The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
Black Race Forms Ten Per Cent
of the Population of
the Country.

states VIII De issued at an early |
date by William j. Harris, direc-
tor of the census, which will con
tain all the principal information
obtained through the census re-
garding the number and distribu-
tion of the negroes, their rate of !
increase, their sex and age distri- |
button, and their marital condi-
tion.
The bulletin will show that the |
number of negroes in the United |
States exclusive of the outlying
possessions) in 1910 was 1927 1853,
and they formed 10.7 per cent of
the total population. In 1900 the
number of negroes was S,S33,99
or 11.6 per cent of the total pOpu-
lation of that date. The increase
among the negroes during the de-
cade was 993. .769. or 11.2 per cent,
as compared with an increase of
20,S per cent among the native
whites and 30.7 per cent among
the foreign 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 immigrants
and the high birth rate in immi-
grant families.
OF the total number Of negroes
in 1910 about one-fifth were re
ported as mulatto; that is, as hav-
ing some white blood The pro
portion that mulattOes formed OF
the total negro population IN
creased from y per cent i'll 1870
to 1872 per cent in 1890, and to
20.9 per cent in 1910.
Urban and Rural Distribution.
Nearly three-fourths Of the ne
groes (7,13S,534, or 1926 per cent?
were rural dwellers, while about
one-fourth (2,6S9,229, or PA per
cent? lived i'll towns or cities OF
at least $500 inhabitants.
OF total of 1858 counties i'll
the United States there were only
110 in which there were no ne
groes, and there were fifty-three
counties in 1910, as compared
with fifty-five counties i'll 1900, IN
which seyenty-tWo per cent of the
population was negro. There
were 1853 counties in 1910 in which
fifty per cent t the population
was negro.
In 1910 there were 1885 .SS1 ne
gro males in the United States, as
compared with 4,941, $50 negro fe-
males. the number of males to 100
females thus being 9S.9, as com
pared with a ratio of 106 for the
whites. The negroes were the
only race i'll the United States i'll
which there were more females
than males.
The negro males in the United
States of voting age numbered 3
! 4S5.S73 in 1910, and the negro fe-
males of voting age numbered 2
427,742.
OF the negroes 6 to 9 years OF
age 4SS,954, or 1913 per cent, were
reported as having attended
school during the school year
l909-10; of those 10 to IA years OF
age, 791, ,995, or 68.6 per cent, Were
so reported; and of those Is to 20
years of age, 338, $50, or 26.5 per
cent. In each age group the per
centage of school attendance was
much lower for the negroes than
for the whites.
Percentage Decreased.
OF the total number of negroes
10 years of age and over, 1921
731, or 30.4 per cent, were report
ed as illiterate; among the whites
the percentage Of illiteracy was
five, being three among native
, whites and 1871 among the foreign
born whites. The percentage oi
illiteracy among negroes decreas
; ed from 57.1 in 1890 to 44.5 in
1900, and to 30.4 in 1910,
The total number of farms op-
Grated by negroes in 1910 was
1913, $40; of this number, 21S,972
were operated by their owners
: 672,964 by tenants, and 1,434 by
managers. The number of farms
owned by negroes increased by
31,175, or 1876 per Get, between
1900 and 1910, and the number oi
negro tenants increased by 115,
, 700, or 20.8 per cent, during the
decade. The total vame of farm
property operated by negroes IL
1910 was $1,144, ,181 900, as com
pared with $499, ,941, 900 in 1900
indicating that the value of agri
cultural property operated by ne
groes increased considerably more
than two-fold during the decade
The statistics show that 1,S06, ,72I
/, negro males and 1,050,849 negro
females were engaged in agricul
: ture.
!. The death rate among negroes
0 in 1910 in this area was 25.5 pc
/ 1000, showing decrease as com
y pared with the rate in 1900, whicl
was 29.4, and the death rates fo
1910 show many decreases, es