The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-03-12
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1910 were natives of native percent
age, only four-tenths OF per cent be
ing foreign born, while the remaining
four-tenths of per cent were natives
of foreign, or mixed native and for
eign, parentage. OF the 40.939 foreign
born negroes in the United States, "a,
426, or trifle more than 60 per cent,
came from Cuba and the West Indies
Only 473 were born in Africa.
The sex distribution of the negroes
in the United States is on the basis OF
9S.9 males and 100 females. while for
the native whites of native parentag.
the ratio islO4 males to 100 females.
The statistics show a tendency on
the part OF the negroes to marry at
earlier ages than whites. This Is
brought out most clearly by the per-
centages which married, widowed ana
divorced persons, taken as a group,
form of the total numbers between
the ages Of 20 and "a, inclusive, name
ly, 1876 for negroes and 27 for whites.
Interstate Migration.
Interstate migration is apparently
less extensive among the negro popu-
lation than among the whites. In 1870
S3.4 per cent OF the native negroes in
the United States were living in the
states in which they were born, while
only 77.6 per cent of the American
born whites were residing in the ma
tive states
Twelve states-Virginia. South Car
orlina, North Carolina, George, Ala
bama, Kentucky. Tennessee, Mary
land, Mississippi, Louisiana, Delaware.
and Maine-have lost more than they
have gained is negro population, while
all the other states have gained more
than they have lost from this cause.
1t is noteworthy fact that the great
est net gain in negro population from
this cause, 105,516, was shown by Ar
hdllSdS. d southern SLdte.
Schools and Iliteracy.
Of the negro population 6 to 2O
years of age, inclusive, 47S per cent
were attending school in 1910, as com
pared with $50 per cent Of the native
whites of native parentage in the same
age group.
In thirteen cities Baltimore, Bos-
ton, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
Kansas City, Mo-, Louisville. New Or
leans, New York. Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, st. Louis and Washington each
of which had in 1916 a total popula-
tion of 100000 or more and a negro
population of 10000 or more, the high
est percentage of school attendance
among negroes to 20 years of age
was found in Boston, where it was 672 !
per cent, as compared with 1873 per
cent for native whites of native par
entage. The percentage of school at !
tendance for negroes in Boston is
higher than for native whites of ma
tive parentage in 10 of the other ~
cities. The highest percentage Of
school attendance among negroes 6 70
20 years of age for any state was
found in Connecticut, Gil. and the
lowest in Louisiana. 2S9.
The percentage of illiteracy Cnabil-
ity to write) among the negro popula-
tion 10 years age and over was 30.i |
for the United States as whole, as
with 81 per cent for the
native whites of native parentage.
Ownership Of Homes.
In 1910 there were in the southern
states ,917.391 negroe homes, of (which |
30,449, or 22.4 per cent, were owned, !
314,340. or l6.4 per cent Of
all negro homes, which were owned
free of incumbrance. In 1900 the per
centage of owned homes was 20. The !
highest percentage of owned negro
homes in any of the southern states
in 1910 was that for Virginia, 41S,
while the lowest, 147, was found in
Georgia