The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-17
John Wall
County Clerk.

Director Sam. l.. Rogers, or the
Bureau of the Census, Department OF
Commerce, indicates that there has |
been among Negroes an increasing |
tendency toward home ownership, a
marked increase i'm the percentage
OF school attendance, pronounced
decrease in the percentage OF Hitter
acy, a decrease I'm the mortality rate,
and an increase In the proportion OF
church membership.
This bulletin, which is a special
compilation Of information derived
from the Thirteenth Census and from
other Inquiries conducted by the Cen
sus Bureau, brings together in one
publication all the principal data per-
tanning to the Negro race which are in
the possession OF the bureau. The
work OF planning and arranging the
statistical tables. as well as all the
clerical work, was done by Negro en-
ployees.
The Negro population of the United
States increased from ISL 20s. or 1913
per cent OF the total population, in
1890, to 1927, 1853. or 10.7 per cent OF
the total, in 1910 The increase be-
tween 1900 and 1910 was at the rate of
11.2 per cent. while during the same
period the white population increased
by 22.3 per cent. Since 1910 there has
been continuous decrease in the
proportion which Negroes have form
ed OF the total population, due, at
least in part, TO the fact that the
white population has been continually
augmented by immigration, while
there has been very little immigration
OF Negroes during the past hundred
years.
The largest Negro population in
any state in 1910 was that OF Georgia,
1,176,9S7, Mississippi was second.
with 1.OOs.4S7: and Alabama third,
with COS. 2S2
or the 9,S27763 Negroes in the
United States in 1910. 7.777,077, or 1911
per cent. were reported as OF pure
Negro blood, the remaining 2050.6S6,
or 300 per cent. being classed as
"mulattoes" For census purposes
this term covers all persons of mixed
white and Negro blood, whatever the
proportion. The figures indicate a
continuous increase In the percentage
Of mulattoes during the past 40 years
The center of population" for the
Negro race in the United States is
now located about 54 miles north
northeast OF Fort Payne. Dekalh
County. in northeastern Alabama.
, The percentage OF Negroes in rural
! communities -that is. outside OF in.
} corporated places and New England
, towns OF $500 inhabitants or more
] decreased from 500 in 1890 TO 77.3 IN
1900 and to 1876 in 1910 The CORES
ponding percentages for the tota
!. population were $50 in 1890. 595 il
Z 1900, and 537 in 1910.
Ninety-nine and two-tenths per cen
OF all Negroes in the United States il
1910 were natives OF native parentage
only four-tenths OF per cent beinl
foreign born. while the remaining
n four-tenths of per cent were nativei
p OF foreign, or mixed native and for
eign. parentage. OF the 40.339 foreign
born Negroes in the United States
24,426. or a trlfe more than GO pc
cent. came from Cuba and the Yves
q Indies Only 473 were born in Africa
' The sex distribution OF the Negroe
. in the United States Is on the basis o
: $3.50 males TO 100 females. while TO
a the native whites OF native parentag
i the ratio Is l04 males TO 100 females
n The statistics show tendency Of
- the part OF the Negroes to marry a
Il earlier ages than whites. This /
/, brought out most clearly by the per
centages which married. widowed
:, and divorced persons, taken as
group. form OF the total numbers be
tween the ages OF 90 and "a. inclu
sve. namely. 1916 for Negroes, and 2
| for whites
i Interstate migration is APPARENT
less extensive among the Negro popr
lation than among the whites. In 1911
S34 per cent OF the native Negroes 1
the United states were living I'll
states in which they were born, viii
only us per cent Of the American
born whites were residing in the
, native states
- on the Negro population ~
- years Of age, inclusive. 47s per Get
were attending school in 1910.
compared with 669 per cent Of a
tn native whites OF native parentage
O. the same age group.
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