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Number and Percent of Negroes in United States... 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920 Monroe. N. Work, ed. Indexed by:   Subject | Author | Date | Document Type Listed Under:  Statistical Information Citation Information:  Monroe. N. Work. Number and Percent of Negroes in United States Living In Urban and Rural Communities, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920. The Negro Yearbook, an Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1921-1922. The Negro Year Book Publishing Company: Tuskegee Institute, 1922. Number and Percent of Negroes in United States Living In Urban and Rural Communities, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920 Year Number Per Cent Urban Rural Urban Rural 1920 1910 1900 1890 3,559,473 2,689,229 2,005,972 1,481,142 6,903,658 7,138,534 6,828,022 6,007,534 34.0 27.4 22.7 19.4 66.0 72.6 77.3 80.6 INCREASE IN NUMBER AND IN PER CENT NEGROES IN UNITED STATES IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. Decade Increase (1) Number Per Cent Urban Rural Urban Rural 1910-1920 1900-1910 1890-1900   870,244 683,257 524,830 -234,876 310,512 820,488   32.3 34.0 35.4 -3.3 4.5 13.6 NUMBER AND PER CENT OF NEGROES IN THE SOUTH LIVING IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920. Year Number Per Cent Urban Rural Urban Rural 1920 1910 1900 1890 2,250,899 1,854,455 1,364,796 1,033,235 6,661,332 6,894,972 6,558,173 5,727,342 25.3 21.2 17.2 15.3 74.7 78.8 82.8 84.7 INCREASE IN NUMBER AND IN PER CENT NEGROES IN THE SOUTH IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. Decade Increase (1) Number Per Cent Urban Rural Urban Rural 1910-1920 1900-1910 1890-1900   396,444 489,659 331,561 -233,640 336,800 830,831 21.3 35.8 32.0 -3.4 5.1 14.5 (1)   A minus (-) sign indicates a decrease.