF the
white and co!ored races, North and South.
~ what will be looked at with tho most in
tereht. During the decade from 1880 to 1890
the white population of the United States
Increased by II $50, 920-S. sos. 8lG at the North
ana Z,3H,lO4 nj the South-Or at the rate of
2G.7 per cent,-27.9 at the North and $50 at
the South: while the colored population In
creased by ss3.247-99. 34s at the North and
7S3.8J9 at the South-or at the rate OF
1873 per cent.-2O.6 at the North and IL
ut tho South. The very important
fact now appears that the colored
population is increasing much faster
IL .!s Northern than in the Southern
States. an appreciable movement north
ward OF tho Southern negroes having sci
In. In no less than four OF the Northern
States the ratio of increase exceeds thai
OF the white population between 1880 anc
1890. That is to say, In California thu
whites gain A.9 per cent. the colored 90 pei
cent; In Indiana. white 1917 per cent. col
ored 1877 per cent; in Nebraska. white 49,
per cent. colored 27.4 per cent; in Pennsyl
vania. white 22.7 per cent. colored 25.s pei
cent; while In Illinois the ratio of increase
Ia almost exactly the same. white 24,3 PEI
cent. colored 24,1 per cent
The border States, ms they used TO b.
called. naturally SHOW the effects Of Til