Show l' l 4 g- g J. J OF JAP JAPS GREATEST OF ALL FOREIGNERS r lf r g Figures Published by Census Bureau Bear Out Cont Contentions Contentions Conten- Conten nt n- n t of California r I WASHINGTON A run Juno 24 The The racial composition of the population of the the United States in 1920 as announced anno by bythe byi the census census' bureau shows white whito e person negroes i Indians Japanese I Chinese and others The Japanese race fe exceeds the rate of growth in inthe I the thelast last ten years pf all other classes I Unofficial estimates of the increase J Jn Japanese in the United States par particularly par par-I ti on the Pacific coast were borne out in the official official tabulation I which revealed a rate of expansion e of 63 9 per cent California absorbed 30 5 59 of of the growth of Japanese IOn j I On January Januar 1 I 1920 there were Japanese ni nl California The remainder of the increase was vas distributed largely in Washington state where there are I Oregon and Utah Colorado Colora Colora- do and New York with between two and three thousand each WHITE WHITE EXPANSION The white population showed only a 16 per cent expansion and the negro I population 6 65 5 per cent Both the Indian In Ind Indian In- In dian d n and nd Chinese groups dwindled 8 86 6 i iper per cent and per cent respectively j The growth in the white population rate late for forthe I tha was was considerably less w the the previous decade which was 22 3 per cent This decline the statement said was due principally to the reduction reduction n tion n in immigration during the war The greatest numerical increase in inthe the v white population was shown in the district embracing Ohio Indiana Illinois Illi nois Michigan and Wisconsin where the in increase rease was 31 3 I The rate of increase in the ne negro ro population pop poP- dilation was the lowest on record according according according ac ac- cording cording to the statement I NEGRO MIGRATION Evidence of the migration of the ne negro na- na nG 1 gro gre to the North and West Vest was found in the figures showing nearly three three- three three-I fourt of the increase in the the- negro population population pop poP- or of the gain l In these hese sections A growth of only I was reported for the South despite the fact that 85 per cent of the I total negro race is still there The percentage increase of negroes In the Vest West was 55 1 in thelast thelast the A x I Decrease in the Indian race last ten years was probably due in p part rt it was said to the enumeration as Indians in 1910 and whites in 1920 of I persons pers s having only slight traces of Indian blood Of the total decrease in n the Indian race race bY by far the greatest part was in Oklahoma The only increase was r reported ported for North Carolina from Carolina from to Other states where increases occurred were Louisiana Texas Montana Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona and California |