Education of the Negroes since 1860 . arolina. There are also areas of decrease in Texas andsmall areas in the other states, but these are of little import-ance in comparison with the great areas of the border statesin which the number of negroes has actually diminished. On the other hand, the areas in which the negroes haveincreased more rapidly than in the country at large are foundmainly in the southern parts of South Carolina, Georgia,Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with nearly all ofArkansas and Florida. In other words, the most rapidincrease of the race has been in the southern
Education of the Negroes since 1860 . arolina. There are also areas of decrease in Texas andsmall areas in the other states, but these are of little import-ance in comparison with the great areas of the border statesin which the number of negroes has actually diminished. On the other hand, the areas in which the negroes haveincreased more rapidly than in the country at large are foundmainly in the southern parts of South Carolina, Georgia,Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with nearly all ofArkansas and Florida. In other words, the most rapidincrease of the race has been in the southern and westernparts of the region under consideration. There does notappear to be any decided movement into the Black Belt,which traverses the central part of South Carolina, Georgia,Alabama, and Mississij)pi. Indeed, the heaviest increase issouth of this region. nternet arcljiUeirnep Collection[];iti>atiou project Notice to )CA Camera Operator ?oldout /lissing Page hotocopy Jrittle/DiscoloredDer )ther problem: cify: cify: e cify:e. 3:i)r Jditcinet 3rcl)il)r l^irncp Collection Sin:iti;ation J3ro]cct Notice to OCA Camera Operator Foldout p a g e o^^ D Missing Page page n Photocopy page D Brittle/DiscoloredPaper page D Other problem: Specify: page Specify: page Specify: page mortality. 23 Conjugal Condition. The conjugal condition of the negroes is set forth for the firsttime in the reports of the Eleventh Census. With the excep-tion of the matter of divorce, it is summarized in the followingdiagram (Plate VII). This shows the proportion of males andfemales at various ages who were single, married or shows that under the age of 15 there are practically nomarriages among the race. Between 15 and 20 a small pro-portion, perhaps about one per cent., of males were marriedand 14 per cent, of the females. At ages between 20 and 25a third of the males and nearly three-fifths of the femaleswere married, and with advancing age a constantly increasingproportion of both sexes is
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