The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-08
Southwark Drift of Northe m Popula
ton,

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ton.
Among the various interesting
problems of population that are
being worked out of the figures
of the census or 1900 is the fact
that there is in progress strong
flow of population from the North
ern States of the Union to the
to the Southern.
Vein Louisiana, havefor some
time realized that there is q
steady and very considerable flow
of white population from the
North and West to Southwest
and to East Louisiana. The par.
ishes of Calcasieu, Acadia and
Vermiliou have, in the past two
decades, received very large &C
cession of immigration from
Northern States, as have, also,
several eastern parishes, of which
ranglpahoa is chief. The follow
ing figures are interesting, show
ing the population of the parishes
named for the pastthree decades
with the exception of Acadia
which is less than two decades
old.
,.u,., ,d RSpula i5So in 1880
Calcasieu 40 W,iI9 4z,4o4
! Acadia -, 1913 1919! 700
.ranpipahoa 17,625 Il, 1858 9,63S
These parishes have shown an
extraordinary increase, chiefly 10
be attributed to the influx Of
Northern people who are largely
engaged in raising rice, in truck
farming, and in cultivating other
Southern farm products, in
which they have been enlnently
successful. But the immiSra
lion from the north is vas y
more general than the notable
INSTANCES mentioned. This is
shown by figures brought out by
the Springfield (Mass:) Repubil
can, which declares that there is
a strong drift of population in
!: this direction, and it reasons
from the growth of cities and
towns.
For the whole eoaAtEy the
large city population increased
Al per cent, which is nearly
double the!rate Of total population
,, increase; while, on the other
hand, the population living in the
rural districts apart from large
/ and small cities and Incorporated
villages increased by only 9.4per
cent But this same population
!, increased only IL per centin the
l north and nearly lS per cent IN
the South. In other words, the
number of people in the north
: who live in the open air of the
t country is becoming stationary
l and this indicates that in many
r places it is declining.
In the South, however, where
the bulk Of the population has
q heretofore been scattered II
j plantation employment, there is
4 an increase in the number o.
r rural inhabitants about equal tt
a norma natural rate of increase
But the population on small
cities. as from 1000 to 5000 in
habitants, has nearly doubled IL
ten years, while at the same time
g the population living in larger
places has by no means beer
b standing still.
y 1t is made evident from these
statist tics not only that the in
Y PRODUCTION of manufacturing IL
J; the South is profoundly disturb
r ing the old distri button of popula
}: ton, but it is bringing abou
!. quite an immigration from thu
north. which goes almost eX
4 clusively into the cities ant
! manufacturing villages.
!. This does not take account of {
very considerable movement O
+ the negro population to othe
: states, tins being SO much tn
- case that farm labor is scarce il
>. many parts of Louisiana. Blu
the influx of whites from tn
north is rapidly filling up par
ishes which are not more desir
O. able as locations than are man.
= others, but which have been bet