Interesting Census Figures

The census bulletin 1880 shows the tota] population of the United States at 50,152,866, of which 43,404,876 are white, and 6,577,151 colored. The nuniber of colored persons to each 100,000 whites is 15,153, ugainst 14,528 in 1870. The greatest proportion of colored to white is in South Carolina, where three-fifths of the whole are colored ; in Louisiana and Mississippi half to three-fifths are colored ; in Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia the colored form one-third to half the total ; in Arkansas and Tennessee, a fourth to a third. The least proportion aruong the former slave states is in West Virginia, where there are but 4,355 to 100,000 whites, and in Missouri, where there are but 7,168. Outside of the lbnner slave states the proportion of negroes is very small. Between 1870 aud 1880, in the United States as a whole, there has been a gain of 625 colored on an assumed basis of 100,000 whites. Great relative gains during the decade have apparently been made iu the Southern or former slave holding statea. Of nine of the states which gained, eight stand at the head of the li.st, having made relative gains of 944 to nearly 11,000. It is believed by the census oilicers, however, that these apparent gains are due, in a great meaure, to the imperfections of the census of 1870. Of the former slavestates which have lost, Texas and Florida lead. Both of these states received heavy white immigration, which more thaii overbalanced whatever gain indhe colored population may have been made. The movement of blaeks in the Northern and Western states lias apparently been of little omparative account. The migration of negroes has not attained such dimensions as to be perceptible here. The states from which the exodus principally took place, Mississippi, Louisiana and North Carolina, have all apparently gained heavily in the relative proportion of blacks, while Kausas, to which the major part went, has lost in proportion to the increase of population. Indiana has gained slightly. The number of Asiatics in the United States is 105,717 ; Indians, 05,122. The Indians in tribal relations ondel the care of the Government are not included.