The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-13
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY COLOR
 OR RACE.

The total population of the United States 105 710620, comprise 94S22,431 white persons, 10, ,463- 013 Negroes 242959 Indians III 025 Japanese 61,6s6 Chinese, 5o63 Filipinos, 25O5 Hindus 1.23o Koreans and 147 others (Siamese, Hawaians, Malays Maoris, and samoans) The corresponding figures for 1910 follows S1.731 ,957 white persons B. S2776S Negroes 265,683 Indians, 72157 Japanese, 71,531 Chinese, 160 Filipinos, 2545 Hindus 462 Koreans, and others (Maoris). The rates of in- crease for the principal during the decade Total population, 14.9 cent white, 16 per cent Negro, 65 per cent; Japanese, 53.9 per cent. The Indian population decreased by 8.6 per and the Chinese population by 13.S per cent.
 The rate of increase fin the white population during the recent decade, 16 cent is considerably less than the corresponding for the period 1910 1920, which 22.3 per This decline is ac- counted for mainly by the great reduction in the volume of immigration during the period of the World War. An estimate based the excess Of births over deaths and on the of immigration over emigration yields total differing by only a small fraction of l per cent from the total white population enumerated.
 The of increase in the Negro population which is not percepbly affected by immigration emigration is by far the lowest on record This element of the population mas been growing at a rapidly diminishing rate during the past 30 years, its percentage of increase having declined from IS per cent between 1890 and 1900 to 112 per cent during the following decade and to 65 per cent during the 10 years ended January 1, 1920 Such data as are available in regard to birth and death rates among the Negroes indicate that the birth has decreased considerably since 1900, while the death rate has not changed greatly.
 The total numerical increase in the Negro popu- lation during the decade 635.25O Of this in crease 472,41S nearly three-fourths, took place in the North and West while only 162. .S32 or about cne-fourth, reported from the South, despite the fact that about S5 per cent of the total Negro population is still found in the South
 Without exception, the northern and western states which border the South reported greater rates of increase in Negro population than the for the country. and in several of these states 671 cent; in Ohio, 67.1 per cent, and in Penn sylvania 46.7 cent The last mentioned state has a larger Negro population than either Maryland Kentucky The greatest rate of growth in Negro population reported by any state having than 10000 Negro inhabitants appears from Michigan 251 per cent, the Negro population this hay ing increased from 115 in 1910 to 60,OS2 in 1920
 The decrease in the Indian population, a enum erated is probably to be accounted for in part by the enumeration. Indians in 1910 and whites iii 1920, of certain persons having only slight of Indian blood In 1910 a special effort was made to secure a complete enumeration of all persons hay ing any perceptible amount of Indian blood for the purpose of preparing a special report showing tribal relations purity of Indian blood, etc; is probable that for this considerable num- Der of persons who ordinarily have reported as whites enumerated Indians in 1910 This assumption is borne out by comparison the totals shown for the Indian population the last four only at which a complete enumer-l .tion of the Indian population has been attempted These are: 1920, 262.s5s; 1910 265. .es3; 1900 237 ls6: 1890, 24S,253. Of the total decrease in the ndian population between 1910 and 1920 amount ng to PAPA, by far the greater part, ls.s7c took