POPULATION. 



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TABLE 25. 

 Population and illiteracy statistics of southern Alabama, 1910. 



TABLE 26. 



Indian population of southern Alabama by counties,. 1860-1910. 



ILLITERACY. 



A glance at the illiteracy statistics shows that where 

 negroes are most numerous the contrast between the two 

 races in education is greatest. This is partly because where 

 negroes predominate they are chiefly concentrated in the 

 rural districts, where school facilities are comparatively 



