The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-24
RACIAL POPULATION
Of UNITED STATES
@snaua nursau Announces ceua1Fy Cen.
saina s4.sz2y<si white Persons.

WASHINGTON. June 33.=-The racial
somposifion q the population % the
E'nitad states u 1850. as announced to-
a16ak ~ the eaaana bureau. shows tbs
seuusry % contain % s2z.sal white per-
Hans. te.tsaoiS negroes. 90. SO indians.
Il ass Japanese 81 CSC Chinese. and ..
rs usnsFs. TIE japanese race exceeds
- faT the rate Il growth in the last ten
Feaea ~ al other classes.
Inuffioial estimates ~ the increase IN
b. naHabsr 20 Japanese in The United
States. particularly nn the Pacific coasf.
esrs bfan uut So the official tabuiatioa
Which reseaiea a rats 81 expansion Of
~ percent during the decade 81 Iafe-z0.
eaiifornla absorbed ae.sas q the total
frnMfh - 5-.ses Japanese Ia thls period.
January !. 1880. there weTe n. $50 Japa-
saae in California. The remainder CT The
crease was distributed largely IN the
tataa uf Washington. Mnera 1855 make
hsr homes. Oregon. 4tsa. and Utah.
'uacrade ard New YORK. with between
- and three thousand eaea. The whlta
'apalafien showed only Is percent ex-
sansiun Scr tha decade ana the naxFa
- percent lioth tire in1isn and Chi
saae nronp awindiea IS Nefnsng ard 15.s
ssrceut. respectively.
TIE growth In the white population waa
sFsvt8aw decade. whicA Nas 2a.s percent
rhis decline. the atatsmens said. was
tsza principally e the uasrsca reduction
Immigration during the worla var. An
skifusts based en- the excess OF blflhs
yer deaths and on this excess of immi-
raj on ever emigration. showed a asf-
arenea ~ nnfy = ANAL fractIon 20 enc
teFcent fram the total whites enumerated.
Tha greatest numerical increase 81 the
white population was shoMn Ia the east.
soTth and central afVislau. embracing the
tatea Of 0hio. Indiana. nllnosa. Mlehi.
IN ana Wisconsin. where the Increase
sas ael1sssa. En- 4he soata Atlantic
nj east and west south central portions.
he whites showed 4 combinea increase
- 16ss.1aa.
IA rate q Increase in the negro pep
alatian. whieh was not uarcepfshiy af~l
eetsd ~ immigration or emigration. vas
hs lowest ga record, according 60 the
lats msnt
Evidence Of the miaratsou 81 the negro
TIE north and west waa found In the
Eufss showing nearly three fourshs II
BE Increase Ia negro population. 81 4T2.-
= 81 she esesSse gain. IN these sections.
9foWtH % only Is. 80. oH about one
euFth. vas reported for the south, de-
ptte that 70 fsereeut of the total Negro
aee e stu below the Aiaaon- Dixon liue.
rha pereentahe Increase ~ tha negroes
TIE west was SELL In she nursh sa.5
sercsut. ana in Ghs seuta - percent.
Mit hiKans with Es.os3 nanroea. leads
~ states IN percentage ~ increase wish
81 percent. alilnois ara Ohio. with in
reases q e1si percent. showed further
esidenes 81 the norshward movement u
seerpea. Pennsylvania naNro popasa.
ioa sruwth Ter the perled waa seT per
ent IS black Faoa now exceeding Ia
aumbeF those e Maryland and Ken-
aeky.
ssscrssso IL the Indian race ia the ten
eare period was probably due IN part
was SAID 60 TIE enameraflan a. Indians
fs5a maa a. whites - asse e. persons
aavin8 only slight traces Of Indian bleed
Georgia leaas with the largest negro
sepatafions numbering 2aa 3ea. other
satss having more than Iee. 600 neeroI
Inhabitants ares Mississippi Bas.fsa:
Alae4Haa. asa South Carolina sea.
~ North Carollna. 5ss.SeT. Texas. 7al..
-; louisiana. Teo. esT. Virginia, eso.oG5:
Arkan sas sTs.2sa. Tennessee 4si "a:
Fisxida ssa.ss7s Pennsylvania. 80 so
aaryiana. stssTa. New xaFk. ssSaas.
lhtes i&&Tss. nllanis. lss.asa. Missouri.
1851 oklahoma. 1ss.a0s. ana District
q Columbia lea.ssg.