The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-02-12
STATISTICS SHOW
RACE. PROGRESS
How Our People Are Forging
Ahead In Pennsylvania.
FIRST IN CHURCH PROPERTY

flhSi In GnUnGn rnUrEnlI
Report Of the Hon. John L. Rockey,
Gives Full Credit to the Achieve
nents Of the coIored People In Key
stone state-Farm Valuation Amounts
to $2.46s, 100.
The final chapter on the colored pop
ulation Of the United States, with spe-
cial reference to the race In Pennsyl-
vania, is given in the recent report of
the Hon. John L. Rockey, chief Of the
bureau of Industrial statistics, made
to the Hon. Henry Houck, secretary Of
internal affairs, at Harrisburg, Pa.
The report In part says:
The center Of the Negro population.
which in 1870 was In the southern
part of Virginia, has been shifting to
the southwest constantly and for a
number of decades has been in the
northern part Of Alabama. As to the
shades of color of the people, divi
sion into two classes, black and mu-
latto, gave a proportion of 1911 per
cent of the former and 200 per cent
Of the latter, but the mulatto class in
crease since the 1900 census was 90
per cent.
The Negroes Of the United States,
considered by sex, were about equally
divided, there being $50 females for
every 100 males. In point Of residence
about one-third lived in towns, the re-
naming two-thirds being classed az
rural population. The school attend
ance Of all ages of Negroes was 63.2
per cent as against 1871 per cent Of
whites Of like ages.
The Negro population of Pennsylva-
mia In 1910 numbered 193,919, an in
crease Of 37,O34, or 23.6 per cent,
over the 1900 census returns. Thus
the state ranked fourteenth In the
Union in point Of such population. For
the past twenty years the Negro pop
ulation Of the state has constituted 2.5
per cent of the entire Inhabitants. By
far the greater number, 156, 1873, or 500
per cent, lived in towns, only 1855, or
1914 per cent, being classed as rural
population.
The Negroes of Pennsylvania born
in this state numbered $4,000, or much
less than one-half Of the entire num-
Der. Large numbers born in other
states were 5,79S in Delaware, 9,735 In
North Carolina, 2O,03O in Maryland,
1895 In Virginia and 2,937 in the
District Of Columbia. No other state
eQualed the latter in number, the re-
naming nativity being from many 9TH
er points. ''-f ...
A division Of the population as to sex
indicated that there were 2,259 more
females than males, or, stated In an
other form, there were but 97.7 Negro
! males for every 100 Negro females. In
1900 a reverse condition prevailed,
there being 1924 males for every 100
females. Three Of the male Negroes
in the state and sixteen females were
reported to be more than 100 years old.
The Negroes Of the state engaged in
agriculture numbered 5S5. The farms
were b43, with an area Of 30,O97 acres,
two-thirds of which were improved.
These farms had value Of 81, ,46S, 100
and were located in forty-nine coun-
ties Of the state. Eighteen counties
had no Negro farms. Counties having
more than ten such farms were Allie
gheny, IS; Beaver, IL; Bucks, 20;
Chester, 112; Delaware. 21; Fayette.
20: Franklin, Is; Greene. IL; Juniata,
16; Lawrence, 18; Lancaster. 40; Mont
gomery, %; Washington, 40, and York.
30. The Negro farms of the state de-
creased 70 per cent In number, but the
value Of those in 1910 was 80 per cent
greater than those In 1900.
The male Negroes of the state, If
teen or more years old, 72,613 in num-
Der, had marital relations as follows:
884 per cent were single; 54.3 per
cent were married and 14.3 per cent
were widowed. Two hundred and
forty eight were divorced. OF the 49,,
673 females Of like ages there were
SS6 divorces; 301 per cent were single,
64.5 per cent were married. and 14.4
per cent were widows.
The religious life Of the Negro pop
ulation Of the state found expression
through 428 church organizations, hav-
ing 20,613 communicate male and 34,-
661 female members. The 3S7 houses
Of worship, capable Of seating 126,98S
persons, had value Of $3,494 ,205, and
there were ninety-eight pars0nages,
valued at SPAS, 100. No other northern
state even approximated Pennsylvania
In any Of the above features.
A creditable showing was also made
IN the school life Of the Negroes Of