74 RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA. 



Georgia, and is probably correlated with the fact that the 

 soils of North Carolina are a little poorer on the average 

 than those of South Carolina, and a farmer moving to an- 

 other state is apt to look for soils similar to what he has 

 been accustomed to. 



The principal foreign nationalities in 1910 in Baldwin, 

 Escambia, and the rural districts of Mobile County were 

 German, Swedish, Hungarian, English, Canadian, Irish, 

 Italian, Austrian, Danish, Norwegian, Scotch, Greek, and 

 Russian .(the last probably mostly Jews). In the city of 

 Mobile the order was German, Irish, English, Russian, 

 Greek, Canadian, Norwegian, "Turkish" (probably mostly 

 Syrian), Swedish, French, Scotch, Italian, Austrian, Dan- 

 ish, Hungarian. The Syrians seem to be mostly merchants, 

 and there are a few of them in Bay Minette also. 



The leading religious denominations in 1906 among the 

 whites in Baldwin and Escambia Counties were Baptist, 

 M. E. South, Catholic (mostly foreigners?), Episcopalian, 

 Northern Methodist, Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, 

 and Presbyterian ; and among the negroes Baptist, A. M. E. 

 Zion, A. M. E., Primitive Baptist, and Colored Methodist. 

 The corresponding data for the city of Mobile are quite dif- 

 ferent, certain denominations having their greatest strength 

 in cities and others in rural districts, throughout the United 

 States. Among the white churches in Mobile the largest 

 are Catholic, Episcopalian, M. E. South, Baptist, Presby- 

 terian, Jewish, Greek Orthodox, and Lutheran; and among 

 the negroes, Baptist, A. M. E. Zion, A. M. E., C. M. E., and 

 Catholic. 



Cities, towns, etc. The only city in this region specially 

 treated as such by the census is Mobile, with 51,521 inhabi- 

 tants in 1910.* The. others all had less than 2,500 inhab- 

 itants then and were classed with the rural population, but 

 they are growing rapidly, and several of them will doubtless 

 be well over this arbitrary limit in this year's census. In 

 order of population in 1910 the largest were Andalusia, 

 with 2,480 inhabitants ; Florala, with 2,439 ; Brewton, 2,185 ; 

 Samson, 1,350; Atmore, 1,060; Citronelle, 935; Opp, 863; 

 River Falls, 760 ; Bay Minette, 749 ; Pollard, 599 ; Fairhope, 

 590, and Flomaton, 539. Florala and Flomaton are partly 



*The total population of Mobile for 1920 has been announced re- 

 cently (May 15) as 60,124; but details of race, nativity, etc., may not 

 be available for several months yet. 



