660 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (THE TWELFTH CENSUS.) 



The aggregate number of negroes and persons 

 of negro descent now exceeds the number of white 

 inhabitants in but two States Mississippi and 

 South Carolina while in every State except Mis- 

 sissippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida, the 

 white population increased more rapidly between 

 1890 and 1900 than the negro population. 



The percentage of the total population made 

 up of white persons born in this country of native 

 parents is higher in every State in the foregoing 

 table including Mississippi, the State in which 

 the proportion of negroes to whites is the greatest 

 than in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New 

 York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South 

 Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Utah,- or Nevada. 

 Kentucky, which has 13.3 per cent, of its popula- 

 tion of negro origin, has a larger proportion of 

 native whites of native parentage than any other 

 State except West Virginia, and any Territory 

 except Oklahoma. 



In the last decade the so-called " center of popu- 

 lation " has moved westward 16' 1", or about 14 

 miles, and southward 2' 20", or about 2 miles. 

 It lies now in southern Indiana, at a point about 

 6 miles southeast of Columbus, the county-seat 

 of Bartholomew County. It should not be sup- 

 posed that the westward movement of this center 

 is the result of the migration of population alone. 

 It is influenced also by the locations adopted by 

 immigrants and by the varying birth and death 

 rates of different regions. 



The growth of urban population between 1880 

 and 1890 was properly regarded as one of the 

 most interesting facts established by the eleventh 

 census. The tabulations of the twelfth census 

 show that the impetus toward concentration of 

 population is still working, although with slightly 

 diminished force. 



habitants or more. Hawaii, Indian Territory, and 

 Alaska are not included. 



The percentage of urban population is highest 

 in Rhode Island, where it is 81.2 of the total. In 

 Massachusetts 76.0 per cent, of the population is 

 urban; in New York, 68.5; in New Jersey, 61.2, 

 and in Connecticut 53.2. No other State includes 

 as much as 50 per cent, of urban population. 

 The twelfth census enumerated 3,380,193 persons 

 who resided in 612 towns or cities having as many 

 as 4,000 but fewer than 8,000 inhabitants. Con- 

 sidering these also as urban residents, the percent- 

 age of the total population regarded as urban be- 

 comes 37.3. 



Nearly half of the urban population is in the 

 States on the northern Atlantic seaboard (in- 

 cluding Vermont), while more than 80 per cent. 

 is in Northern States. And during the decade 

 reported urban population grew much faster than 

 rural in every section of the country. 



The following table shows the cities having 

 more than 25,000 inhabitants in 1900, together 

 with their population in 1890: 



The above table shows the relation of urban 

 population to the total, regarding as urban the 

 residents of all villages and cities of 8,000 in- 



