The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
Preliminary Statistics Issued BY
Bureau OF the Census.

oAANNh " AiAN SNHNN"f
Washington. d. c., Nov. 9-The di
rector OF the census issued today pre-
Ilminary statement OF the white and
negro population OF continental Unit
cd States, as shown by the returns OF
the thirteenth decennial census, taken
as Of April 10. 1910. These figures
have been prepared under the super
vision of Mr. William c. Hunt, chief
statistician for population in the bu
reau Of the census, and are subject
to later revision.
According to the returns of the thir
teenth census, the population Of CONT
mental United States (that is, exclud
ing Alaska, Porto Rico and other out
lying possesslons), which was 1892.
266 in 1910, is subdiyided as to color
as follows White, 81, 732,6S7, or SS.9
per cent; negro, 9,S2S,294, or 1917 per
cent; all other persons indians, Chi
nese, Japanese, etc) 411,2S5, or 0.4 per
cent. These figures for 1910 are com
pared with similar figures for each OF
the three preceding federal censuses
in table No. / below.
AT each succeeding federal census
here considered, the white population
has constituted a somewhat larger per
centage of the total population, with a
corresponding decrease in the per
centage for the negro population. The
whites now constitute SS.9 per cent of
the total population, as compared with
S65 per cent in 1880, whereas, the ne
groes now constitute only 1917 per
cent of the total population, as com
pared with 1871 per cent in 1880.
immigration in Relation to White
Increase.
There has been an increase in white
population since 1900 of 1929 ,491, or
223 per cent, as compared with an in
crease in negro population of 994,300,
or 11.3 per cent The excess 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 practi-
cally no immigration of negroes.
1t is possible, however to determine
approximately what the increase of
the white population would have been
apart from immigration. From pre-
liminary tabulation the census bureau
has ascertained that of the entire num-
Der of foreign-born white persons who
were enumerated at the thirteenth
census, about 100000, or 81 per cent,
were reported as having come to this
country since 1900. If this number is
deducted from the increase in the
white population the latter then be-
comes less than 10.000,000 instead of
{14923,491, while the percentage of in
crease is not quite 5 per cent, instead
of 22,3 per cent. This figure, Is per
cent. is fairly comparable with the
11.3 per cent by which the negroes in.
creased since each percentage may be
accepted as representing approximate
Ily the natural rate of increase-that
is, the increase resulting from the ex-
cess of births over deaths.
In making these computations. how.
ever. no allowance has been made for
native white persons who may have EN-
igrated from the United 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 mum.
Der of emigrants.
Decreasing Rate of Increase of Whites
Exclusive of immigrants.
Similar figures for the preceding de.
cade lS9O-l90O. show that at the cen
sus of 1900 there were about 2.57O .OOO
foreign white persons then reported
las having been in the United States
less than 10 years; excluding this mum.
Der, the increase in the white popula.
ltion from 1880 to 1900 would have
been about 9,1S0,OOO. instead of II .7O7.-
9SS, or slightly more than 16 per cent
The percentage of increase for the
white population, excluding immi
grants, was thus less than 1900 to 1910
than from 1890 to 1900, whereas, for
the total white population the rate was
higher in the later decade than in the
earlier No similar tabulation regard
ing length of residence in the United
States was made at the census of 1890
and so no direct computations for the
decade 1SSO-1S9O ca nbe made, but
rough estimates indicate that the in
crease in the white population, excla
sive of immigrants, from 1880 to 1890
was less than 20 per cent, but higher
than from 1890 to 1900.
Excluding immigrants the rate Of
increase of whites has decreased dur
ing each decade
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