The New York herald., 1921-06-24
JAP GAIN IN THE US.
EXCEEDS ALL RACES
Expansion From 1910-20 Was
53.9 Per Cent.-TOtal Now
Is 111,025.

WASHINGTON. June 23. - The racial
composition OF the population of the
United States in 1920 as announced to-
night by the Census Bureau, shows the
country to contain ef.s22.431 white per-
sons. 1o.463. 013 negroes, 242.95s Indians,
111.o25 Japanese. $3.50 Chinese and
e,4s5 others. The Japanese race ex-
ceeded 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 Pacific coast.
were borne out in the official tabulation,
which revealed a rate of expansion of
5S.9 per cent. during the decade of 1910
20. California absorbed 30,596 of the
total growth of 3s.86s Japanese in this
period. On January /, 1920. there were
1852 Japanese in California. The re-
mainder Of the increase was distributed
largely In the States of Washington.
where 1883 now make their home Ore
gon. 4,151, and Utah. Colorado and New
York with between two and three thou
sand each.
The white population showed only a
16 per cent. expansion for the decade
and the negro 6.5 per cent. Both the In
dian and Chinese groups dwindled S,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 principally to the marked reduction
in immigration during the world war.
The greatest numerical increase in the
white population was shown i'm the east
north central division embracing the
States of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois. Mich-
gan and Wisconsin, where The increase
was 3,0l1.363. The middle Atlantic States
division had growth for the decade of
2,761,505. In the south Atlantic and
east and west south central portions the
whites showed a combined increase of
3,5S6.107.
The rate of increase in the negro pop
ulation, which was not perceptibly af-
fected by immigration or emigration,
was the lowest on record, according 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
472,41S of the 635.250 gain In these sec
tions. A growth OF only 162,S32, or
about one-fourth, was reported for the
South, despite the fact that So per cent.
of the total negro race is still below the
Mason-Dixon line. The percentage in
crease of negroes in the West was 55,1 ;
in the North ABB per cent, and in the
South 10 per cent.
Michigan with 6o.0s2 negroes. leads all
States in percentage of increase, with
251 per cent. Illinois and Ohio, with
increases of 67.1 per cent, showed fur
ther evidence of the northward move
ment OF negroes. Pennsylvania's negro
population for the period was 467 per
cent, its black race now exceeding in
number those of Maryland and Ken
lucky.
Decrease In the Indian race in the last
ten years period was probably due in
part, 1t 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,
1876. was in Oklahoma alone. The
only pronounced increase was reported
for North Carolna-from 1851 to H.
S24. Other States where increases oc-
Cured were Louisiana. Texas, Montana.
Arizona and California.