The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-25
naIysis Of Census Figures Shows
This to be Fact.
MOVE TO NORTHERN CITIES.
N.sra Pepa,a ion is Becoming Moro dsr-
Grady DIfiuscd Over IL. Whole country,
and kasc OF Increase ia the North
ern States is t,sm1rka0i=.
special p:spatch 10 The rimes.)

sia.te and Of the negro populations ~
ihe census OF 1889 snow that inc mo
ment tending toward the diiIusion Oh eile
negro population more Sehefatis
throughout The country has peeh ae-
CELEBRATED during the past ten years, Ger
tain Northern cities having recelNeo ~ s.
accessiors OF that class OF tie popudtioha
and that the white population OF dis
South has made an increase az q sitShuH
greater rate Than The white populauoh III
the rest of the country. The article says:
THE figures show that the white popu-
la,ion of the forty-five States, four Ter
ssSsss4e. and one District within the Inn
.is of the United States increased from
IS ns3. 80 TO G6 S1a III. or li,1l7,423, equal to
81 % per cent, while the increase OF their
negro population was from 1iSS,6I6 TO
S.SSs 2l2. or l.S8l,536, equal to 1876 per
cent.
..1'he increase in the South, including
the District OF Columbia and the four
teen States from Maryland to Texas,
south of Mason and piXon's line, The
Ohio River and. Missouri, was OF whites,
from L. $50 S33 TO IT, 6s9, oei or 2SlS,iil, equal
10 21SS per cent. and Of negroes, from
6..l0,5s2 to 1888 or 1,l24,&l0. equal to
1916 per cent, while in the rest OF the
country the increase was from 42,2i2,45o
TO 81 III ,4o7, or S,S9S,957, equal TO 2l.0S per
cent. and of negroes from ISS,o94 to 99i,-
S20 or 2ls,z26, equal to SIS per cent.
Three States in the North-New York,
Illinois and Pennsylvania-had com
bined Increase OF whites OF S,l92,toi. or
81 .66 more than the whole Increase or
The same class in the South, where the
greatest actual increase, as we'll as the
greatest percentage OF Increase. vas IN
Texas. The 6S073i additional. Inhabitants
Of that State represent "a per cent. OF
the total Southern increase, and are but
193,l01 less than the total increase IN the
six New England States. where Masssl-
chusetts led with an increase OF 554,59i,
with Connecticut second with f5S,aS6 the
comparatively small increases il Maine
New H. .pshire and Vermont making
percentages of 4.99, 9.29 and 5.42 respec-
lively.
NEGRO POPULATION.
'.of the negro population there was
decrease of 277 IN Canfornia, 2,64i in Ne
braska, JOS in Nevada, 81 III North Da-
kota, 81 in Oregon, &c in South Dakota,
r in Vermont and 346 in New Mexico.
while there was an increase in three
Territories and twenty-one States, the
greatest increases being. OF course, in
the South. Georgia leading with 1915,
followed by Mississippi with 1851. Ala
baina I4s,SlS. Texas l32,551, South Caro-
Ina sS,SS7. Louisiana sl611, Florida Gi,55o.
Arkansas 5I,7739, and Tennessee 1929, four
OF these-Alahama, Florida, Mississippi
and Tcxas-havingS suggestive manifesto
tions in comparison with the increase or
the white population. The rate of negro
increase was greater than that of the
white in Alabama. although the actual
increase was 1856 less. Its rate was
grenter than that Of the white in Florida
and Mississippi, the actual increase OF
the negroes in the latter State being
65,222 more than that of the white, but
in Texas the rate OF the negro increase
was much less thmn that of the white.
where the actual increase Of the whites
was 10000 more than is the total negro
population in 1900.
In 1890 three States-Louisiana, Missts-
sppi and South Carolina-had more ne
gro inhabitants than white. By 1900
Louisiana haG overcome that dispropor-
ton by gaining during the ten years H.
2l7 in white population, or 1896 per cent,
and only 9l,6l1 of negro population, or 1o.3S
per cent Many of the Louisiana negroes
went into Mississippi, but many others
probably took part in the movement
through Arkansas and Texas of both
whites and negroes into oklahoma and
Indian Territory, which increased in The
former Territory the white population by
3G6,s23 or 524.T6 per cent, and the negro
population by 1855. or 53S.4G per cent,
and in the latter The white reputation by
la3,2S7. or 176.6S per cent. and the ..cgro
population by 1927, or 97.75 per cent.
These manifestations. in connection
with the fact that the negro population
of New Mexico fell off I7.63 per cent,
point 10 a continuation of the mo 1ene1r
of the agricultural class of nesraes tc-
ward the fresher lands of the southwest,
particularly in Oklahoma and Indian I er-
ritory, Arkansas and Texas being only
temporarily affected by the shifting Ter
ulation. Tho rate of Increase Of the ne
groes in Alabama is to be largely ac-
counted for by the attraction of Mining
and manufacturing industries there, while
the influx into Mississippi was mi ,u,t-
eddy increased by the advance made IN
railroad building and the extension If the
Il mbering industry.
MOVE TO CITIES.
I'm the meanwhile, there is another
movement. most marked in what were
once known as the border States of the
town negro to move to northern cities.
The rate of increase of the negroes in
Delaware was S.l4 per cent. in Maryland
$50 per cent, in Virginia 4.02 per cent,
IN Kentucky GO per cent. in Missouri
7.3e FER cent. all far below the birth rate
and in West Virginia 3S.l6 per cent. The
actual increase in those six States was
but S5.sl5. or 63,Oo3 less than that in Ala
hama alone and. what Is much more Sig
niticant, 64,s09 less than the combined IN
crease in New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylrania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The increase in New York. $40. was
s.72S more than that in Maryland and
$3.50 more than that in Virginia.
Increase in Pennsylvania, 1919 wes
2s.s42 more than that in Maryland 81 d
ss,4o9 more than that in West .-Ssn'a.
Illinois increase. which nearly equalled
that Of New York was more than twice
that OF Missouri and 1l.4l5 more than the
16,6S5 increase in Kentucky, while indi-
aaa's increase. l2,29p, was l,2iO more than
that of Missouri
THE figures of the increases in locali-
ties containing or contained in certain
cises reveal the goal of much of the drift
from the border States. In the ten years
the negro population increased from 2S60l
20 $3.50 in New York county. New York;
from 1907 10 1867 In Kings county, New
York: from 7,s75 to S,5S3 in Cainaen coun-
~, New Jersey; from 6.5l0 to 1858 in Es-
sex county. New Jersey; from 1881 to
6e,6lS in Philadelphia, Pa; from T. $50 To |
1900 in Pittsburg, Pa; from l4,757 to IT, |
Gs5 in Hamilton county. Ohio; from n liz
TO 1885 in Marion county, Indiana. ana |
from 14,9!o 10 3l,s%S in Cook county, Ii. |
nois.