Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
s,G00,0DD Of AMERICAS
NEGROES ARE IN SOUTH
North and West Have But
100000 Of l0,342,734
Total.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-The De-
partment of Commerce, through the
Bureau Of Census, has today issued
special statement pertaining Ia
negro migration in the United states
as shown by the fourteenth decennial
census, taken ns or January l, 1920
The total number OF negroes born
in and living in the United States
proper. rs enumerated for January !
1920, was l0,3S1.309 which total in
clUdes 1855 negroes for whom tho
state or birth was not asccrtaincd by
the cnumerators. The total number
for whom the State OF birth was re.
ported. lc.3i2.73i. comprised S,2Ss.492
or SOL per cent. who were living In
The States III which born, and lost,
2i2, or H." per cent. who were living
in other States. In 1910 the per-
ccntagc living in other States was
16.H. and in 1900 II was l56.
The total number Of negroes re-
ported az born in The South Chat
part Of the country i;!ug south OF
the southern boundaries OF New Jer-
Eoy, Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana. Iili-
nois. Missouri and I<ansns) was g.
6oo.943. OF these T,15l,36l. or So
per cent. were living in their native
states in 1929: I,06S.7SS. or I'LL per
cent, were living in other Southern
states, and 7S0.7si. or ST. per cent.
were living In the North or West.
The total number OF negroes reported
IS born in the North and West was
7+l.1?l. OF whom b37.13l. or 72.i per
cent. We're living in their native
states in 1920: 157,437. or 21.e per
cent. were living in other Northern
a. Western States, and iI,2.3, or 81
rer cent. were living IN tho South.
Thus the proportion OF Southern born
negroes who migrated to the North
or West. 81 per cent, was only about
one-fourth larger than the proportion
az the negroes who were born In the
North or West and migrated to the
South, CT per cent.
The number of negroes born in the
South and living in the North or West
less the number born In tho North or
Yves. aud living In the South was
I?8.51l. These may he termed the
survivors Of the net migration of ne
grocs from the South TO the North
and West The number of Southern
born negroes living In the North and
West increased from 4i0.53i I'm 1910
10 r.So.79i IN 1920, forming 400 per
cent OF :he total negro population OF
The North and West in the earlier
year and JG.3 per cent in the later.
The migration of Southern negroes
TO Northern and Western States un-
douhtedly took place to materially
greater extent between 1910 and 1920
thap during the preceding decade.
While II is impossible to calculate
":.actly the extent of this migration
during the recent decade, the avail
rhla data indicate that approximately
100000, or somewhat more than one
half. of tho 1851 survivors of the
net negro migration from tho South
10 the North and West prior to Janu-
ary-l. 1920. left the South subsequent
~ 10 April Is. 1910.
In general. the negroes born in the
North and West and in the northern
part OF the South have migrated to n
much greater extent than those born
in the FAR South. Considering as one
group all the negroes born In the
Northern and Western States. tho per-
ceEtaSc living. In 1920, in other
states thnn those in which born was
2i.S: considering AS another group
those born in Delaware. Maryland.
District OF Columbia. Virginia. West
Virginia. North Carolina. Kentucky,
Tennessee. Arkansas and Oklahoma.
/. G.. the northern part OF the South
INC corresponding percentage was
e4.S: but for the negroes born In the
Jar southern states OF South Carolina.
Georgia. Florida. Alabama. Missis-
sippi. Louisiana ana Texas, the per-
c'ntaGe living In States other than
those in which born was only 1872.
Although migration to the North
and West has not. taken place among
the Tar southern negroes to the same
extent relatively to their total num-
beers, as among the negroes in tho
northern part OF the South. there was
nevertheless pronounced increase
in such migration from the far South
during the past decade. For example:
The negroes who We're born in South
Carolina and had migrated from that
state 20 Pennsylvania incre.Ased ardn
lib In 1910 TO il.G:4 inf $50: those
rom Georgia to Pennsylvania In
creased from 1878 10 1876; thos.
'roin Florida 10 Pennsylvania. from
1913 10 $50, those from Alabama to
Ohio from Isl 10 1855: those from
mississippi 10 Illinois. from 4.6l2 to
i%'isS; those from Louisiana to
Illinois. from 1909 to SOS. and those
rom Texas TO Missouri from M .,