The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-07-07
Census Bulletin Shows the Negro
Population OF This Country
TO BE 8,8iO.789.
NINETY PER CENT IN the SOUTH.
Between n and rs Per Cent IS
Believed 20 Have some De-
gree Of White Blood.
Negroes Constitute About i-i5th Of tire
City Population and About i-7th
Of the Country in con,ine0-
tsl United States.

Washington. July 2-Thc census bu-
reau Friday issued the final bulletin
on the Negro population OF the United
States. which shows total o. $50
IS2. The report indicates that be-
tween n and rs per cent. OF the Negro
population has. or Is believed by the
enumeraturs. 20 have some degree OF
white blood. The center Of the Negro
population IA tn Dckalb county. Ala
bama. about four miles from the west
boundary OF Georgia. having moved
thence from Dlnv iddic county. Wiz
rinia. f76 miles northeast. since 1920.
More than a. per cent % the Negroes
live In the county. against more thar
81 per cent OF the whites. Almost go
per cent. 81 the Negroes In the cont
mental United States are IN the south
crn states. and threcfcnths of them
are IN Georgia Mississippi and Ala
hama. Negroes constitute about one
fifteenth 81 the city population and
about one. seventh Of tho country popu-
lation OF continental United states.
The proportion Of mulattocs 20 all
Negroes is usually higher IN cities 81
the great cotton growing states than
"a Is in the districts outside of the
cities
The district in which the proportion
OF Negroes Is greatest lies In the Mis-
sissippi aiuvial region along both
banks % the lower Mississippi. where
hve-oighths Of the population is Ne
gro. the maximum being IA isscqucna
county. Mississippi. with more than 10
Negroes 20 each white person. Nc
groes form onc-thlrd Of the population
tn the south. both In cities and IN
country districts. while Ia the north
they are about onc-foructh OF city and
one. uincticth OF tho population % couu.
try districts. In the country districts
OF The south. excluding the population
~ the 2i2 cities which had az least
$500 Inhabitants both Ia 1890 and
1900. tho Negroes increased from 1891
20 1900 over ls per cent. Ia the "a
southern cities as whole they iu'
creased 2I.7 per cent Their increase
"a the country districts was about two
thirds as rapid as that OF she whltcl
ia the same area. their increase iu
southern cities was nearly hve-slxths
as fast as that of tho whites Ga the
same cities
In the ave southern cities having OF
least 1000 inhabitants in 1900. th'
Negro population Increased 25.S pei
cent from 1880 20 1900. the whit,
population Of the same cities increase.
only SOS per cent This is the onl,
group OF southern cities In which th'
rate OF increase OF Negro population
exceeded that OF the whites In the 81
cities OF this class 10 continental Unit
cd States the per cent OF increase wa
80 Tor Negroes and 32.7 for whites.
The largest number OF Negroes lly
ing In compact masses are found ii
certain urban cities. several OF while
lie outside tho great cotton CROWN
states. The four each having over IS
900 Negroes are. District Of Coiuu
, hia. co-extensiyc vita Washington
Shelby county. Tennessee. containin
Memphis, Baltimore city. Nd. and o.
leans parish. Ia. co-extensive wit
New Orleans
Halr the Negroes IN the Unite
States are below 10 years OF age. nj
median age being four years belo'
J the whites. Their miteracy IS niue
more common In country than in cit
districts and the females. as with a
p whites. are the more initerate sex