The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-10-24

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Forthcoming Bulletin Prepared BY Di-
rector Harris Of the Department OF
Commerce 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 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
win also be presented.
The bulletin will show that the num.s
Der Of Negroes in the United States
exclusive of outlying possessions) In
1910 was esq.,, ,763, and they formed
not per cent of the total population.
In 1900 the number Of Negroes was
1888, ,994, or 11.8 per cent of the total
population of that date. The increase
among the Negroes during the decade
was 993, ,769. or 11.2 per cent, as COM
pared with an increase of 2O.8 per;
cent among the native whites ana OF
30.7 per cent among the foreign born
whites. -..,:,. ~ .....a
The growth of the Negro population
! results from their own natural iil-
crease, while the growth Of the white
population il accelerated by the great
influx Of immigrants and the high
birth rate in immigrant families. or
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
1852 per cent in 1890 and to zoe 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 C2,6S9,-
900, or 274 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 hv'
ed In rural districts, while Of the Ne
groes Of the north and Of the west a
large proportion were city dwellers.
/ In 1910 there were 4,sS5.s81 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 q
ratio Of 100 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 tha
! Of the native whites.
The Negro males In the United States
Of voting age numbered 2,45S,S73 II
1910, and the Negro females Of votini
. age numbered 2,427, ,742.' ..s-.
School Attendance and IIlitsraoy.
OF the Negroes six to nine years o
age 4ss,954. or 49.3 per cent. were re
. ported as having attended school dur
ing the school year 19O910; of thos
ten to fourteen years Of age, 791 ,995, o
$50 per cent, were so reported, ant
those fifteen to twenty years Of age
33S, S,75O, or 28.5 per cent In each ag
group the percentage Of school attend
ance was much lower for the Negroe
than for the whites.
OF the total number Of Negroes te
years Of age and over. 2,227 ,731, or 30.
r per cent, were reported as illiteratt
Among the whites the percentage Q
illiteracy was 8, being among nativ
! whites and 1877 among foreign Dor
whites. The percentage Of illiterac
8 among Negroes decreased from 57I
Q 1880 to AS in 1900. and to 30.4 In 191'
t The bulletin will contain informatio
8 by states. and also by counties 'abor
9 Negroes in agriculture. The total nun
Der Of farms operated by Negroes
Il 1910 was $93,370. OF this number 21s
J. 972 were operated by their owner
9 872.964 by tenants and 1,434 by maj
n ayers. The number Of farms owne
It by Negroes increased by 31.175, or 10
b per cent. between 1900 and 1910. All
q the number Of Negro tenants increase
> by 115,790. OF 2O.s per cent. during IL
decade.