in its Negro population. The total
population of 2,559,123 included 1,783,779 whites and 763,407 Negroes.
In 1910 there were 1,500,511 whites and 697,843 Negroes. The increase
in the white population was at the rate of 18.9 per cent, while that
of the Negro population was 9.4 per cent. In most counties of the
State the percentage of Negroes decreased and in 37 of the 100
counties there was also a decrease in the number of Negroes.

In Georgia the total population of the State comprised 2,895,832,
having 1,689,114 white persons and 1,206,365 Negroes. The white
population increased by 18 per cent and the Negro by 2.5 per cent.
Augusta had a white population of 29,894 whites and 22,576 Negroes,
showing an increase during the decade of 32 per cent for the white
population as compared with an increase of 8.3 per cent during the
previous decade, while the Negro population showed an increase of 23.1
per cent as against a decrease of less than 1 per cent from 1900 to
1910. The white population of Macon increased 32.8 per cent, while the
Negro population increased 27.2 per cent. In Rome there was an
increase of 19 per cent for the white population as compared with 87.1
per cent of the period before but a decrease in the Negro population
of 11.5 per cent against an increase of 32.8 per cent from 1900 to
1910. In Savannah while the white population increased 38.5 per cent,
the Negro population increased 17.9 per cent. The statistics of the
counties of Georgia show that the percentage of Negroes decreased and
that in 82 of 155 counties there was also a decrease in the number of
Negroes.

The total population of Florida in 1920 was 968,470. 638,153 of these
were white and 329,487 were Negroes, whereas corresponding figures for
1910 showed 443,634 whites and 308,669 Negroes. This indicates that
the white population increased by 43.8 per cent and the Negro
population by 6.7 per cent. Jacksonville then had 50,031 whites and
41,479 Negroes. The increase in the white population since 1910 was
21,702, or 76.6 per cent, while the corresponding increase in the
Negro population was 12,186, or 41.6 per cent. The city of Tampa had a
population of 40,057 whites and 11,520 Negroes. The increase in the
white population since 1910 was 11,267, or 39.1 per cent, while the
corresponding increase in the Negro population was 2,569, or 28.7 per
cent. In almost every county of the State the percentage of Negroes
decreased, and in 28 of the 54 counties