heless did not report a loss in 1910. In
1920 there were found in Maryland 1,204,737 white persons and 244,479
Negroes. The white population increased by 13.4 per cent while the
Negro population increased by 5.3 per cent. In almost every county in
the State the percentage of Negroes decreased and in 19 of the 24
counties there was also a decrease in the number of the Negroes. In
Baltimore, on the other hand, the tendency was the other way. The
white population was 625,074 and the Negro population 108,390, whereas
in 1910 there were 473,387 whites and 84,749 Negroes. Both the white
and Negro populations, therefore, had increased since 1910, that of
the whites being 32 per cent as compared with 10 per cent of the
previous decade, and that of the Negro being 27.9 per cent as compared
with 6.9 per cent of the previous decade.

The population of Virginia was 1,617,909 whites and 690,017 Negroes.
In 1910 there were 1,389,809 whites and 671,096 Negroes. The white
population increased 16.4 per cent while the Negro population
increased only 2.8 per cent. Lynchburg had 21,714 whites and 8,355
Negroes. In 1910 there were 20,023 whites and 9,456 Negroes. The white
population showed an increase since 1910 of 1,691, or 8.4 per cent,
while the Negro population showed a decrease of 1,111, or 11.7 per
cent. In 1920 Norfolk had 72,243 whites and 43,377 Negroes. In 1910
the figures were 42,353 whites and 25,039 Negroes. The increase of the
white population since 1910 was 29,890, or 70.6 per cent, while the
corresponding increase in the Negro population was 18,338, or 73.2 per
cent. In 1920 Portsmouth had a white population of 31,104 and 23,242
Negroes. In 1910 this city had 21,560 whites and 11,617 Negroes. The
increase in the white population since 1910 was 9,544, or 44.3 per
cent, while the corresponding increase in the Negro population was
11,625, or 101 per cent. Richmond had 117,565 whites and 54,057
Negroes in 1920. In 1910 the city had 80,879 whites and 46,733
Negroes. The increase in the white population since 1910 was 36,686,
or 45.4 per cent, while the corresponding increase in the Negro
population was 7,314, or 15.7 per cent. Roanoke had 41,530 whites and
9,300 Negroes while in 1910 the figures were 26,945 whites and 7,924
Negroes. The increase in the white population since 1910 was 14,585,
or 54.1 per cent, while the corresponding increase in the Negro
population was 1,376, or 17.6 per cent.

North Carolina had some increase