Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-22
Interesting Statistics Furnished by
the United States Department
OF Commerce.

| culture ana on mOrtanty among me-
groes. This bulletin is preliminary to
n detailed report on negroes in the
United States to be issued later, which
will be complete analytical presen-
tation of the statistics concerning the
negroes.
Negro Population Of the United States.
The bulletin will show that the num-
Der of negrbes In the United States
Exclusive Of outlying possessions) in
1910 was 9,S27,763, and they formed
1917 per cent OF the total population.
In 1900 the number OF negroes was s.
SS3,99I, or 11.6 per cent Of the total
population OF that date. The increase
among the negroes during the decade
was 993,769. or l1.2 per cent, as COM
pared with an increase OF 2O.S per cent
among native whites and 30.7 per cent
among the forelgn.born whites. The
growth OF the negro population results
from their own natural increase, while
the growth OF the white population is
accelerated by the great influx Of Inn
migrants and the high birth rate In
immigrant families.
OF the total number Of negroes In
1910 about one.hfth were reported as
mulatto; that Is, as having some white
blood. The proportion that mulattoes
formed OF the total negro population
increased from ~ per cent in 1870 to
1872 per cent in 1890, and TO 200 per
cent In 1910.
Urban and Rural Distribution.
Nearly three-fourths OF the negroes
! (7,13S,53i, or 1915 per cent? we're rural
jewellers, while about one-fourth e.
$50, 229, or PA per cent? lived In
towns or cities OF at least $500 In
haibitants. The negroes formed 10.5
per cent Of the rural population Of the
United States. as compared with 6.3
per cent OF the urban. In the South
ern States the great majority Of the
negroes lived in rural districts, while
Of the negroes of the North and Of the
West a large proportion were city
jewellers.
OF a total Of 1858 counties in the
United States there we're only 40 In
which there we're no negroes, and
there we're SO counties in 1910, as com
pared with So counties In 1900, In
which rs per cent OF the population
was negro. There we're counties
in 1910 in which so per cent of the
population was negro.
Sex and Age.
In 1910 there we're 4.SS5SS1 negro
males in the United States, as COM
pared with 4,94l,S negro females,
the number of males to 100 females
thus being $50, as compared with n
ratio Of 10 for the whites. The ne
groes we're the only race in the United
States in which there were more fe-
males than males.
The negro males in the United
States OF voting age numbered 2,i5S.'
| $40 in 1910. and the negro females of
voting age numbered 2,A2I7i2.
School Attendance and llliteracy.
OF the negroes to Q years of age,
4SS,95i, or 1913 per cent, were report
ed as having attended school during
the school year 19O9-1O; Of those 10
to IA years of age, 791,9s5, or Csc per
cent were so reported; and Of those
Is to 20 years of age, 3SS,75O, or 26.5
per cent. In each group the percent
age of school attendance was much
lower for the negroes than for the
whites.
OF the total number Of negroes 10
years of age and over, 2,2277S1, or
1914 per cent, were reported as illit-
crate; among the whites the percent
age Of illiteracy was 3, being 3 among
native whites and 1917 among foreign
born whites. The percentage of illit-
eracy among negroes decreased from
ST. in 1890 to ii.5 in 1900, and to 1914
in 1910.
The Negro In Agriculture.
The bulletin will contain informal
ton by States, and also by counties,
about negroes in agriculture The to-
tai number of farms operated by ne
groes in 1910 was S9S,37O; of this
number, 21S,972 were operated by
their owners, 672,964 by tenants, and
1,4S4 by managers. The number Of
farms owned by negroes increased by
S1,175, or 1876 per cent, between 1900
and 1910, and the number of negro
tenants increased by 1880, or 20.S
per cent during the decade. The to-
tai value of farm property operated by
negroes in 1910 was S1,144,1S1,000, as
compared with si99, 941, 900 in 1900, in