New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-02
STATISTICS OF THE NEGROES.
Census Bureau Bulletin Shows There Are
9,2O4.531 of Them.

WASHINGTON. July The Census Bureau to-day
issued the final bulletin the population OF
the United States. The number of negroes in the
United States. including the entire covered by
tho Twelfth Census, continental United States,
Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico IS 9,2l4 53l. perhaps
larger number than is found in any other country
outside OF Africa.
The report indicates that between II and IS per
cent of the negro population have believed
by the enumerators 10 have degree Of white
blood. The centre OF the negro population is IN
De Kalb County, Ala, about four miles from the
western boundary of Georgia having moved thence
from Dinwiddie County, Va. 476 miles northeast,
since 1890. More than II per cent OF the negroes
live in the country, against than 81 per cent
OF the whites Almost 20 per cent of the negroes
in continental United States in the Southern
States, and three-tenths of them in Georgia,
Mississippi and Alabama Negroes constitute about
one-ffteenth OF the city population and about
seventh of the country population OF continental
United States There increase among the
negroes Of l,S453lS, IS per cent in continental
United States. but the rate OF increase declined
steadily through the nineteenth century
The negroes, unlike the Indians and the native
whites. have slight excess OF females. Iliteracy
among them IS about seven times greater than the
whites There are 3,e923G7 negroes in the United
States engaged IN gainful occupations. Their death
approximates 80 per cent, while that of whites
under the same calculation is II per cent
The proportion Of mulattoes to all negroes is
usually higher in cities Of the great cotton grow
states imam II is In the districts OUTSIDE OF the
cities.
The district IN which the proportion OF negroes
is greatest lies In the Mississippi alluvaI region
along both banks Of the Lower Mississippi. where
fve-eghths of the pOpu!a tioa is negro the maxi
mum being in Issaquena County, Miss. with more
than fifteen negroes to each white person.
In the five Southern cities having at least 10000
25.6 per from 1890 TO 1900. The white popua-
ton OF the cities increased only 20s per cent
This is the only group OF Southern cities In which
the rate Of increase of negro population exceeded
that Of the whites In the thrty-eght cities Of this
class in continental United States the per cent OF
increase was IS for negroes and 327 for whites
The largest number OF negroes living in compact
masses found in certain urban counties. sew
eral OF which lie outside the great cotton growing
States The four each having than 5000
negroes are the District of Columbia co-eXtcnsiVe
with Washington: Shelby County, Tenn, contain
ing Memphis: Baltimore, Nd. and Orleans Parish
La. Co-eXteusiVe with New-Orleans
Negro breadwinners constitute 62,2 per cent Of all
negroes at least ten years of age. For whites the
corresponding per cent is 4}.5 ana for Southern
whites 469 The relative high per cent for negroes
is closely connected with the marked prevalence OF
female labor in that race. There are twenty
seven occupations in which AT least ten thousand
negroes were reported engaged In 1900. These
occupa lions gave employment TO 9.S07oOS negroes,
more than IS per cent OF the aggregate or negro
advVinners.