98 Negro Migration 



The irregularity of increases and decreases in local areas 

 is marked. As a whole, the Negro population of Crawford 

 County, decreased during the decade, by 15.4 per cent. The 

 area represented by districts number 573 and 577, however, 

 gained 50 Negroes, while the other distiicts showed losses in 

 colored population ranging from — 50 to — 340. Greene 

 County as a whole increased by 3.7 per cent. Six of its 

 minor civil divisions, however, actually decreased, while the 

 increases among Negroes in the others ranged from 9 to 

 570. Jackson County as a whole increased 13.2 per cent. 

 Five of its minor civil divisions, however, showed small de- 

 creases, while the increases in the others ranged from 

 25 to 508. 



These irregular increases are too divergent to be explained 

 by differences in birth and death rates. There can be no 

 essential difference in health conditions because the areas are 

 small and contiguous. It therefore appears that there is a 

 constant and widespread shifting of the Negro population 

 which is too great to be measured accurately for many of 

 these local areas. L,ocal studies of migration in limited areas 

 would indicate minutely the exact causes for gain and loss in 

 Negro population. This study is, however, confined to the 

 presentation of increases and decreases in whole counties 

 on which accurate data is available in the Census. As such 

 it is representative of general conditions in the county, but 

 it is to be remembered that these conditions may be concen- 

 trated in local areas and not spread evenly over all of the 

 rural districts. 



DIRECTION OF RURAL MIGRATION 



In order to determine the direction and extent of the 

 movements of Negro population the best method is to study 

 the increases in the towns and counties of Georgia, and com- 



the population of minor civil divisions by race, but these figures 

 were obtained from an unpublished tabulation made in the Cen- 

 sus Office under the direction of Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, and 

 loaned for this study. 



