The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-11-27
CENSUS FIGURES
SHOW our THRIFT
Big Increase m COIOr0d Pop
uIatIon Since 1900.
DECREASE IN DEATH RATE.

Forthcoming Bulletin Prepared by Di-
rector Harris of the Department Of
commerce-SchooI 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-
Der of Negroes in the United States
exclusive Of outlying .possessions) in
1910 was 9,S27,763, and they formed
10.7 per cent of the total population.
In 1900 the number Of Negroes was
s,S33,994, or 11.8 per cent Of the total
population of that date. The increase
among the Negroes during the decade
was 903, ,769, or 11.2 per cent, as COM
pared with an increase Of 2O.8 per
cent among the native whites and of
30.7 per cent among the foreign born
whites. $780,. ..,4 .s,s4 . .-.-.s> -
The growth of the Negro population
results from their own natural in
crease, 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-f1fth were reported as mu-
latto-that is. as having some white
blood. The proportion that mulattoes
formed of the total Negro population
increased from IL per cent in 1870 to
1872 per cent in 1890 and to 900 per
cent in 1910.
Per Cent of the Rural Population.
Nearly three-fourths Of the Negroes
O,13S, ,534. - or 1875 per cent were rural
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 6.3 per cent
Of the urban. In the southern states
the great majority Of the Negroes liv-
ed in rural districts. while Of the Ne
groes Of the north and Of the west q
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 100 for the whites. The Ne
gr0es 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 2,458,S73 in
1910, and the Negro females Of voting
age numbered 2,427,742.
School Attendance and IIIiteraey.
OF the Negroes six to nine years of
age 488,954, or 49.3 per cent, were re-
ported as having attended school dur
ing the school year 19O9-1O; Of those
ten to fourteen years Of age, 791 ,995, or
68.6 per cent, were so reported, and
those fifteen to twenty years of age,
338,75O, 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, 2,227,731 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 illiteracy
among Negroes decreased from ST. In
1890 to 44.5 I'm 1900. and to 30.4 I'm 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. OF 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 1873
per cent, between 1900 and 1910. and
the number Of Negro tenants increased
BY 115,790. or 20.S per cent, during the
decade.