. The geography of Texas, physical and political. population (amounting to 2,249,088), 1,514,262 were bornin Texas. The remainder, 734,826, are, of course, nativesof other states and territories. The twelve states makingthe largest contributions are: Tennessee . . 121,573 Kentucky . . 43,995 Alabama . . 111,298 Louisiana . . 33,565 Mississippi . . 80,021 Illinois .... 24,995 Arkansas . . 69,068 North Carolina . 17,037 Georgia . . 66,213 South Carolina . 15,097 Missouri . . 49,134 Virginia. . . 14,673 Ohio and Indiana together furnished 21,764 ; New York,Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, 15,332; an
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. population (amounting to 2,249,088), 1,514,262 were bornin Texas. The remainder, 734,826, are, of course, nativesof other states and territories. The twelve states makingthe largest contributions are: Tennessee . . 121,573 Kentucky . . 43,995 Alabama . . 111,298 Louisiana . . 33,565 Mississippi . . 80,021 Illinois .... 24,995 Arkansas . . 69,068 North Carolina . 17,037 Georgia . . 66,213 South Carolina . 15,097 Missouri . . 49,134 Virginia. . . 14,673 Ohio and Indiana together furnished 21,764 ; New York,Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, 15,332; and Kansas,Nebraska, and Iowa, 14,416. 130. Colored Population. The colored population of thestate is as follows: Negroes 620,722 Chinese 836 Indians 470 Japanese 13 622,041 roruLATiox 151 The negro population constitutes per cent of thetotal population of the state. Its distribution by countiesis indicated on the accompanying map. Those areas hav-ing a negro population of over 5000 per county are set off. Fig. 96. Map of Texas showing the Distribution of the NegroPopiLATiON BV Counties by a heavy toothed line. Practically speaking, the negrois confined to the eastern or agricultural portion of the following six counties have the largest negro popula-tions. For the purpose of comparison the white populationis also given. 152 TllK GEOGRArilY OF TEXAS Xeokoes Whites Harrison 21,697 10,174 Harris 19,894 43,846 liobertson 10,747 14,707 Smith 16,043 21,318 Washington 16,039 16,888 McLennan 14,405 45,345 The representation of the remaining colored races is toosmall to be of any special significance at this time.
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