The Denver star., 1914-10-24

Commerce-School Attendance and
Value Of Farms Given In Detail.
Washington.-A bulletin on Negroes
in the United States will be issued at
an early date by William ]. Harris, di-
rector of the census, department Of
commerce, which will contain all the
principal informa ton obtained through
the census regarding the number and
distribution of the Negroes, their rate
Of increase, their sex and age distribu-
ton and their marital condition. Fig
ures for illiteracy and school attend
ance and the occupation Of Negroes
will also be presented.
The bulletin will show that the num-
ber of Negroes in the United States
exclusive of outlying possessions in
1910 was 9,S27,763. and they formed
1O.7 per cent of the total population.
In 1900 the number of Negroes. was
S.S33 1914, or 11.6 per cent OF the total
population OF that date. The increase
among the Negroes during the decade
was 993, ,769. or 1l.2 per cent, as com
cent among the native whites and Of
30.1 per cent among the foreign born
whites.
The growth Of the Negro population
results from their own natural in
crease. while the growth Of the white
popula ton 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 mu-
latto-that is, as having some white
blood. The proportion that mulattoes
formed of the total Negro popula ton
increased from 10 per cent in 1870 to
15.2 per cent In 1890 and to 200 per
cent in 1910.
Per Cent Of the Rural Population.
Nearly three fourths of the Negroes
G,13S. .534, or 72.6 per cent? were rural
dwellers, while about onefourth (2,GS9.-
300, or 27.4 per cent? lived in towns
or cities of at least $500 inhabitants.
The Negroes formed 14.5 per cent of
the rural population of the United
States, as compared with G.3 per cent
of the urban. In the southern states
the great majority Of the Negroes Nliv-
ed in rural districts, while of the Ne
groes Of the north and Of the west
large proportion were city dwellers.
In 1910 there were 4 4,SS5,SS1 Negro
males in the United States, as COM
pared with 4,941,Ss2 Negro females,
the number Of males to 100 females
thus being $50, as compared with
ratio of JOG 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 age distribution of the Negroes
does not differ materially from that
Of the native whites.
The Negro males in the United States
Of voting age numbered 2,45S,S73 In
1910, and the Negro females Of voting
age numbered 2.427, ,742.
School Attendance and lIIiteracy.
OF the Negroes six to nine years of
age 4SS.954. or 40.3 per cent, were re-
ported as Having attended school dur
ing the school year. 19O9-10; Of those
ten to fourteen years of age, 791 ,935, or
CSC per cent, were so reported, and
those fifteen to twenty years Of age,
33S, $50. or 2G.5 per cent. In each age
group the percentage Of school attend
ance was much lower for the Negroes
than for the whites.
or the total number of Negroes ten
years of age and over, 1927, ,731, or 3O.4
per cent, were reported as illiterate.
Among the whites the percentage OF
illiteracy was 5, being 3 among native
whites and 1877 among foreign born
whites. The percentage OF iliteracy
among Negroes decreased from 57.1 in
1890 to AS In 1900, and to 30.4 in 1910.
The bulletin will contain information
by states, and also by counties about
Negroes in agriculture. The total num-
Der Of farms operated by Negroes in
1910 was s93,370. OF this number 21S,-
972 We're operated by their owners.
672,964 by tenants and 1,434 by man
ayers. The number Of farms owned
by Negroes increased by 81 ,175, or 1876
per cent, between 1900 and 1910, and
the number Of Negro tenants increased
by 115, 5,79O, or 20.S per cent, during the
decade.
Increase In Value Of Farm Property.
The total value Of farm property op-
Grated by Negroes in 1910 was $1,144,-
$4,000 as compared with $499,941, 900
in 1900. indicating that the value Of
agricultural property operated by Ne
groes increased considerably more
than twofold during the decade. The
statistics show that 1,SO6,727 Negro
males and 1,O5O,S49 Negro females
were engaged in agriculture.
The data will be shown for the reg
istration area Of the United States.
which includes the registration states
and certain selected cities. The death
rate among Negroes in 1910 in this
area was 25.5 per 1000. showing de-
crna aS com uDnred with the rate In