The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-12
TO ISSUE
BULLETIN
ON BLACKS
Increase Among Negroes During
Ten Years is Less. than Per
Cent Of Increase Among
White Population
Telegram BY United Press.

Washington, Oct. ia bulletin
OH negroes in the United States will
be issued at an early date by William
J Harris, director of the census:
The bulletin will show that the
number Of negroes in the United
States exclusive Of outlying posses
sions) in 1910 was 9,S27,76S and they
formed 10.7 per cent Of the total popu-
lation. In 1900 the number Of negroes
was 1888, 1894. or l1.6 per cent of the
total population OF that date. The in
crease among the negroes during the
decade was 993,769 or 11.2 per cent
as compared with an increase of 20.S
per cent among the native whites and
of 3O.7 per cent among the foreign
born whites. The growth Of the negro
population results from their own nat
ural increase, while the growth of the
white population is accelerated by the
great influx of immigrants and the
high birth rate in immigrant families
OF the total number Of negroes in
1910 about one fifth were reported as
mulatto that is, having some white
blood The proportion that mulat-
toes formed of the total negro popula
tion increased from 12 per cent in 1870
to 1872 per cent in 1890, and to 20.9 per
cent in 1910
Urban and Rural Distribution
Nearly three fourths of the negroes
| t7,1SS, ,5S4. or 72. g per cent? were rural
dwellers, while about one fourth o.
6s9.22 or 274 per cent? lived in
towns or cities Of at least 2500 inhab-
itants. The negroes formed l4.5 per
cent of the rural population OF the
United States, as compared with 6.3
per cent Of the urban. In the southern
states the great majority OF the ne
/ groes lived in rural districts, while OF
the negroes or the north and Of tn west
a large proportion we're city dwellers.
OF total Of 1858 counties in the
! United States there were only Ito in
which there were no negroes, and
there were SO counties in 1910, as com
pared with So counties in 1900, in
which rs per cent Of the population
was negro. There were 263 counties
in 1910 in which 80 per cent Of the
population was negro.
Sex and Age.
In 1915 there we're 4.SS5,Ss1 negro
males in the United States, as compar
ed with 4,941,SS2 negro females, the
number of males to 100 females thus
being 9S.9, as compared with ratio
of LOG for the whites. The negroes
were 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 2,45S,-
S79 in 1910, and the negro females OF
voting age numbered 2,427,742s
School and IIlitefacy.
OF the negroes 6 to years of age
4sS,954, or 1913 per cent were report
ed as having attended school during
the school year 1909-lo; of those 10 tc
IA years of age 1926, or es.e PEI
cent, were so reported; and Of those
Is to 20 years of age, 33S,75O, or 26.'
. per cent. In each age group the per
I centage Of illiteracy among negroe
decreased from 57l in 1890 to 44.5 il
1900. and 10 3o.t in 1910.
Negro in Agriculture.
The bulletin will contain informatio
o by states. and also by counties, abou
n negroes in agriculture. The total nun
It Der Of farms operated by negroes
1910 was s9S,370; of this number, 21S
le 972 were operated by their owners
y 672964 by tenants, and 1,4S4 by MAJ
" ayers. The number of farms owne
d. by negroes in creased by 31.175. or 16
per cent, between 1900 and 1910, an
r. the number Of negro tenants increa
n cd by 1880. or 2O.S per cent, durin
er the decade. The total value of far
- property OpCAdNSu ~ AANSA o~N - -N
ne was lila, ,1Sf 600, as compared wit
We s4ss, ,s41 900 in 1900, indicating that Il
Id value of agricultural property opera
ay ed by negroes increased considerab
IS. more than to fold during the decad
he The statistics show that l,So6,727 n
gro males and 1,05G,S49 negro femal
were engaged iii agriculture.
The death rate among negroes
1910 in the registration area was q
sw per 1000, showing a decrease as col
M pared with the rate in 1900, which "
Mt. e9.4, and the death rates for 1910 she
in many decreases, especially in t
p' southern municipalities.
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