The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-01-01
STATISTICS SHOW
RACE PROGRESS
How Our People Are Forging
Ahead In Pennsylvania.
FIRST IN CHURCH PROPERTY

Report Of the Hon. John L. Hockey
Gives Full Credit to the Achieve.
ments Of the coIored People In Key
stone Stats--Farm Valuation Amounts
to $2,4es, 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. Hockey, 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: ,.,,4s-,s
The center Of the Negro population.
which in 1870 was In the southern
part Of Virginia.. hass bean- shiftiRg ~
the southwest constantly and Cor a
number Of decades has been in the
northern part Of Alabama. AS to the
shades of color Of the people, a divi-
sion into two classes, black and mu-
latto, gave a proportion of 79.1 per
cent Of the former and 200 per cent
Of the latter. but the mulatto class in
crease since the 1900 census was 5.5
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 as
rural. population. The school attend
ance Of all ages Of Negroes was 53.2
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 1904, 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, 1856, 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 i'm Delaware, 9.735 in
North Carolina, 10000 in Maryland,
1895 in Virginia and 2,937 in the
laA - Inn Hl Nh e,ko kN
equaled the latter in number, the re-
naming nativity being from many 9TH
er points.
A division Of the population as to sex
indicated that there were 2.259 more
females than males, or, stated iY an
other form, these were but OFF, .egro
males for every 100 Negro females. In
1900 q 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 543, with an area Of 30007 acres.
two-thirds Of which were improved.
These farms had value Of $2.46S. 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. II; Bucks. 20:
Chester. 112: Delaware. p: Fayette.
%; Franklin. IS; Greene. II: Juniata.
16; Lawrence. 10; Lancaster. -; Mont
gomery. %: Washington. 40. AMI York,
3S. The Negro farms Of the state de-
creased ~ per cent in number. but the
value Of th9Se in 1910 was 80 per cent
greater than those In 1900.
The male Negroes Of the state. If
teen or more years Old. 72,6l3 in num-
Der, had marital relations as follows;
1874 per cent were single; 54.3 per
cent were married and 1zS per cent
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