The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
POPULATION Of RACES
IN THE UNITED STATES
Preliminary Statistics Issued by the
Bureau of the Census--Whites
Far Outnumber Blacks.
Associated Press Special.

tor or the census ISSUED To-Day pre-
liminary statement OF the white an,
negro population of continental Uni
ted States, as shown by the returns
of the thirteenth decennial census
taken on April Is, 1910. These fis
ures have been prepared under thu
supervision of Mr. William c. Hunt
chief statistician for population !!
the burea of the census, and are sub
iect to later revision
According to the returns Of tn,
thirteenth census. the population O.
continental United States Chat is
excluding Alaska, Porto Rico, ant
other outlying eossessions), whicr
was 91,972,266 in 1910, is su5diyld
ed as to color. as follows
White, S1,732,6S7 or $50 pei
cent; negro, 9,S2S,294, or 10,7 pei
cent; all other persons indians
Chinese. Japanese, etc., AL, 2S5, OF
GA per cent. These figures for 1916
are compared with similar figures
for each of the three preceding fed
eral censuses.
At each succeeding federal census
here considered, the white popula-
tion has constituted a somewhat lar
ger percentage of the total popula-
ton, with q corresponding decrease
| in the percentage for the negro pop
ulation. The whites now constitute
| $50 per cent of the total popuia-
ton, as compared with S6.5 per cent
! in 1880, whereas, the negroes now
constitute only 10.7 per cent of the
| total population as compared with
1871 per cent in 1880.
There has been in increase in white
population since 1900 of 14,923,491,
or 22.3 per cent, as compared with
an increase in negro population of
994, 900, or 11,3 per cent. The eX-
cess in the percentage of increase for
the whites is, of course, due in part
to the large immigration of foreign
born whites during the decade. There
is practically no immigration of ne
groes.
1t is possible, however, to determ-
inc approximately what the increase
of the white population would have
been apart from immigration. FROM
a preliminary tabulation the census
bureau ha sascertained that of the
entire number of foreign-born white
persons who were enumerated at the
thirteenth census, about 100000,
or Z per cent were reported as haV-
ing come to this country since 1900
If this number is deducted from the
increase in the white population, the
latter then becomes less than TO-
900, 900 instead of IA ,923,491 while
the percentage of increase is not
| quite Is per cent, instead of ~ 8
per cent. This figure, Is per cent, is
fairly comparable with the 11.3 per
cent by which the negroes increased
| since each percentage may be accept
ed as representing approximately the
natural rate of increase-that is, the
increase resulting from the excess of
births over deaths.
In making these computations,
however, no allowance has been
made for native white persons VINO
may have emigrated from the Unit |
ed States. But, as against this, no
allowance either has been made for |
the children born in this country |
whose parents have come to this !
country since 1900, and who almost
certainly exceed the number of emf
grants.
Details for the South by States.
The statistics of the white and ne
gro population of the south, based
upon the returns of the censuses of
in do
tail by states,
This summary shows, first, that
| in South Carolina and MISSISSIPPI
| the negroes exceeded the whites at
both censuses, although the propor-
| ton in 1910 is somewhat smaller
| than in 1900; and, second, that in
West Virginia, Arkansas, and Okla
| homa the negroes constituted q
slightly larger proportion of the to-
tai population in 1910 than in 1900.
principally as the result Of the mi
grafton of negroes from other states
Ii shows further that in every
southern state, with the exception oil
West Virginia, Arkansas and Okla
homa, the whites had a higher rate
of increase than the negroes.
In Maryland, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee there has been since 1870 AZ
actual decrease in the number 0
negroes and in Delaware and Nlr
ginia there has been only slight IN
crease in negroes, namely 1.6 pc
cent in each case These are all Dor
} der states, and the facts stated arr
doubtless due largely to the migra
ton of negroes from those states
partly. perhaps, to the more southeI
, ly states, but more particularly U
, states entirely outside of the south
, The full significance of the chan
, yes in the relative number OF IN
, two races in the south can not b
definitely stated until more coni
} plete statistics are available, paruc
, ularly those showing the interstat
, migration Of the native-born poPu
? latiOn