Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-20
mOVEMENT OF WHITE AND
NEGRO POPULATION IN
NINE SOUTHERN
STATES
Washington, D. C., July II, 1911

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cons istant and constant citywarc
movement Of the white and negro
population Of the nine southern states,
based upon the returns for the cen.
suses of 1910, 1900, and 1890, are
contained in a comparative statement
prepared under the supervision Of
Mr. William c. Hunt. chief s%tatisti-
clan for population, in the Bureau Of
the Census, and issued to-day by
Acting Census Director FaIkner.
The figures are preliminary and sub
icct to necessary revision later, but it
is believed that there viii be nc
material change in the percentages
stated.
The nine cotton states concerned
are: Alabama. Arkansas. Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennes.
see,
OF the white people Of these states
1879 per cent lived in urban areas in
1910. II per cent in 1900, and ll6
per cent in 1890. OF the total negro
population Of the same states the per,
centages living in urban areas where
III per cent in 1910, l4.7 per cent
in 1900, and 1l8 per cent in 1890.
1t appears from these percentages
that the changes in the proportion Of
the total negro population of these
states living in the urban sections
have been about the same as those in
the proportion Of the total whites who
live in cities. Both white and negro
show a decided movement toward the
city. From an urban proportion of
ll6 per cent in 1890 the whites
have increased to 1879 per cent in
1910 During the same period the
urban proportion Of negroes increased
from l1.9 to III per cent.
While the proportion Of whites and
negroes living in city and country can
be readily measured, some care is
required in stating the rate of increase.
This difficulty arises from the TACT
portions Of the rural area are
continually changing into urban dis.
Urban population, as defined
by the Census Office, is composed Of
groups that live in cities and
other incorporated places having at
least $500 inhabitants. In order to
obtain a definite measure of the rate
increase it is necessary that the
rate pertain to the same area for es,h
period. Rates Of increase,
calculated for the places that we're
cIassed as urban or rural in 1890,
ars as follows:
The white population Of the 1890
increased PIT per cent between
1890 and 1900 and 1866 per cent
between 1900 and 1910. Similar
rates Of increase for the urban negroes
are 23.3 per cent in the decade 1890
to 1900 and 30.5 per cent in the dec.
ade l9O0.19l0. For the rural sec.
tons Of 1890 the rate Of increase for
The white population was 1877
between 1890 and 1900, and 17.3
between 1900 and 1910. The in.
crease OF the negroes in the same
-uraI sections was lis between
and 1900 and 8.3 between 1900
and 1910.
A comparison Of these rates Of
Increase brings out clearly the city,
ward trend for both races, but shows
t to be even greater for the whites
han tor the negroes. The rates Of
Increase for the urban whites advanc.
d from 27,6 to 1855 or a difference
# l9 per cent while the rate Of the
negroes advanced from 23.2 to
los, or a difference of 7.2 per cent.
The rate Of increase in the rural
ections was less for both races in
he decade ending in 1910 than for