Evening journal., 1921-12-17
[IGRATION OF
NEGROES SHOWN
ensus Shows 1O,4Sl Moved
From Delaware To
Other States
',43S REMAIN IN
STATE OF BIRTH

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. H.
be Department Of Commerce,
rough the Bureau Of the Census,
J day issued a special statement per-
ming to Negro migration in the
nited States, as shown by the re-
F rms Of the Fourteenth Decennial
nsus. taken as Of January /. 1920.
| The total number Of Negroes born
and living in the United States
| oper. as enumerated for January
. 1920. was 1O,3S1,3O9, which total
| cludes 3S,575 Negroes for whom
State Of birth was not ascertain
by the enumerators. The total
mber for whom the State Of birth
Rs reported. 1O,342.734, comprised
PISS, ,492, or SOL per cent. who were
ing in the States In which born.
ID 2,O54.242, or 1919 per cent, who
re living in other States. In 1910
e percentage living In other States
ls 1876. and in 1900 it was 1916.
THE census figures show that 90
yS Negroes who were born in Del
are were living in that State in
k2O. and 10,4S1 who had been born
Delaware were living in other
ties.
The total number OF Negroes re-
Rrted as born in the South (that
RI OF the country lying south Of the
<ithern boundaries OF New Jersey.
Ennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois,
ssouri, and Kansa-s) was 9 9.6OO.943.
these. 7.751.361. or SO.7 per cent.
! re living in their native states In
TO; 1.O6S.7SS, or Ill per cent.
81 re living in other southern states;
10 7SO.794, or 81 per cent. were
ing in the North or West. The
al number Of Negroes reported as
4 rn in the North or West was 741.-
81 Of whom 537J31. or 72.4 per
nt., were living in their native
ties In 1920; 157,437. or 21.2 per
Ent.. were living In other northern
western states; and 1929. or
per cent. were living in the
q nth. Thus the proportion OF
uthern- born Negroes who migrat-
to the North or West, 81 per
INT, was only about one-fourth
Z yer than the proportion OF the
n grOcs who were born in the North
# West and migrated to the South
n per cent.
a The number OF Negroes born in
II South and living I'm the North
West. less the number born In
e North OF West and living in the
uth was 1851. These may be
rmed the survivors OF the net mi
ation Of Negroes from the South tC
e North and West. The number OF
z zuthern-born Negroes living in th'
birth and West increased from 440..
in 1910, TO 7sO,7e4 in 1920
s rming 4O.9 per cent. OF the tota
ngro population Of the North ans
est 1 nthe earlier year and so.
r cent. in the latter.
zIThe migration Of southern Negroes
81 northern nd western States un
"a ubtedly took place TO a MATERIAL,
q eater extent between 1910 an,
2O. than during the preceding
cade. While it is impossible q
a lculate exactly the extent of thh
& grafton during the recent decade
F @ available data indicate that ap
n oximately 100000. or somewha
; ore than one-half. OF the 1887
rvivors OF the net Negro migration
ON the South TO the North an'
81 est. prior TO January 1, 1920, lef
south subsequently TO April 10
lO.
Is In general. the Negroes born j
North and West and in IN
irthern part of the South have mi
. aied TO much greater extent tina
ose born in the far South. Con
f iaring as one group all the NJ
3 oes born in the northern an
!. estern States. the percentage liv
E. in 1920. in other states tina
& ose in which born was 27.6; con
& dering as another group thos
b Drn in Delaware, Maryland, Dis
H let OF Columbia, Virginia, Wes
p rginia. North Carolina. Kentuck!
E. annessee. Arkansas and Oklahom
s d. e.. the northern part OF tn
Wputh-the corresponding percent
S se was GAS; but for the Negroe
81 brn in the far southern States 9
e buth Carolina, Georgia, Florid'
q, ALBANIA. Mississippi. Louisiana an
( xas. the percentage living
2 ates other than those in whic
t. hrn was only 1872