Facts Concerning the People of Indiana 



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Considering the percentage of increase in population i'roni 1900 

 to 1910 in conimnnities of the various class sizes in Indiana, it 

 will be noted in Table 5 that the decrease in rural jjopulation 

 was 5.1 per cent, whereas the increase in places from :^,500 to 

 25.000 was 26.1 per cent; in places from 25,000 to 100,000, 37.7 

 per cent, and in places of over 100,000, 36.7 per cent. 



TABLE 5. PER CENT OF INCREASE URBAN AND RURAL 

 POPULATION, BY CLASSES 



Size of Places by Population. 



1910. 



1900. 



1900-1910. 



Number. 



Number. 



Per Cent 

 Increase and 

 Decrease.* 



100.000 or more 



233,650 



170,963 



36.7 



25,000 to 100,000 



^ 245,421 



178,215 



37.7 



2,500 to 25,000... 



664,764 



527,116 



26.1 



Rural 



1,557,041 



1,653,773 



5.1* 





Summarizing" the facts thus far presented, it has been shown 

 that in the course of the last twenty years Indiana has changed 

 from a State with a primarily rural population to one in which 

 the population is almost equally divided in residence between rural 

 and urban communities. Aside from the fact of mere residence, 

 data contained in subsequent sections show conclusively that the 

 social and economic interests of the State are now as largely 

 related to industrial and mechanical pursuits as to agricultural 

 pursuits, the number of industrial workers now being equal to 

 the number of agricultural, and the value of industrial products far 

 exceeding the value of agricultural products. 



§4. Colored and White Residents 



To a certain degree the presence of colored residents is bound 

 to condition the kind of vocational education to be provided. In- 

 diana, however, having 60,320 negro residents in 1910, represent- 

 ing 2.2 per cent of the entire population, is not to be classed among 

 those States in which the question of color constitutes a serious 

 educational problem. This is not to say, however, that adequate 

 provision for A^ocational education should not be made for this 



