The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-30
NEGROES IN
THE UNITED
STATES
Census Report on Gen
eral Condition of Ne
groes---Creat Prog
ress Made
'V"ntinu'>i From Last Weeks Issue.
NATIVITY. SEN AND MARTIAL.
CONDITION

Ninety nine and two tenth- Der cent of
all Negroes in the Units.d states i'm 1911
were natives of native percentage. only
Hour tenths of yer cent leing foreign
horn. While the remaining four-tenths of
! I~r cent were naI.v,-. of foreign. or
mixed native and foreign. percentage.
: OF the ~. .Sio foreign born Negroe- in th..
lnitei states. -. 1T. or a tritie more
Than to per sent, came from Cuba and
tie West Indies. only Az were born
in Africa.
The SrN distribution of the N,-grH-- IN
the United States IL on the basis Of 20, -
males Ia loD females. while for the na-
tive whites OF native I'ercsntal,,. the ratio
~ lui males o. lOo females
The STATISTICS show "A tendency on the
part Of the Negroes a. marry at earlier
ages than whites. This i- brought out
most clearly 10y the percentages which
married, widowed. AMI diyorcssi persons.
taken A. n group. form Of the fatal num-
i'~r- between the agrs- 81 ~ and 81, in
elusive. namely, $40 Tor Negroes and =
i"i whites.
INTERSTATE MIGRATION.
Interstate migration H. apparently Is-s.
extensive among the Negro popul alton
than among the whites In 1910. SB.4
Ter cent Of the native Negroes in the
Vnitei states were living In the states i'm
~ A. tI.~<v - -
psr cent ol ~ Anerican-boru whksna
were residing n tla6if naffvs stssss.
Twelve states Virginia, South Caro-
lima, North Carolina. Georgia. Alabama,
kentucky, Tenne-see, Maryland. Mis-
-i-sippi, Louisiana, Delaware and Maine
have lost more than they have gained
in Negro population through Interstate
migration. while all tlie other STATES have
gain~i more than they have Lost from
thI- cause. The net lo-ss-- 81 the first
named three states were Virginia, a5,-
90; South Carolina. ~, ,f79. North
Carolina. Iv'.sJl. IL isa noteworthy
iact that the greatest nst gain in Negro
population from this can-e, I05 old, WAS
<howL 10y Arkansas. a southern STATE.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND H.
LITERACY.
Of the Negro population 6tO ~ years
If age, inclusive, ls.3 per cent were at
lending scliool in 1910, ~ compared with
'6.9 per cent Of the native whites Of ma
tive Parentsge in the same aye group.
The percentage Of illiteracy Inability
Z" ~rite) among the Negro population 10
ycars of agr and over was 3D1 for the
United ~tatss ~ 6 whole, ~ compared
~ith 81 Ier cent for the native whites Of
native parentage. The continual i'm
Provenent IN educational opportunities
offered o. the Negro race il -trikingly
shown 10y the iact that i'm almost every
-tAte AMI city the percentage Of illiterscy
among Negroes IL consistently lower i'm
the younger generations than ia the older.
Dor example, in Georgia the percentage
~ illicerary among Negroes ~ 70 IA years
II az VA 81 ~ u - years. 26.9; -
D. 80 yeAr-. ~. - u % years, 81: 10
to,l years, 30: 80 b. - years, 7O.3;
anil o. years and over, ~.
OwNEI;SHIP OF HOMES
In 1910 there were in the southern
-tats- ~ ..s,i Negro hofne-, of which
40. liY. or yy.i I,er cent. we're owned,
inclu'iing sIl. 80. or 1914 per cent Of all
Negro homs--. wiich were owned free Of
incumbrancc. In isD the percentage Of
Osne,l hOIns-- 49, 80. The highest yer
centagr oi owned Negro bomc- In any Of
tie Southern stats I'm 1910 va that for
Virginia. li.J, while the lowest, I4.7,
VA found ia ''eorgia.
MORTALITY
Tie bulietin presents Tor the ir-t time
data regarding mortality among Negroes.
AT previou- publications have given sta
ti-tic- Tor the total colOred population,
which included the Chimes, Jspane-s.
Indians and other nonwhites. The death
rate ia 1910 for the "registration area"
which in that year comprised 5s.S per
cent n the total population Of the United
state. but only ly.7 per cent Of the Ne
gro population, was 2j.j per cent per
90 population for the Negroe- and
10 per cent per Oh for the whites: a
decrease Of 30 pr cent for the former
and 2.j per cent for the latter, ss CON-
pared with 800.
The average death rate among Nezroe-
IN - northern cities, each having Ne
gro population Of At least $50 in 1910.
VA 2j.I per cent per 100, ~ compared
(Oonnnnsd on fses a.