Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-16

ih"fe mas bceu nm Increase ~ white
population STAGE 1909 OF fs.sss.ssi. or
es.s per cent. AS compsrcd with an
increnee In nsgro population Of sss.
500. or ia per cent The EXCESS In
the percentage OF increase fir the
whites u. OF course. due In part TO
the large immigration OF foreign born
whites during the decade. There "A
practically no immigration OF ncnroes
II IR possible. however. 90 determine
approximately what the increase OF
thr white people would have been
apart from immigration. From pre-
llnlnary tahnlAtion the census bureau
has ascertalned that OF the entire
numoer OF foreign born white persons
who weer enumerated az the thIr.
teenth census. about 100000. or ~
per cent. we're reported a. having
come to this country since 1900. n
this number Is deducted from the IN
crease IN the white population. the lat
ter then becomes les than 10000, 900
instead % it.sss.tsf. while the per-
centage OF increase Is not quite rs
per cent. instead OF 22a per cent.
This figure. rs per cent. II fairly com
parable with the iis per cent by
which the negroes Increased. since
each percentage may be- accepted AZ
representing Approximately the nat,
urnl rate of incrcase--that n, the In
crease resulting from the excess OF
births over deaths.
OF the total population Of tho south
IN 1910. the whites constituted ESQ
per cent and the negrocs ass per
cent, NJ compared with s7.s ana a2.a
per cent. respectively. In 1900. and
with es.9 and 50 per cent. respectively.
IN 1889 The gain since isso In the
proportion of the white population Of
the south IL the result largely OF
higher natural increase among whites
than negroes although Il IL TO some
extent due 10 the migration OF ne.
arees to states outside the aauth.
Neither Interstate migration nor inn
migration fsom foreign countries has
added very largely 20 tho white popn-
latlon os thu south. The natural tn
creane Of the white population IL con-
sldcrably higher In the south than Il
u IN the north.
During the last decade, 1e0D-l9Io,
the white population Of the south In
CREASED t.O2s.GOs or 2s.i per cent as
compared with an Increases 81 s2e.-
AZ o. 1914 per cent. for the negro
population of Tho south.
FoI the remainder Of the country
outside OF the south there haa been an
increase IN white population durlnn
the decade from ko.e87.2Ae 20 of.1sS.-
ia. the growth thus being i0.ss7,s
or All nfF cent. The negro popuIa-
tlon outside tina south has grown from
sii 0ss "a f.oIl.eoa. Or BY ie5.s7s.
equal 20 1874 per cent.
A. already explained. the increaac
Of the white population IN the north
ana west v istE>;y s7fIpenced By for
tien ImsnHt4tiSn willie The Increase
Of the ncgo Eepalaiion IN those ssc-
tiona 10 n part che result % mlsrasiss,
Of iMarozs from tho south.
Statistics Of white and uesro papa
iation Of the south ahow, nrst that IN
aohth Carolina and Mississippi the ne.
nroes cxcecded ne whitea nj both
eenansee. although tho proportion IN
1910 ia somewhat smaller then N
1900. and. second. that IN West Wiz.
Kirla. Arkansas and Oklahoma the
negroes constituted slightly snrsci
proportion o. tina total population II
inio than IN tHoo nrlnrinnllv a. ~
result ~ The mlsfat|oa N neeFacl
from other stoteo
In every aouihefn state, with ths
nxtapilan ~ WNsi plfninla. ArkansaI