cent,
that is, from 17,115 in 1910 to 60,082 in 1920. Detroit was most
affected thereby, its population having increased 623.4 per cent, that
is, from 5,751 Negroes in 1910 to 41,532 in 1920.

Kansas showed an increase in its Negro population from 54,030 in 1910
to 57,925 in 1920, or an increase of 7.2 per cent. Kansas City, an
urban center of importance influenced by Kansas City, Missouri, was
most affected thereby. Its Negro population was increased 55.1 per
cent during this period, that is, from 9,285 in 1910 to 14,405 in
1920. The population of Topeka decreased 5.3 per cent, that is, from
4,538 Negroes in 1910 to 4,297 in 1920, while in Wichita there was an
increase of 44.2 per cent, that is, from 2,457 in 1910 to 3,543 in
1920.

Iowa showed an increase of only 26.9 per cent in its Negro population,
that is, from 14,973 in 1910 to 19,005 in 1920. Nebraska had 7,689
Negroes in 1910 and 13,242 in 1920. Omaha showed an increase in its
population of 133 per cent, that is, from 4,426 in 1910 to 10,314 in
1920. Wisconsin increased its Negro population from 2,900 in 1910 to
5,201 in 1920, an increase of 79.3 per cent. Milwaukee received most
of these, having 908 Negroes in 1910 and 2,234 in 1920, an increase of
128 per cent.

The statistics of the States of the Far West, such as Idaho, North and
South Dakota are not very interesting. North Dakota had a decrease in
its Negro population of 24.3 per cent and South Dakota increased its
1.8 per cent. Utah increased its Negro population 26.4 per cent; Idaho
41.3 per cent; Minnesota 24.4 per cent; Nevada decreased 32.6 per
cent; and New Mexico increased 252.1 per cent. That of Colorado
decreased from 11,423 in 1910 to 11,318 in 1920, that of Montana
decreased from 1,834 in 1910 to 1,658 in 1920; and that of Wyoming
decreased from 2,235 in 1910 to 1,375 in 1920. Oregon's Negro
population increased 43.7 per cent, that is, from 1,492 in 1910 to
2,144 in 1920. Washington increased its Negro population 13.6 per
cent, that is, from 6,058 Negroes in 1910 to 6,883 in 1920. The Negro
population increased 79.1 per cent in California, that is, from 21,645
in 1910 to 38,763 in 1920.

CHAPTER X

SOME CONCLUSIONS

If now we put together here much of what we have learned from the
study of this movement, we perceive first of all that it was a social
phenomenon representing the maladjustment of almost 500,000 Negroes to
their present environment and their escape from this situat