.1 per cent. Vermont had only
572 Negroes in 1920 as against 1,621 in 1910, showing thereby a
decrease of 64.7 per cent. Rhode Island had 10,056 Negroes in 1920 and
9,529 in 1910. Massachusetts had 45,466 Negroes in 1920 as compared
with 38,055 in 1910. While the white population was increasing 14.4
per cent, the Negro population increased 19.5 per cent. Boston had
16,350 Negroes in 1920 and 13,564 in 1910, showing an increase of
20.5 per cent, while the white population was increasing 11.4 per
cent. Maine had 1,310 Negroes in 1910 and 1,363 in 1920, showing an
increase of 3.9 per cent in the Negro population, while the white
population was increasing only 3.5 per cent.

New York increased its Negro population 47.9 per cent. This State had
134,191 Negroes in 1910 and 198,423 in 1920. The migration did not
materially affect any cities in the State except New York City,
Buffalo and Rochester. The Negro population of New York City increased
from 91,709 in 1910 to 153,088 in 1920, an increase of 66.9 per cent.
In Buffalo, an industrial center, the Negro population increased 154.8
per cent, that is, from 1,773 in 1910 to 4,517 in 1920. The Negro
population of Rochester increased from 879 in 1910 to 1,599 in 1920,
an increase of 720, or 81.9 per cent.

In New Jersey there was an increase of 30.5 per cent in the Negro
population during this period, that is, from 89,760 Negroes in 1910 to
117,132 in 1920. The cities much affected thereby were Camden, East
Orange, Jersey City, Atlantic City, and Newark. The Negro population
in Atlantic City increased 11.3 per cent, that is, from 9,834 in 1910
to 10,948 in 1920. That of Camden increased 40.1 per cent, that is,
from 6,076 Negroes in 1910 to 8,513 in 1920; that of East Orange 24.6
per cent, that is, from 1,907 Negroes in 1910 to 2,377 in 1920; that
of Jersey City 33.3 per cent, that is, from 5,960 Negroes in 1910 to
7,947 in 1920; that of Newark increased 79.5 per cent, that is, from
9,475 in 1910 to 17,010 Negroes in 1920.

The Negro population of Pennsylvania increased 46.7 per cent. This
State had 193,919 Negroes in 1910 and 284,568 in 1920, the increase
being 46.7 per cent. The cities which were materially affected by the
migration were Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Chester. The
Negro population of Philadelphia increased from 84,459 in 1910 to
134,098 in 1920, showing an increase of 49,632, or 48.8 per cent. The
Negro population of Pittsburgh increased 47.1 per ce