The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1921-06-30
RACIAL POPULATION OF
UNITED STATES ANNOUNCED

Washington, June 23.--The racial
composition Of the population Of the
United States in 1920, as announced
tonight by the census bureau shows
the country to contain 1892, ,431
white persons, 10,463,013 negores,
242,959 Indians, 11l,025 Japanese,
'61,686 Chinease and 9,4S5 others.
The Japanese race exceeded by far
the rate Of growth in the last ten
years Of all other classes.
Unofficial estimates Of the increase
in the number Of Japanese in the |
United States, particularly on the Pa |
eific coast We're borne out in the Of |
fetal tabulatiOn which revealed a
rate Of expansion of 53.9 per cent, |
during the decade of l91o-1920. Call
ifornia absorbed 30,596 Of the total
growth of 38,86S Japanese in this
period. On January 1, 1920, there
we're 1882 Japanese in California.
The remainder Of the increase was
distributed largely in the state Of
Washington where 1888 now make
their homes; Oregon 4,151, and Utah,
Colorado and New York, with be-
tween two and three thousand each.
The white population showed only
lG per cent expansion for the de-
.ade and the negro SIS per cent Both
\ the Indian and Chinese groups dwin-
died 8.6 per cent and 1873 per cent
respectively. The growth in the white
population was considerably less than
the rate for the previous decade
which was 22.3 per cent This decline,
the statement said, was due princi-
pally to the marked reduction in im-
migration during the world war.
An estimate based on the excess Of
births over deaths and on the excess
of immigration over emigration show
ed difference by only small frac-
tion Of one per cent, from the total
whites enumerated
The greatest numerical increase in
the white population was shown in
the east north central division, en-
bracing the states Of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin,
where the increase was 3,011 1853.
The middle Atlantic states division
had a growth for the decade Of D.
761 sos. In the South Atlantic and
east and west south central portions
the whites showed a combined in
tcrease Of 3,5S6,107.
The rate Of increase in the negro
population, which was not percepti-
bly, affected by immigration or emil
grafton, was the lowest on record, ac-
cording to the statement.
Evidence Of the migration Of the
. negro to the north and west was
found in the figures showing nearly
three-fourths Of the increase in the
negro population, or 472,41s Of the
/ 635, ,250 gain in these sections.
A growth Of only 1882 or about
one-fuorth was reported for the
! south, despite the fact that 85 per
{ cent Of the total negro race is
: still below the Mason-Dixon line. The
percentage increase Of negroes in the
: west was 55.1; in the north 43.3 per
J cent and in the south1.9 per cent.
Michigan, with 60082 negroes led
t all states in percentage ef increase
{ with PSI per cent, Illinois and Ohio
r with increases Of 67.1 per cent, show
5 ed further evidence Of the north
movement Of negroes.
s Pennsylvania negro population
4 growth for the period was 46.7 pei
4 cent, its black race now exceeding II
e number those Of Maryland and Ken.
eucky.
d Decrease in the Indian race in tn,
d ten years period was probably dui
d in part, it was said to the enumera
ton, as Indians IN 1910 and as white
a in 1920 Of persons having only sligh
IS traces Of Indian blood
Ie OF the total decrease in the India
: race, 22,724-by far the greater par
s. 1876 was in Oklahoma alone. tn
n only pronounced increase was report
N ed from Mort Carolina, from 1851 t
,e 1924. Other states where increase
yt occurred were Louisiana, Texal
G. Montana, Arizona and California. d.
creases in the number Of negroe
" were shown in Tennessee, Aiabami
a. Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana an
~ Texas.
X Georgia leads with the largest NJ
o. gro population Of 1,296,365.
Other states having more thl
er 100000 negro inhabitants are:
ID Mississippi s35, 1876; Alabama SOC
ss 652; South Carolina 864,719; Nor
he Carolina 763,4O7; Virginia 690.01
dv Louisiana 70O,257: Texas TAI, ~
: Arkansas 472, ,220; Tennessee 45i, rs
lrt Florida 329,487; Pennsylvania 26
lur 494; Maryland 2s4,47o; Aev 70
198,433; Ohio i86,1s3; Illinois i8
254; Missouri 1921; 0klahoI
l49,407; and District Of Columl
i09.966.