The Negro at Work in New York City: A Study in Economic ProgressHaynes, George Edmund
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The Negro at Work in New York City: A Study in Economic Progress
Haynes, George Edmund
African American businesspeople; African Americans -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York; African Americans -- History
----------+---------------+-------------++---------------+-------------
| Population | Increase || Population | Increase
| 14 cities. | 1860-1870. || 15 cities. | 1870-1880.
+-------+-------+-------+-----++-------+-------+-------+-----
| 1860. | 1870. | No. | Per || 1870. | 1880. | No. | Per
| | | | cent|| | | | cent
----------+-------+-------+-------+-----++-------+-------+-------+-----
White |610,015|712,015|102,000| 16.7||715,887|867,403|145,081| 20.3
| | | | || | | |
Negro |141,709|270,212|128,503| 90.7||272,433|341,907| 69,474| 25.5
----------+-------+-------+-------+-----++-------+-------+-------+-----
| Population | Increase || Population | Increase
| 15 cities. | 1880-1890. || 16 cities. | 1890-1900.
+---------------+-------+-----++---------------+-------+-----
| 1890 | | Per || 1900 | | Per
| | No. | cent|| | No. | cent
----------+---------------+-------+-----++---------------+-------+-----
White | 1,183,419 |307,542| 35.7|| 1,429,931 |246,512| 20.8
| | | || | |
Negro | 485,477 |132,316| 38.7|| 585,931 |100,054| 20.6
----------+---------------+-------+-----++---------------+-------+-----
| Population | Increase
| 16 cities. | 1900-1910.
+------------------------------+--------------+--------------
| 1910. | No. | Per cent
+------------------------------+--------------+--------------
White | 1,817,155 | 387,224 | 27.7
| | |
Negro | 706,352 | 120,821 | 20.6
----------+------------------------------+--------------+--------------
[A] Table is based on figures compiled from Eighth Census,
_Pop._, pp. 9, 19, 46, 74, 132, 195, 215, 452, 487, 519; Tenth
Census, vol. i, _Pop._, pp. 416-425; Eleventh Census, vol. i,
_Pop._, pp. 451-485; Twelfth Census, vol. i, pt. 2, _Pop._, pp.
cxix-cxxi and _Bulletin 8, Negroes of the United States_, pp.
230-232. For 1860, compare Hoffman, _Race Traits and Tendencies
of the American Negro_ p. 10.
Both the diagram and the table support the conclusion that the
movement of the white and Negro populations to these cities have been
similar under similar conditions and influences.
In like manner such statistics as are available show that the causes
that have concentrated the white population in urban centres have
operated likewise to send the Negro thither.
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