The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-10-17

Commsros-SehooI 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, d.
rector Of the census. department Of
commerce, which will contain all the
principal Information 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 occupations 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.s27,78S, and they formed
1877 per cent Of the total population.
In 1900 the number Of Negroes was
1888, 1914, or 11.8 per cent Of the total
population of that date. The increase
among the Negroes during the decade
was 99S. .789. or 11.2 per cent, as COM.
pared with an increase Of 2OS 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 natural iE.
crease, while the growth of the whfts
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 Ons-flfth were reported as mu.
latto-that is, as having some white
blood. The proportion that mulattoes
formed Of the totn Negro population
increased from II per cent in 1870 to
1872 per cent in 1890 and to 200 per
cent in 1910.
Per Cent of the Rural Population.
Nearly three-fourths Of the Negroes
T,13S,534, or 72.6 per cent? were rural
dwellers, while about one-fourth (2,6S9,.
229, 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 63 per cent
Of the urban. In the southern states
the great majority Of the Negroes nv-
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,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 106 for the whites. The Ne
groes were 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 Illitsraey.
OF the Negroes six to nine years Of
age 4SS,954. or 49.3 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 ,995, or
CSC per cent, were so reported, and
those fifteen to twenty years Of age,
838, ,750, or 26.5 per cent In each age
group the percentage Of school attend.
ance was much lower for the Negroes
than for the whites.
OF the total number of Negroes ten
years Of age and over. 1927, ,731, or 30.4
per cent, were reported as illiterate.
Among the whites the percentage of
illlteracy was 8, being among native
whites and 1877 among foreign born
whites. The percentage Of illiteracy
among Negroes decreased from 57.1 In
1890 to 44.5 in 1900. and to 3O.4 In 1910
The bulletin will contain information
by states. and also by counties about
Negroes in agriculture. The total mum
Der Of farms operated by Negroes In
1910 was $93.370 or this number 21S.,
972 were operated by their owners.
672,964 by tenants and 1,434 by man,
ayers. The number of farms owned
by Negroes increased by 31.175, or 1853
per cent, between 1900 and 1910. and
the number Of Negro tenants increased
by 115.79O. or 20.s per cent. during tn.
decade.
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