The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-30
Over 100000 Black People i'll the
State-Tl,c Population in
Principal Cities.
AN UNExPLAlNER De CREASE
Impossible to Find Explanation
for Falling Off Between
1860 and i 80.

of tile recent bulletin or the, Census Blu
reau on Negroes In the United States"
dwelling on the race In the country at
large their condition, numbers and dis
;tributon. Sl5s
The bulletin gives many Interesting
facts regarding the negroes of Virginia.
Tor instance, II is shown that the negro
population Of Virginia is 6So,772. At the
outbreak Of the war In 1861 the negro.
population OF the State was 54s.9 o7. But
In 1870 the negroes OF the State num-.
8bered only 1881. This decrease might
he accounted for by the fact that tho
State was divided soon after the census
OF 1860 was taken, but the census of 1910
shows the negro population OF West Viz
ginia to have been only 1850. hat
other 1S.oS6 is still 1naccounted for. Did
that number OF negroes leave the State
to- enter the Northern army, or to enjoy
their freedom in the North?
Unexplained Decrease.
i85 In 1860 North Carolina had 361,922 ne-i
groes and in 1870 the, negro population
of3 the State had Increased to S391, 60 It is.
impossible to find an explanation OF the
decrease OF the number OF negroes IN
Virginia between the years 21S60 and 1870
The Increase in the negro populati lion Of
or q per cent. The increase in the white
population during the same period was
1859 per cent. The increase in tho negro
population OF the State between 1870 and
1880 was 23.2 per cent.-ncarly exactly
that OF the whites in that deca de. Inc ne
increase OF the negroes was greater IN
that ten years than in any other similar
period in the history of the Common
wealth. !. 81 i3S
There are s24. esSnegroes in4 North Caro- ar
slina; according to the census OF 1900. The
increase since 1890 was 49, per cent
which either shows that the birth rate
among North Carolina negroes Is higher
than among the egroes of irginia. or
that the death rat Is lower, s. or tina more
Virginia negroes emigrate from Virginia
The press OF the State has had much to
saw IN the past few years concerning the
numbers OF negroes who have gone North
TO work. ss
The whites form SAB per cent. Of the
total population of Virginia; me negroes
form 35.7s per cent. In North Caroline the
whites form 66T Of the popula ton, and
the negroes s33 per cent. according 70 the
returns, It is not stated who form that
other aseyen-t his. II ,,g5
In Virginia there are 55,3 egroes TO
every 100, 900 whites. In q n orth Carolina
there are s,420 negroes to every looV v ~
whites.
! ~ ss7.2 females, m N orth Carolina
there are 1854 negro males and azo saot
females. S 5t8I .$ 80, /,
s. There are only 415 negroes In Virginia
who are the ildren OF foreign pal rents
In North Carolina there are 2O3 negroes
whose parents were not native to this his
country. ~
There are 49, $40 negroes born in Virginia
who are now living in aPennsylviaaTnila;
224.l1s In New York. IN the District q
Columbia there are Il 2a.02s negroes VINO ,f
were born in Virginia. ST.
New York,s negro populate contains
6. 5S7 born In North Carolina Pennsyis
Va MIA. 5,206. from which 1t will be seen
that the Carolina negr oes do not emigra .
as much as their bre thren across the VAR
GINA line, There are only 1,923 North
Carolina negroes In the District OF GO y
slumbia. HEX * 53a3
u Negroes Over a Century Ago.
Tho census Bureau asserts that there,
we're forty-two negroes in Virginia In
1900 who were one hundred years old or
over, and that there were 50 negressees
who had pa ssed the century ma rk.E n orth
Carolina is credited with 4s negro men
and SO negro women who were one hun--
bred years old or over .. Il I. y. !,
The census says that 40 600 males and
As, 726 female negroes attended school n, IN
Virginia In 1900. OF this numbe 24SS
males and S97 females were ove 'r twenty.
ninils IN the schools OF 4 n orth Carolina
in 1900 wa S AZ, 449 ma and 4s 943 females.
iThe number over twenty-one years OF
q % E!was 4SS males and b93 females.
There were 21S, S3s negro iliterates IN
virginia in 1909. The number Of negro
iuIterates in North Carolina wa COS. l ~
There we're 2is,a77 unmarried negro re-
males out OF total OF w & 4a !, (
in Virginia in 1905 81 $40 We're marrle e,
lo.25s widowed, and ~ divorced y 8 me me
:337, e6s females, 2c62H were single, o,ooS
married, e9,6s2 widowed, and sSs divorced,
In North Carolina In 1900 there We're
so3. 624 negro nal es, ( Of whom 2oo.72 We're
single. 90. 003i married. S.bl2 widow ana
al 4 divorccd. THE number OF female y 4
rroes n the State was 8320.s45 Of whom
500 $50 were single. 05,9Aa were married,
2s 643 widowed. and GIL divorce e. ,E3
s OF the Virginia ne groes, :l,Sfa ,a ~.
Gagged In agricultural % e, L
i.7ss we're professional men, inciudlng
"a actors, 905 preachers, dentists, %
awyers, rs musicians and teachers @
nm,s ,c. so arc classified as oNel'nment
nrficinls. Gs physicians, 101 soldiers and
n..,rines North Carolina has 1871 % me-,
gr q engaged in agricultural pursuits
LEE professional men, ncualns y, p :, ~,
M actors ana professional isllowmen, l,otS!
preachers, Scientists, rs lawyers - nv
s.rians and teachers H music 30 govern
ment officials, 20 physlc clans, IS United e
states soldiers and marines. 4
Norfolk County Has the = argest
Number,
N In gro DQDss
Srlntion than any other In Virginia, with
o. cnn ontgof asstotal population of t0,-
a s;so H nSi county has largest
y With |, lss out o.
tal population Of o. N9I. y, Gaao1S
a. l negro population Of %, $40 out OF Ate.
tai POPULATION OF 56,2ss, There was I. not
single p's as1stoaa that thers
u no,;e III, Law. This Is the only coun-
tyln tie state in which there are no mo- 9.
$grOes. n y. :. !, Y q y Is
t,as Ia the United States In Which