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UNITED STATES - MISCEI^LANEOUS 



North Atlantic States . . 



South Atlantic " . . 



North Central " . . 

 South Central 



Western " . . 



Total 



10,831 

 574,535 



18,357 

 739-909 



484 



1,344,116 



In the South Atlantic States the negroes form scarcely more than half 

 of the agricultural labourers of all races ; in the South Central States a 

 Httle less than half, in the North Atlantic States 2.61 %, in the North 

 Central States 1.50 % and in the Western States only 0.30%. The differ- 

 ences are therefore ver>^ considerable in the different regions, and this is 

 still more evident when we consider the figures for the separate States. 



Tabi,e I. — Number of Rural Labourers over ten years 

 of Age in the United States (1900). 



Total Negroes Total Negroes 



Missouri 162,916 



North Dakota . . . 24,193 



South Dakota . . . 26,749 



Nebraska 59,6oi 



Kansas 89,271 



Kentucky 165,432 



Tennessee 182,905 



Alabama 286,195 



Mississippi 259,668 



I<ouisiana 173,510 



Texas 273,188 



Oklahoma 68,478 



Arkansas 156,455 



Montana 8,979 



Wyoming 3,138 



Colorado 14,825 



New Mexico .... 7,758 



Arizona 3,393 



Utah 8,698 



Nevada 2,760 



Idaho 7,814 



Washington .... 1 7,455 



Oregon 17,316 



California 67,493 



8,742 

 21 

 15 

 70 



1,954 

 26,100 



54,724 



180,864 



199,077 



128,617 



78,098 



5,450 



67,079 



22 



16 



35 



7 



9 



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The condition of the negro labourers is still to da}^ not so good as 

 that of the whites. The wages are lower, so much so that in the States 

 where negroes are the most numerous the average wages are lower than 

 in those where their numbers are fewer. 



Another interesting fact should be noted, which may also have contrib- 

 uted to the fall in the average wages : namely, the larger proportion of 

 the black women engaged in agriculture as compared with the white. In 



