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POPULATION. 



them suitable for human habitation. Between 500 and 1000 ft. 43 per 

 cent, of the negro population of South Carolina is found just where the 

 largest percentage of the foreign and the aggregate pojiulation are located 

 in the country at large. 



The mean annual temperature of South Carolina varies from 50° in 

 the mountains to CA° on the seaboard. Within this range of temperature 

 is found fifty-four per cent, of the aggregate j)opulation of the United 

 States. 



The following table shows the distribution of the foreign, aggregate 

 and colored populations in accordance with the mean annual temperature: 



PERCENTAGES OF VEGETABLE PRODUCTS 



Foreign. Aggregate. Negro. of the regions. 



Below 40° 1.30 1. 0.03 Wheat. 



40° to 50° . . . . 53.G6 37. 3.67 Corn. 



50° to 60° . . . . 40.03 44. 36.52 Tobacco. 



00° to 70° 4.10 17. 57.42 Cotton, Rice, Sugar. 



Above 70° 91 1. 2.36 Tropical Fruits. 



100.00 100.00 100.00 



Both the foreign and the aggregate population are distributed over a 

 wider range of mean annual temperatures than the negro. The lower 

 temperatures are doubtless not favorable to the latter, if indeed they are 

 to any, but they occupy a temperate climate, and one that yields to the 

 agriculturist the largest variety of the most profitable crops, with a 

 mean annual temperature similar to the region reported to have been the 

 birth-place and cradle of the human race. 



The distribution of the population according to the midsummer tem- 

 perature, or the mean of July as the hottest month, is : 



percentages of 

 Foreign. Aggregate. Negro. 



Below 60° 1.63 1. 0.02 



60° to 70° 17.27 12. 5.44 



70° to 85° 80.69 87. 94.35 



Above 85° 0.41 0. 0.19 



100.00 100.00 100.00 



Here again the bulk of the population forms the mean between the 

 negro and the foreign, and the latter has a wider distribution, especially 

 as to the extremes of high and low temperatures. 



