Negro Migration during the War

by Emmett J. Scott

Division	Total Living in the Division	Number Born in and Living in the Division	Number Living in the Division and Born in other Divisions	Per Cent Living in Divison Born in Other Divisions
United States	9,746,043	8,782,890	963,153	9.9
New England	58,109	30,815	27,294	47.0
Middle Atlantic	398,529	189,962	208,567	52.3
East North Central	292,875	145,187	147,688	50.4
West North Central	238,613	162,054	76,559	32.1
South Atlantic	4,094,486	4,039,173	55,313	1.4
East South Central	2,643,722	2,491,607	152,115	5.8
West South Central	1,971,900	1,713,888	258,012	13.1
Mountain	20,571	4,122	16,449	80.0
Pacific	27,238	6,082	21,156	77.7

Migration North to South, South to North and East to West

Race and Section of Residence	Total Native Population	Born in:			State of Birth not Reported or Born in Possessions, etc.
		The North	The South	The West
All Races
United States	78,456,380	46,179,002	29,010,255	2,906,162	360,961
The North	44,390,371	42,526,162	1,527,107	124,001	213,101
The South	28,649,319	1,449,229	27,079,282	38,230	82,578
The West	5,416,690	2,203,611	403,866	2,743,931	65,282
White
United States	68,368,412	45,488,942	19,814,860	2,766,492	316,118
The North	43,319,193	41,891,353	1,110,245	116,939	200,656
The South	19,821,249	1,407,262	18,326,236	34,523	53,228
The West	5,245,970	2,190,327	378,379	2,615,030	62,234
Negro
United States	9,787,424	621,286	9,109,153	15,604	41,381
The North	999,451	570,298	415,533	2,295	11,325
The South	8,738,858	39,077	8,668,619	2,412	28,750
The West	49,115	11,911	25,001	10,897	1,306

Net Migration Eastward and Westward and Northward and Southward

Population, 1910
Section	Total	White			Negro	All Other
		Total	Of Native Parentage	Of Foreign or Mixed Parentage
Born east and living west of the Mississippi River	5,276,879	4,941,529	3,846,940	1,094,589	331,031	4,319
Born west and living east of the Mississippi River	684,773	616,939	417,541	199,398	63,671	4,163
Net migration westward across the Mississippi River	4,592,106	4,324,590	3,429,399	895,191	267,360	156
Born North and living South	1,449,229	1,407,262	1,156,122	251,140	39,077	2,890
Born South and living North	1,527,107	1,110,245	944,572	165,673	415,533	1,329
Net migration southward		297,017	211,550	85,467		1,561
Net migration northward	77,878				376,456

Footnote 1: [(return)]

Congressional Record, 46th Cong., 2d sess., vol. X, p. 104.

Footnote 2: [(return)]

Atlantic Monthly, LXIV, p. 222; Nation, XXVIII, pp. 242, 386.

Footnote 3: [(return)]

Williams, History of the Negro Race, II, p. 375.