The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-23
Nt6RUtS IN
THE UNITED
STATES
Census Report on Gen
eral Condition of Ne
groes---Creat Prog
ress Made

WASHINGTON. u. G.. April r.
The bulletin on the United STATES. .oon
Z" ''e 'SS'i''i 10y Director sam. l.. Rogers.
"i the Burrau Of the Census, Department
of Commerce. indicates that there h..
'"r'n among Negroes All increasing ten
'"''y toward home ownership. marked
Increase in the percentage of school at
tendance. pronounced decrease i'm the
mortality rate, and an increase in the
proportion OF church membership.
This bulletin, which is special com.
platlon of Information derived from the
Thirteenth Census and from other in
Puirie- conducted 10y the Census Rurran.
brings together in one publication all th..
principal datA pertaining u the Negro
ra'" ~hich are in the I.o--.---ion 81 the.
bnrrau. The work Of planning and ar
ranging the statistical tables, A. we'll a.
all the clerical work. wa- done 10y Negro
employees.
INCREASE IN NEGRO POPILATIoN
The Negro population of tie I'nitsd
Stats increased from 90. .:s,s. or Ig.3
I'cr cent of the total population. in lsss,.
4" 49, 's"i, or l0.7 per cent of the IT,
tnl. in 1910. The increase ls-twaen l.sD
AMI 1910 Was at the rat. Of :. t.rr cent
while during the same peri,sI the whit.
population Increased 10y s,3 per cent.
Since 1910 there has been a continuou-
decrease IN the proportion which S-xros.
ave ''-<-f'~r' v- ------------r---~SAE>So ozs.
at least I'm part. u the fact that the white
population has been continually aus
ments~i 10y immigration, while there hA.
i"en very little immigration of Negroes
during the past hundred years.
The largest Negro population in any
state in 1910 was that Of Georgis. I,I76.-
~ Mi--is-ippi was second, with ,eD.-
~ and Alabama third. with gs. ~.
oi the =, o,S27 .76i Negroe- in the Unit..d
~tat'-- m iplO, 7,777,o7 or 79.I xr
cent, were reported A. OF pure Negro
blood. the remaining 2.OJO, $50, or 2D.9
l-'r cent, i'ring elas-..d a. "mulsttoes."
f"r cef-us purpo-'- tins term covers all
I~'r-ons Of mixed white and Negro blood.
~hAtever the proportion The figures in
dicatr continuous increase m the per-
'rntage Of mnlatt0eS during the past 40
years.
DENSITY AND CENTER or NEGRO
POPULATION
Ia Mississippi and South Carolina the
Negro population Was more than 80 t.r
cent Of the total in lJlO--J6 > per cent
and -. ? Ier cent, respectively; and in
''eorgia, Louisiana. Alabama, and Flor
laa the percentages ranged between ~
and r'-f5.l, -. J.. 42.5. and n, respect
isely. In each Of -; counties, scattered
throughout the stats Of Mis-is-ippi.
IOuisiana, Alabama, south Carolina.
''eorgia, APkan-aS, Florida. and Ten
n''--se, At least - per cent Of the total
population was Negro in 1910 OF
southern STATES, West Virginia had the
smallest percentage Of Negroes. 5.3. Out
-i'e Of the South there Wa no state in
which the percentage Was a. high - 8,
tie highest being that for Missouri, 4.s.
There were only five other Northern
-tates--New Jersey, Kansas, PennsyI-
wanna, Ohio. and Indiana---in which the
proportion Of Negroes exceeded per cent.
The center Of population" for the
Negro rae in the United states is now
iccstei aiout 81 miles north-northe.-t
oi Fort Payne, Dekalb County. in north
eastern Alabama. IL, movement ever
since ls.u has been IN q southveterlv
direction. but during tine decade 1900
1910 Il moved only 5.s miles to the west
southwest, while during the same period
the center oi total population moved 81
miles to the westward.
NEGROES ~ URBAN AND RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
The Percentage Of Negroes m rural
commnnities-thst 10, outside Of incor-
porated places and New England town.
Of 80 inhabitants or more---decrea.e.i
from ~ in 1880 - 77.6 in 1910 and %
'2.6 in 1910 The corresponding percsnt-
sgts for the total population we're $50
IN 1897, 59.5 in 800. and So in 1910.
There are % cities each Of which had
more than 1000 Negro inhabitants in
1910. Ten Of these cities lie outside If
the southern states. The total Negro
population Of the-e s3 cities vs l,3A.-
go. Washington stood at the head Of
this list with Negro population Of g.
flo, while NeT York, New Orleans, Bal
timore. and Philsdslphis occupied 80
ond, third, fourth. and ffth pieces, with
~, 100, -, ,262, s4.7ss, and $3.50. ~
spectively. The percentsss OF incrss-s
IN Negro popul.tion in Ws>h;nxson b.