Evening star., 1921-06-24
%,S22,431 WHITES
IN NUN|TEDSTATES
Census Also Reports Number
of Negroes, Indians, Chi:
neSe and Japanese.

The country contains 9i,S22.431 white
persons, 1O,i63,013 negroes, 242.959
Indians. 1l1,O25 Japanese. 61.6s6
Chinese and 9,4S5 others, according to
compilations of the census bureau just
made public. 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
rate of expansion of 53.y per cent dur
ing the decade of 1910-2U. California
absorbed 30.596 of the total growth of
3S.S6S Japanese in this period. On
January /, 1920, there were 1892
Japanese in California. The remainder
of the increase was distributed large
~ in the states of Washington. where
1883 now make their nome; Oregon.
4.l51, and Utah. Colorado and New
York, with between two ana three
thousand each.
Expansion Percentages.
The white population showed only a
IL per cent expansion for the decade
and the negro, 6.5 per cent. Both the
Indian and Chinese groups dWlndled
SO per cent and 1873 per cent, reSpec-
tiveiy. The growth in the white popu-
rate for the previous decade. which
was 22.3 per cent. This decline, the
statement said, was due principally
to the marked reduction in immlSra-
tion during the world war. An eSti-
mate based on the excess of births
over deaths and on the excess of i'm
migration over emigration showed
difference by only small fraction of
1 per cent from the total whites
enumerated.
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 3,011,363. The
middle Atlantic states division had
a growth for the decade of 2.761, sos.
In the south Atlantic and east and
west south central portions the whites
showed a combined increase of 3d.
5S6,l07.
Migration OF Negroes.
The rate of increase in the negro
population. which was not percept-
IDLY affected by immigration or emf
grafton, 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 or the increase in the
negro population, or 412.41S of the
635.250 gain. IN these sections A
growth of only 162,S32, or about one
fourth. was reported for the south.
despite the fact that SIS 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 cent, and in
the south, 1.9 per cent.
Michigan, with 60,0S2 negroes, leads
all states in percentage of increase,
with 251 per cent. Illinois and Ohio,
with increases of 671 per cent, showed
further evidence of the northward
movement of negroes. Pennsylvania
negro population growth for the
period was 46.I per cent, it's black race
now exceeding in number those of
Maryland and Kentucky.
Indian Decrease Explained.
Decrease in the Indian race in the
ten-year period was probably due
in part. it was said, to the renumera-
tion. 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. %, ,724. by far the greater part,
1886, was in Oklahoma alone. The
only pronounced increase was re-
ported for North Carolina-from
1851 to 1888. Other states where in
creases occurred were Louisiana,
Texas, Montana, Arizona and Cali
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