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A Reprint Edition of “Negro Statistics”
In 4 volumes

Published: June 1, 2005

In the First Census, 1790, population data was provided for “free white males” under 16 and over 16, “free white women,” “all other free persons,” and slaves. Thus one cannot compute how many Afro-Americans were in the United States at that time. To correct this defect and others in subsequent Census Reports, a special series of reports of “Negro Statistics” was created in the 20th Century. In the Introduction to the first of these, John Cummings, Expert Special Agent, wrote: “Statistics relating to the Negro population have been compiled in the present report from publications, schedules, and unpublished manuscript tables of the Census Bureau, covering the period of 125 years from 1790 to 1915. In part, therefore, the tabulations of the report are compilations which assemble and reorganize material previously published, and in part they are entirely original from records, manuscripts, and schedules.”

Four special reports were published, as indicated above (listed in chronological sequence according to the data rather than the date of publication). These reports were never published as part of any of the Decennial Reports, although data on Afro-Americans was of course included in every such report. Together though, these four volumes provide an extensive picture of the composition of the Black population of the United States for a period of 142 years, including geographical distributions, sex composition, home ownership, agriculture, mortgage indebtedness, etc. Long out of print, these reprints will fill gaps in many research collections.

Negro Population, 1790-1915. , Washington, DC, GPO, 1918. 844 p., 8½x11",
0-88354-233-1................................................................................................................................................................$350
Negroes in the United States [1900]. 1904. Washington, DC, GPO, 333 p., 8½x11"
0-88354-234-X...............................................................................................................................................................$200
Negroes in the United States [1910]. 1915. Washington, DC, GPO, 207 p. 8½x11"
0-88354-235-8................................................................................................................................................................$175
Negroes in the United States, 1920 1932. 1935. Washington, DC, GPO xvi +845 p. 8½x11"
0-88354-236-6............................................................................................................................................................... $350
Complete set, all 4 volumes, 0-88354-237-4 (save $85)................................................................$990