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Table 10.—CITIES HAVING A NEGRO POPULATION OF 10,000 OR MORE IN 1930, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR 1920 AND 1910, AND PERCENT INCREASE IN WHITE POPULATION, 1910 TO 1930
| CITY | NEGRO POPULATION | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT INCREASE OR INCREASE — IN WHITE POPULATION | |
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| | 1930 | 1920 | 1910 | Increase or decrease — | Percent of total population | 1910 | 1920 | 1910 | 1920 | 1910 | 1920 | 1910 |
| | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent |
| New York, N. Y. | 327,706 | 152,467 | 91,709 | 175,239 | 114.9 | 60,758 | 60.3 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 20.7 | 16.9 |
| Chicago, Ill. | 255,904 | 108,458 | 44,109 | 124,445 | 113.7 | 65,355 | 148.2 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 |
| Philadelphia, Pa. | 218,500 | 116,220 | 44,459 | 65,370 | 63.9 | 48,770 | 58.9 | 11.3 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 15.4 |
| Baltimore, Md. | 142,106 | 108,322 | 84,748 | 55,784 | 31.2 | 23,573 | 27.8 | 17.7 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 32.1 |
| Washington, D. C. | 132,608 | 106,980 | 84,446 | 23,102 | 30.1 | 15,520 | 16.4 | 27.1 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 8.5 | 38.4 |
| New Orleans, La. | 125,632 | 108,530 | 86,262 | 39,792 | 28.4 | 11,858 | 13.1 | 28.2 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
| Detroit, Mich. | 120,008 | 89,838 | 5,741 | 79,238 | 194.0 | 35,097 | 611.3 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 51.4 | 107.0 |
| Birmingham, Ala. | 96,077 | 79,230 | 55,305 | 38,847 | 41.1 | 17,925 | 34.3 | 28.2 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 47.0 | 33.1 |
| Memphis, Tenn. | 96,200 | 61,161 | 52,441 | 35,369 | 57.9 | 6,740 | 16.7 | 26.1 | 37.7 | 40.0 | 34.9 | 28.7 |
| St. Louis, Mo. | 85,580 | 65,854 | 45,900 | 23,726 | 34.0 | 25,884 | 58.8 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 9.4 |
| Atlanta, Ga. | 86,075 | 62,796 | 51,902 | 27,778 | 43.4 | 10,894 | 31.0 | 38.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 30.9 | 34.0 |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 71,999 | 54,411 | 8,446 | 17,446 | 108.7 | 30,040 | 307.8 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 9.6 | 55.1 |
| Houston, Tex. | 65,307 | 35,989 | 35,555 | 29,377 | 86.2 | 10,031 | 41.0 | 21.7 | 24.6 | 30.4 | 116.5 | 60.3 |
| New York, N. Y. | 48,987 | 45,352 | 25,620 | 17,258 | 45.7 | 12,102 | 47.2 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 11.4 | 17.6 |
| Minneapolis, Minn. | 52,608 | 34,041 | 46,750 | 1,655 | 1,9 | 7,309 | 15.8 | 29.0 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 10.5 | 45.4 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. | 46,198 | 41,520 | 20,202 | 6,876 | 16.1 | 12,227 | 41.7 | 37.2 | 43.3 | 50.8 | 62.7 | 76.4 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 47,818 | 36,078 | 15,659 | 17,770 | 58.0 | 10,446 | 53.2 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| Louisville, Ky. | 47,354 | 46,087 | 46,722 | 7,267 | 18.1 | 435 | 1.1 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 18.1 | 33.7 | 6.2 |
| Indianapolis, Ind. | 45,987 | 38,678 | 21,816 | 9,208 | 26.8 | 12,862 | 59.9 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 14.5 | 31.9 |
| Norfolk, Va. | 45,942 | 45,392 | 25,038 | 530 | 1.5 | 18,355 | 73.3 | 35.9 | 37.5 | 37.1 | 14.4 | 70.5 |
| Nashville, Tenn. | 42,856 | 35,653 | 36,525 | 7,260 | 20.2 | 690 | 2.4 | 27.8 | 30.1 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 12.0 |
| Savannah, Ga. | 36,899 | 36,179 | 33,286 | 7,267 | 1.7 | 5,993 | 17.8 | 45.7 | 47.1 | 51.1 | 4.6 | 36.5 |
| Los Angeles, Calif. | 36,894 | 15,573 | 7,599 | 25,317 | 149.7 | 7,980 | 105.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 107.6 | 79.1 |
| Newark, N. J. | 36,890 | 16,677 | 6,475 | 21,903 | 129.0 | 7,305 | 79.2 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 17.6 |
| Dallas, Tex. | 36,747 | 24,023 | 16,024 | 14,719 | 61.3 | 5,989 | 33.3 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 15.6 | 63.4 | 82.2 |
| Kansas City, Mo. | 36,574 | 36,716 | 23,596 | 7,855 | 25.6 | 1,103 | 30.8 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 22.5 | 30.8 |
| Chattanooga, Tenn. | 35,289 | 18,889 | 17,847 | 14,409 | 76.2 | 947 | 3.3 | 27.6 | 33.6 | 40.2 | 125.8 | 40.3 |
| Chicago, Ill. | 32,141 | 12,709 | 565 | 11,338 | 8,249 | 1,144 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 20.0 | 31.3 |
| Winston-Salem, N. C. | 32,165 | 29,735 | 16,067 | 11,631 | 37.1 | 11,648 | 128.2 | 43.3 | 42.8 | 40.0 | 14.6 | 103.2 |
| Richmond, Va. | 30,576 | 26,576 | 16,143 | 10,143 | 51.3 | 885 | 2.6 | 45.4 | 45.6 | 50.7 | 22.8 | 25.7 |
| Charleston, S. C. | 28,062 | 32,326 | 41,058 | 4,264 | 13.2 | 1,270 | 4.1 | 45.1 | 47.6 | 52.8 | 4.0 | 28.2 |
| Shreveport, La. | 27,219 | 17,485 | 13,806 | 9,734 | 55.7 | 3,589 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 30.9 | 46.8 | 86.9 | 87.0 |
| Charlotte, N. C. | 25,163 | 14,641 | 11,752 | 10,522 | 71.9 | 6,889 | 34.6 | 30.4 | 31.6 | 34.8 | 81.4 | 42.4 |
| Miami, Fla. | 25,116 | 9,270 | 2,278 | 15,848 | 170.9 | 7,012 | 310.5 | 22.7 | 31.3 | 41.3 | 237.6 | 331.6 |
| Mobile, Ala. | 24,514 | 25,906 | 22,765 | 608 | 2.5 | 1,143 | 5.0 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 44.2 | 18.3 | 28.2 |
| Norfolk, Va. | 24,190 | 22,582 | 18,344 | 1,608 | 7.1 | 4,258 | 23.1 | 40.1 | 43.0 | 44.7 | 20.4 | 32.0 |
| Richmond, Va. | 22,158 | 27,063 | 18,150 | 65 | 3 | 1,943 | 27.2 | 43.0 | 43.6 | 44.8 | 2.6 | 32.8 |
| Fort Worth, Tex. | 22,224 | 15,896 | 13,280 | 6,338 | 39.9 | 2,616 | 19.7 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 59.5 | 50.9 |
| Tampa, Fla. | 21,172 | 11,531 | 8,951 | 8,641 | 83.6 | 5,586 | 26.8 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 25.7 | 99.5 | 30.1 |
| Boston, Mass. | 20,574 | 10,339 | 15,564 | 4,234 | 25.8 | 2,786 | 20.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 11.4 |
| Kansas City, Kans. | 19,872 | 14,405 | 9,286 | 5,467 | 78.0 | 5,119 | 55.1 | 16.3 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 17.0 | 18.8 |
| Little Rock, Ark. | 19,698 | 17,477 | 14,530 | 5,205 | 12.7 | 5,938 | 20.2 | 24.1 | 26.8 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 51.8 |
| Columbia, S. C. | 17,208 | 8,878 | 4,959 | 6,224 | 2,259 | 2,268 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 43.9 | 43.9 | 43.9 | 292.1 |
| Jackson, Miss. | 16,433 | 9,936 | 10,554 | 8,487 | 95.5 | 7,618 | 4.2 | 40.2 | 42.5 | 49.8 | 124.0 | 20.2 |
| Portsmouth, Va. | 16,849 | 25,245 | 41,617 | 4,396 | 16.9 | 11,628 | 100.1 | 41.2 | 42.7 | 35.8 | 14.9 | 44.2 |
| Durham, N. C. | 16,717 | 7,654 | 6,809 | 11,654 | 144.7 | 7,765 | 11.8 | 36.0 | 35.2 | 37.7 | 136.9 | 23.6 |
| Beaumont, Tex. | 16,551 | 13,210 | 6,808 | 5,341 | 40.4 | 8,314 | 91.6 | 32.1 | 32.7 | 33.4 | 41.6 | 98.0 |
| San Antonio, Tex. | 17,976 | 14,341 | 10,716 | 3,657 | 23.8 | 3,625 | 33.8 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 24.1 | 71.1 |
| Gary, Ind. | 17,925 | 5,299 | 365 | 12,623 | 278.2 | 4,910 | 1,283.6 | 17.8 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 68.4 | 205.1 |
| Knoxville, Tenn. | 17,063 | 11,302 | 7,658 | 5,791 | 51.2 | 3,664 | 46.0 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 21.0 | 33.4 | 131.7 |
| Dayton, Ohio | 17,077 | 9,825 | 4,842 | 8,052 | 80.2 | 4,183 | 86.4 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 28.1 | 28.5 |
| Atlantic City, N. J.| 16,631 | 10,946 | 9,834 | 4,665 | 42.6 | 1,112 | 11.5 | 25.6 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 27.3 | 9.5 |
| Tulsa, Okla. | 15,203 | 8,878 | 4,959 | 6,325 | 71.2 | 6,848 | 333.2 | 10.8 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 97.6 | 292.1 |
| Oklahoma City, Okla. | 14,662 | 8,241 | 6,546 | 6,421 | 77.9 | 1,055 | 25.9 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 106.1 | 44.1 |
| Muskogee, Okla. | 14,532 | 6,692 | 4,936 | 7,980 | 118.4 | 4,726 | 244.1 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 25.8 | 82.9 |
| El Paso, Tex. | 14,257 | 7,145 | 5,370 | 7,110 | 99.5 | 1,786 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 25.1 | 29.6 | 18.2 | 20.3 |
| Columbus, Ohio | 14,177 | 7,145 | 5,370 | 7,110 | 99.5 | 1,786 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 25.1 | 29.6 | 18.2 | 20.3 |