The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29
GIVEN
BY RACIAL GROUPS
COUNTRY CONTAINS NEARLY
NINETY-FIVE MILLION WHITE
PERSONS AND MORE THAN
TEN MILLION NEGROES-JAP-
ANESE INCREASE FASTEST.

Washington, June 23.-The racial
composition of the population Of the
United States in 1920, as announced
tonight by the census bureau showed
| he country to contain 94,822,43
white persons, 10,463,013 negroes,
242,959 Indians, 111,O25 japanese,
81, $3.50 Chinese and 9,485 others. The
Japanese race exceeds by far the
rate of growth in the last ten years
of all other classes.
Unofficial estimates of the in
crease 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 53.9 per cent.
during the decade of 1910-20. Cali
fornia absorbed 3O,596 of the total
growth of 38,s6S japanese in this
eriod. January /, 1920, there were
1882 japanese in California. The
remainder Of the increase was dis
tributed largely in the states of
Washington, where 1883 make their
home. Oregon 4,151 and Utah, Colo
RADIO and New York, with between
.wo and three thousand each.
The white population showed only
a 16 per cent. expansion for the de-
cade and the negro 6.5 per cent.
Both the Indian and Chinese groups
dwindled Sc per cent. and 1873 per
cent: respectively. The growth in
the white population was consider
!bly less than the rate for the pre-
vious decade which was 22.3 per
cent. This decline, the statement
said, was due principally to the
marked reduction in immigration
during the war. An estimate based
N the excess of births over deaths
and on the excess of immigration
ovec emigration showed a differ
ence by only small fraction of 1
>er cent. from the total white emu
merated.
The greatest numerical increase in
lie white population was shown in
the east, north and central division,
embracing the states Of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis
consin, where the increase was g.
O11,663. In the South Atlantic and
east and west and south central por-
tions the whites proved normal
increase of 3,586,107.
The rate of increase in the negro
population, which was not percepti-
oly affected by immigration or EN-.
igration, was the lowest on record,
according to the statement.
Evidence of the emigration of the
negro to the North and West was
found in the figures showing nearly
three-fourths of the increase in the
,egro, population, or 472,41s of the
635,250 gain, in these sections. A
growth of only 162,832 or about one.
'urth, was reported for the South,
iespite that IS per cent. of the total
negro race is still below the Mason
Dixon line. The percentage increase
of the negroes in the West was 55.1;
in the North 43.3 per cent. and in the
South 1876 per cent.
Michigan with 60,082 negroes, led
all states in percentage of increase
with 251 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
was 46.7 per cent.
Decrease in the Indian race in the
ten years period was probably due
in part, it was said, to the emu.
meration as Indians, in 1910 and al
whites in 1920, of persons having
only slight traces of Indian blood.
Georgia leads with the largest ne
gro population, numbering 1,206,365
Other states which have more than
100000 negro inhabitants are: Mis-.
sissippi 935,1s4. Alabama 9OO,652
South Carolina S64,719, North Caro-.
lima 763,407, Texas 741,723, Louisi.
ana 7Oo,257, Virginia 6s0,17O, Ar.
kansas 472.22O, Tennessee 451,75S