IMMIGRATION
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The relative proportion of negroes and of whites is a factor of great importance in the conditions of Southern agriculture and manufactures. The following table gives the figures since 1790. The figures of 1870 are known to be very defective :
Census Years White Negro ^ Number Per cent of Total Increase in Per cent Number Per cent of Total Increase in Per cent 1790 1800 1810 1820 18;^0 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 3,172,006 4,306,446 5,862,073 7,862,166 10,537,378 14,195,805 19,55:^,068 26,922,537 83,569,377 43,402,970 54,98:3,890 80.73 81.12 80.97 81.61 81.90 83.16 84.31 85.62 87.11 86.54 87.80 35.76 36.12 34.12 34.03 34.72 37.74 37.69 24.76 29.22 26.68 757,208 1,002,037 1,377,808 1,771,656 2,328,642 2,873,648 3,638,808 4,441,830 4,880,009 6,580,793 7,470,040 19.27 18.88 19.03 18.:39 18.10 16.84 15.69 14.13 12.66 13.12 11.93 32.33 37.50 28.59 31.44 23.40 26.63 22.07 9.86 34.85 13.51
- Includes all persons of negro descent.
The following table shows the proportion of whites and negroes, by geographical divisions, 1850-1890 :
PER CENT OF WHITES AND NEGROES i OF TOTAL POPULATION, BY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS, 1850-1890
Geographical Divisions 1850 1860 IsTO White Negro White Negro White Negro North Atlantic Division South Atlantic Division North Central Division . South Central Division . Western Division .... The United States . 98.26 60.23 97.49 65.35 99.31 1.74 39.77 2.51 34.65 0.69 98.53 61.61 97.84 64.64 88.95 1.47 38.37 2.03 35.-34 0.72 98.52 62.10 97.82 65.71 91.91 1.46 37.87 2.10 34.25 0.64 84.81 15.69 85.62 14.13 87.11 12.66 Geographical Divisions 1880 1890 White Negro White Negro North Atlantic Division South Atlantic Division North Central Division South Central Division Western Division 98.39 61.26 97.68 66.16 91.21 1..58 38.71 2.22 33.78 0.67 98.39 63.13 97.99 68.24 94.80 1.55 36.83 1.93 31.71 0.89 The United States • 86.54 13.12 87.80 11.93
^ Includes all persons of negro descent.
