6,
or 145.1 per cent. In Tulsa there were 63,430 whites and 8,442
Negroes. The white population constituted 88 per cent of the total in
1920 and 88.1 per cent in 1910, while the Negro population constituted
11.7 per cent of the total in 1920 and 10.8 per cent in 1910. The
increase in the white population since 1910 was 47,212, or 296 per
cent, while the corresponding increase in the Negro population was
6,483, or 330.9 per cent.

In Arkansas the situation seemed to be somewhat the same. The total
population of that state in 1920 was 1,752,204. Of this number
1,279,757 were whites and 472,220 were Negroes. The white population
increased by 13.2 per cent and the Negro population by 6.6 per cent.
During this period the city of Little Rock in that State increased its
white population to 47,658 and 17,474 Negroes. The increase in the
white population during the decade was 16,273, or 51.8 per cent, while
the corresponding increase in the Negro population was only 2,935, or
20.2 per cent. The statistics as to counties show a decrease in a
percentage in the Negro population and 43 of 75 counties reported a
decrease in numbers.

The white population of Texas in 1920 was 3,918,165 and that of the
Negro 741,694. The corresponding figures for the previous decade were
3,204,848 whites and 690,049 Negroes. During the decade the white
population increased by 22.3 per cent while the Negro population
increased by only 7.5 per cent. Dallas had a white population of
134,888 and 24,023 Negroes, whereas in 1910 there were 74,043 whites
and 18,024 Negroes. The increase in the white population since 1910
was 60,845, or 82.2 per cent, while the corresponding increase in the
Negro population was 5,999, or 33.3 per cent. El Paso had 75,843
whites and 1,373 Negroes. In 1910 the corresponding figures were
37,586 whites and 1,452 Negroes. While the white population showed an
increase in 1920 of 38,257, or 101.8 per cent, the Negro population
showed a decrease of 121, or 8.3 per cent. Fort Worth had a white
population of 90,466 and 15,876 Negroes. The figures for 1910 were
59,960 whites and 13,280 Negroes. The increase in the white population
since 1910 was 30,506, or 50.9 per cent, while the corresponding
increase in the Negro population was 2,616, or 19.7 per cent. In
Houston there were 104,367 whites and 33,843 Negroes. In 1910 there
were 54,832 whites and 23,929 Negroes. The increase in the white
population since 1910 was 49,535, or 90.3 per