The Denver star., 1916-01-01
STATISTICS SHOW
RACE PROGRESS
Nov Our People Arc Forging
Ahead In Pennsylvania.
FIRST N CHURCH PROPERTY

Report q the Hon. John l. Ree'ksy
6ivss Full Credit to the Achieve
rssnts Of the ceIorsd People In Key
stsNs etats-Farm Valuation Amounts
to @2Aes, 100.
The final chapter on the colOred pop
ulation of the United States. with spe-
cial reference to the race in Pennsyl-
vania, ts 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. Ia.
The report in part says:
The center of the Negro population.
which In 1890 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 proportion OF 79.1 per
cent ef the former and 2o.9 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-thir,is being classed as
otf
ance Of all ages Of Negroes was 53.2
per cent as against ISL per cent Of
whites Of like ages.
The Negro population of Pennsy!va.
uia In 1910 numbered l93.919, an In
crease OF 37.03i. 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 Is
per cent of the entire Inhabitants. BY
tar the greater number. 1876, ,333, or 500
per cent. lived In towns. only 1856. or
1914 per cent being classed as rural
population.
The Negroes OF Pennsylvania born
in this state numbered S4.90O. or much
less than one-half OF the entire num-
ber. Large numbers born In other
states were i. .7aa IN Delaware. 0.135 In
North Carolina, 2o.030 In Maryland,
46805 In Virginia and 2.037 In the
District Of Columbia No other state
eQuaied the latter In number. the r.-
naming nativity heing from many 9th
- points
0~~A- ntuef f.Np, ts,u
indicated that there were 1883 more
females than males, or. stated in an
other form. there were but O7.7 Negro
males for every 100 Negro females. In
1900 . 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 he more than 100 years old.
The NeGryes Of the state engaged in
agriculture numbered os5. The farms
were b43. with an area Of 3O.O0T acrrs,
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
Shcny. IS; Beaver, ic: Bucks. 20:
Chester. ll2: Delaware. Fl: Fayette.
-. franklin. IS: Greene. IL: Juniata,
10: Lawrence. 1G; Lancaster. 10: Mont
somery. %: Washington. 40. and York,
80. The Negro farms OF the state de-
creased - per cent In number. but the
value OF those in 1910 was ~ per cent
greater than those In 1900
The male Neg,oes OF the state. NJ.
teen or more years old. 72.6l3 In nun.
Der. had marital relations ~ follows:
3S.4 per cent were single: 54.3 per
cent were married and lab per cent
were widowed. Two hundred and
forty eight were divorced. or the 73..
673 females of like ages there were
$50 divorces; N.l per cent were single,
54.5 per cent We're married. and lA4
per cent were widows.
The religious life Of the Negro pop
ulation of the state found expression
through 42S church organisations. hav
ing 2O.613 co,nmunicant male and "a.
6s1 female members. The 3S7 house.
of worship. capable OF seating 12G.aSs
persons, had IA value OF $3.4O4.2O5. mud
there were ninety eight parsonages
valued at $24S.7O No other northern
state even approximated Pennsylvania
In any OF the above features.
A crcditable showing was also made
in the school life OF the Negroes OF
the state: SGD per cent OF children
under fourteen years Of age. 23.475
were school attendants. The white
children Of native birth exceed thai
by but q rer cent. and foreign born
white children had an attendance Of
per cent less. The entire Negro school