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POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES BY COLOR OR RACE. [From federal census, taken as of Jan. 1, 1920.1

The rate of increase of the principal races during the decade 1910-1920 was: Total population, 14.9 per cent: white. 16 per cent; negro, 6.5 per cent; Japanese, 53.9 per cent. The Indian population decreased by 8.6 per cent and the Chinese population by 13.8 per cent.

WHITE POPULATION.

The rate of increase in the white population during the recent decade, 16 per cent, is considerably less than the corresponding rate for the period 1900-1910, which was 22.3 per cent. This decline is accounted for mainly by the great reduction in the volume of immigration during the period of the world war. An estimate based on the excess of births over deaths and on the excess of immigration over emigration yields a total differing by only a small fraction of 1 per cent from the total white population enumerated.

NEGRO POPULATION.

The rate of increase in the negro population, which is not perceptibly affected by immigration or emigration, is by far the lowest on record. This element of the population has been growing at a rapidly diminishing rate during the last thirty years, its percentage of increase having declined from 18 per cent between 1890 and 1900 to 11.2 per cent during the following decade and to 6.5 per cent during the ten years ended Jan. 1, 1920. Such data as are available in regard to birth and death rates among the negroes indicate that the birth rate has decreased considerably since 1900, while the death rate has not changed greatly.

The following statement shows the negro population in 1920 and 1910, with the rates of increase during the past two decades, for the south, the north and the west. The line between the north and south follows the northern boundaries of Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky. Arkansas and Oklahoma. The west is that part of the country lying west of the eastern limits of Montana. Wyoming. Colorado and New Mexico.

Pct. of increase. Section. 1920. 1910. 1910-20. 1900-10, South... 8.912.259 8,749,427 10.4 North... 1.472.163 1,027,674 16.7 West...

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The total numerical increase in the negro population during the decade was 635,250. Of this increase 472,418. or nearly three-fourths, took place in the north and west, while only 182,832. or about one-fourth, was reported for the south. despite the fact that about 85 per cent of the total negro population is still found in the south.

Without exception the northern and western states which border on the south reported greater rates of increase in negro population than the average for the country. and in several of these states the rates were very largefor example, in Illinois. 67.1 per cent: in Ohio, 67.1 per cent, and in Pennsylvania, 46.7 per cent. The last mentioned state has a larger negro population than either Maryland Kentucky. The greatest rate of growth in negro population reported by any state having more than 10,000 negro inhabitants appears for Michigan, 251 per cent, the negro population of this state having increased from 17,115 in 1910 to 60,082 in 1920.

INDIAN POPULATION.

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The decrease in the Indian population, as enumerated, is probably to be accounted for in part by the enumeration as Indians in 1910. and as whites in 1920. of certain persons haying only slight traces of Indian blood. In 1910 a special effort was made to secure a complete enumeration of all persons having any perceptible amount of Indian blood, for the purpose of preparing a special report showing tribal relations. purity of Indian blood, etc.: and it is probable that for this reason a considerable number of persons who would ordinarily have been reported as whites were enumerated as Indians in 1910. This assumption is borne out by a comparison of the totals shown for the Indian population at the last four censuses-the only ones at which a complete enumeration of the Indian population has been attempted. These are: 1920. 242.959; 1910, 265,683; 1900, 237.196; 1890, 248,253. Of the total decrease in the Indian population between 1910 and 1920. amounting to 22.724, by far the greater part, 18.876, took place in Oklahoma alone. The only pronounced increase was reported for The North Carolina-from 7.851 to 11.824. only other states which had. in 1920, 1.000 or more Indian inhabitants and which reported increases in Indian population were Louisiana, Texas. Montana, Arizona and California.

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FLOOD IN NORTHERN ITALY. Between 500 and 600 persons lost their lives in a flood which swept through the valleys of Bergamo and Scalve on Feb. 1, 1924, when the dike of the reservoir or lake in Gleno valley higher up in the mountains gave way. The villages of Dezzo, Corna and Bueggio were almost entirely destroyed.

bridges were carried away and the roads blocked with rocks, mud and debris. Thousands of persons were made homeless and destitute. Bodies of the dead were found as far away as Lake Iseo, fifteen miles from the ruined villages.

Year. 1920. 1910. 1900. 1890. 1880. 1870.

DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES BY SEX.
BY CENSUS YEARS.
Male.
Female. *Ratio. Year.
53,900,376 51,810,244 101.0 1860.
47,332,277 44.639,989 106.0 1850.
38,816.448 37.178.127 104.4 1840.
32.237.101 30,710,613 105.0 1830.
25.518.820 24,636,963 103.6 1820.
19,493,565 19,064,806 102.2

Male. 16,085,204

Female. *Ratio. 15,358.117 104.7

11,837,660 11,354,216 104.3

8,688,532

6.532,489

4.896,605

8.380,921 103.7 6,333,531 103.1 4.741,848 103.2

Males to 100 females.

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The corner stone of the original capitol | sions of the wings were begun in 1851 and building was laid by President Washington Sept. 18. 1793. The north wing was finished in 1810 and the south wing in 1811, a wooden passageway connecting them. The original designs of the structure were made by Dr. William Thornton. The two wings were burned by the British in 1814, but were immediately restored. In 1827 the original building was mpleted at a cost of $2.433,844.13. Exten

completed in 1859. The dome, which is 287 feet 5 inches in height, was completed in 1865. The capitol stands in latitude 38 degrees 53 minutes 20.4 seconds north and longitude 77 degrees 00 minutes 35.7 seconds west from Greenwich. The area covered by the building is 153.112 square feet. Value of building and grounds: Building. $15.000.000; grounds, $10.400.000: total. $25.400.000.

FOREIGN WHITE STOCK IN THE UNITED STATES.

The classification of the foreign white stock by country of origin in the following tables, prepared by the United States census bureau, is based upon the prewar map of Europe, partly because of the difficulty of adjusting

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the returns of 1920 in regard to the birth-
place of parents So as to agree with the
changed boundaries of European countries
and partly in order that comparisons might be
made with the figures of the census of 1910.
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$Pct. of
No. Pet.total. increase.
2,322,442 7.2 -0.7

No. Pct.total. 2,307,112 6.3 731,239

1910

Scotland

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Wales

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Ireland

4,136,395 11.4

4,504,360

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Norway

1,023,225

Sweden

Denmark

Netherlands

2.8 1,457,382 4.0 467,525 362,318

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Belgium

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Luxemburg

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Switzerland

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France

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Germany

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Austria

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Hungary

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Russia

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Finland

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Roumania

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Bulgaria

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Servia and Montenegro

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Turkey in Europe

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Greece

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Italy

3,336,945 9.2

2,098,360

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Spain

Portugal

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33,134

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Europe not specified

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Turkey in Asia

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Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. Ex-| foreign countries; for example, one parent in cept possessions of the United States. Native Ireland and the other in Scotland. §-indiwhites whose parents were born in different cates decrease.

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