The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-06-30

Shows Decreases in Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Kentucky and Texas-GeOrgia Has
Largest COlOred Population. =. -.
The racial composition Of the
population of the United States in
| 1920, as announced Friday by the
census bureau in Washington, shows
/ the country to contain 94,822,431
white persons, 10,463,013 negroes,
242,959 Indians, Hops Japanese, 61,-
86S Chinese and 9,485 others. The
Japanese race exceeded by far the
rate of growth in the last 10 years
Of all other classes.
Unofficial estimates Of the increase
in the number of Japanese in the
United States, particularly on the
Pacific coast, were borne out in the
official tabulation, which revealed
rate Of expansion Of $50 per cent
during the decade Of 10000. Cali
fornia absorbed 30,596 of the total
growth of 38,868 Japanese in this
period. On January 1, 1920, there
were 1882 Japanese in California.
The remainder Of the increase was
distributed largely in the states Of
Washington, where 1888 now make
their home; Oregon, 4.151, and Utah,
Colorado and New York, with be-
tween 1000 and 5000 each.
The white population showed only
16 per cent expansion for the de-
cade and the negro 6.5 per cent. Both
the Indian and the Chinese groups
dwindled SO per cent and 1873 per
cent. respectively. The growth in
the white population was consider
ably less than the rate for the prev
ious decade, which was 22.3 per
cent. This decline the statement
said, was due principally to the
marked reduction in immigration
during the world war. An estimate
based on the excess of births over
deaths and on the excess of immi-
grafton over emigration showed
difference by only small fraction
Of one per cent. from the total
whites enumerated.
Decrease in the Indian race in the
10-year period was probably due in
part, it was said, to the enumeration,
as Indians, in 1910 and as whites in
1920 Of persons having only slight
traces of Indian blood.
OF the total decrease in the Indian
race-22,724-by far the greater
part, 1886, was in Oklahoma alone.
The only pronounced increase was
reported for North Carolina, from
1851 to 1924. Other states where
increases occurred were Louisiana,
Texas, Montana, Arizona and Cali
fornia.
Decreases in the number of ne
oroes were shown in Tennessee, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louis
lana and Texas.
Georgia leads with the largest me-
gro population, it numbering 1905
1865. Other states having more than
100000 negro inhabitants are:
Mississippi, 935,184; Alabama, 900,-
652; South Carolina, 864,719; North
Carolina, 763, 407; Texas, 741,723:
Louisiana, 700,257; Virginia, 690,-
O17;Arkansas, 472,220; Tennessee,
451,758; Florida, 800, 487; Pennsyl-
vania, 284,494; Maryland, 244,479:
New York, 198,433; Ohio, 186,183:
Illinois, 182,254; Missouri, 1924:
Oklahoma, 149,4O7, and District Of
Columbia, 109,966.
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 472,418 Of the
635,250 gain, in these sections. A
growth Of only 162,832, or about one
fourth, was reported for the South.
despite the fact that So per cent. Of
total negro race is still below the
Mason-Dixon line. The percentage
increase of negroes in the West was
55.l; in the North, 1873 per cent, and
n the South, 1.9 per cent.
Michigan, with 60,0S2 negroes. led
all states in percentage of increase
With 25i per cent. Illinois and Ohio,
with increases Of 67.1 per cent.
showed further evidence Of the north.
ward movement of negroes. Penn
sylvania's negro population growth
for thu, period was 46.7, its black race
now exceeding in number those Of
Maryland and Kentucky.