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THE FIRST COLORED Professional, Clerical and Business DIRECTORY OF BALTIMORE CITY 4th Annual Edition, 1916-1917

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FORTY-THREE CITIES HAVINO A POPULATION OF AT LEAST
10,000 NEGROES GIVEN IN ORDER OF RANK.

Negro ,

Population.

Increase

City.

1910

1900

Number.

Per Cent.

Washington, D. C.......

..... 94,446

86.702

7,744

8.9

New York, N. Y......

..... 81.708

60,6666

31,043

51.2

New Orleans, La .........

...... 89,292

77,714

11,548

14.9

Baltimore. Md.......

..... 84.740

79,258

6.491

6.9

Philadelphia, Pa.....

.... 84.459

62.013

21.846

84.9

Memphis, Tenn......

...... 52.441

49.910

2.531

8.1

Birmingham, Ala.......

.... 52,305

18575

35,730

215.6

Atlanta. Ga............

..... 51,902

35.727

18,175

45.3

Richmond. Va.......

...... 48,733

32530

14,503

45.0

Chicago. Ill...........

..... 44.103

30,150

13,95.3

46.8

St. Louis. Mo.........

..... 43,960

35,516

8,444

23,8

Louisville, Ky.......

..... 40.522

39,139

1,383

3.5

Nashville, Tenn.......

..... 36,.523

30,044

6.479

21.6

Savannah, Ga.......

..... 33,246

28.000

5,156

18.4

Charleston, S. C......

..... 31,056

31,522

— 406

—145

Jacksonville. Fla.....

..... 29,293

16,236

13,057

80.4

Pittsburgh, Pa........

..... 25,823

20,355

5,268

25.9

Norfolk, Va.........

..... 25,039

20,239

4,809

23.8

Houston, Tex.......

..... 23.929

14.668

9,321

63.8

Kansas City, Mo.....

..... 23,566

17,567

5.969

34.1

Mobile. Ala...........

..... 22,763

17,045

6,718

83.5

Indianapolis. Ind.......

...... 21.816

15,931

5,885

36.9

Cincinnati, O.......

..... 19,888

14,482

6,157

85.6

Montgomery, Ala.....

..... 18,322

17.22S

2.093

12.1

Augusts, Ga.........

..... 18.344

18,487

—143

—0.8

Macon. Ga..... .....

..... 18.150

11.560

6.000

57.1

Dallas, Texas.......

..... 18.024

9.035

8,086

99.5

Chattanooga, Tenn.

.... 17.942

13.122

4,820

36.7

Little Rock. Ark.....

..... 14.539

14.094

—155

—1.1

Shreveport. La.....

..... 13,808

8,542

5,354

62.7

Boston. Mass.....

..... 13,504

11,5111

1,973

17.0 .

Fort Worth, Tex

..... 13,280

4,249

9,031

212.5

Columbus, Ohio.......

..... 12,730

8.201

4538

55.3.

Wilmington, N. C...

..... 12.107

10,407

1.700

16.3

Vlcksbnrg, Miss.......

..... 12,003

8,147

3,906

47.9

Charlotte. N. C.....

..... 11.752

7,151

4.1101

64.3

Portsmouth, Va.......

..... 11.817

5.625

6,082

108.5

Columbus, 8. C.......

..... 11.546

9,838

1,088

17.1

Petersborg, Va.......

...... 11,014

10,751

268

2.4

Islington, Ky....... ,

...... 11.011

10,130

881

8.7

San Antonio, Tn ... ,

...... 10,716

7538

8,178

42.2

Jackson. Miss...........

...... 10,554

4.447

8.107

137.3

Pensacola. Fla....... ,

...... 10,214

8,561

1,633

10.3

A minus sign ( — )

denotes decrease

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